Train to begin night operation before Q2 – NRC boss

Train to begin night operation before Q2 – NRC boss

The management of Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC , has concluded plans to launch night operations.

The development is expected to take effect before the second quarter of 2024.

This information was disclosed by the Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.

According to the MD, the security challenges have been limiting their activities to only daytime.

He stated, “What is limiting us is the night operations, and that is not the way trains should operate. The train is meant to operate at all times. People may like to travel in the evening, but because of the security situation in the country, we limit ourselves to the daytime.

“We intend to bring back passenger and freight trains from Port-Harcourt to Aba, Lagos to Kano, and Kaduna because of the dry ports,” Okhiria said.

With this development, this simply means that the corporation will begin six train trips daily on the standard gauge train across the board.

The number train trips to be increased included on Lagos-Ibadan, Warri-Itakpe, and Abuja-Kaduna routes.

Therefore, the trips will be three times to and three times fro, making six trips in a day.

By PRNigeria