The Federal Government has announced that services along the Abuja–Kaduna rail corridor would resume on Monday, December 5, 2022.
This was disclosed by the Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria.
While speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, Okhiria noted that all is now set to open the train corridor to passengers.
He, therefore, advised passengers wishing to utilise the service to commence updating their mobile app from December 3, to enable them to successfully book the ride.
Investors King earlier reported that the resumption of the Abuja to Kaduna train service will commence last Monday. The resumption was however postponed due to ongoing security work on the trail track as well as coaches.
It could be recalled that the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo stated during the test run of the train on Sunday that Nigerians without a National Identification Number would not be allowed to board the train.
The Minister added that the government is doing everything to stop a re-occurrence of the event that happened early this year when terrorists attacked Abuja to Kaduna.
An event that led to the death of no less than nine people while several others were kidnapped.
Speaking further on the new development, the NRC boss noted that the services will commence with two train rides from Abuja-Kaduna and vice-versa.
Given the train schedule, Okhiria stated that “AK 1 will depart Idu Station at 9:45 am and arrive at Rigasa Station at 11:53 am.
“KA 2 will depart Rigasa at 8:00am and arrive at Idu station at 10:17am.
“AK 3 will depart Idu Station at 3:30pm and arrive at Rigasa Station at 5:38pm.
He added that “KA 4 will depart Rigasa at 2pm and arrive at Idu Station at 4:07pm.
Okhiria noted that the federal government will continue to do all it can to protect both lives and properties on board its train at all times.