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Nigerian Railway
Corporation (NRC) has commenced Sunday operations with 512 passengers on a
round trip with 192 passengers from Abuja to Kaduna and 320 back.
The Operations Manager of
the station, Victor Adamu, disclosed in an interview in Abuja on Sunday.
According to him, the
Sunday operation was successful based on the good and sizeable turn out of
passengers.
“The train service took
off at 12p.m. from Idu station and left Rigasa by 4p.m., we have 192 passengers
from Abuja, and we are using the four coaches, three economies and one business
class.
“Sunday was used for
maintenance of the coaches but there was a public demand that there should be
train service on Sunday which was approved by the management.
“The Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, asked NRC to commence operations on Sunday
immediately to ease movement of passengers from the airport in Kaduna back to
Abuja,” he said.
President Muhammadu Buhari
inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna commercial train operation in July 26, 2016.
Credit: shipsandports
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