The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says passengers plying Abuja to Kaduna by rail have increased tremendously due to the closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for repair works. Mr Victor Aduma, the rail service operations manager, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Aduma said that about 18,794 passengers used the rail […]
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Air passengers en route to Kaduna International Airport from Abuja by rail are being conveyed in specialised coaches different from the ones that transport other regular travellers on the same train service. Similarly, those travelling from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to the KIA were escorted by at least an armed police officer in each of the buses provided […]
Continue reading »Mr Fidet Ikhiria, the Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Abuja-Kaduna train service recorded a gross income of N5.1 million within the first two weeks of operation. This disclosure was known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while travelling on the train from Abuja to Kaduna on Saturday. The Managing Director of […]
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About seven years after its commencement, the first phase of the Abuja-Kaduna Standards Rail Gauge was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a pledge to ensuring that the country has a working rail system. Towards this end, his administration would pursue a 25-Year Strategic Railway Master Plan which is aimed at rehabilitating the existing 3,505km narrow gauge rail line as […]
Continue reading »The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday said federal government had fixed the cost of travelling on the newly completed Abuja to Kaduna rail lines at N500 per passenger per trip on the economy class. Answering journalists questions after the final inspection of the project which is due for inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari next week in Abuja, […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, said Monday that the Abuja-Kaduna rail project would be inaugurated on July 26 at Idu, Abuja. Amaechi made this known in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
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All is now set for the grand commissioning of the $1.04Billion Abuja-Kaduna High-speed rail a couple of weeks from now. But for the need to accommodate the President’s tight schedule and the on-going Islamic Fasting Season, the rail would have been commissioned much earlier than the new rescheduled date.
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Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has assured that the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari will ensure the sustenance of the Abuja-Kaduna rail project upon completion. “Is it sustainable? The answer is yes because it is on its own. If you say whether it will be subsidized, it will be. We are working out the details of how much […]
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