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NRC set to resume train services on Lagos-Kano narrow gauge track

NRC set to resume train services on Lagos-Kano narrow gauge track 

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC)  says it will soon resume express train services on the Kano-Lagos narrow gauge rail line.

This was made known in a post by the NRC on its official X handle on Saturday.

“Kano-Lagos train services to commence operation soon,” the post read.

The post on X also included a short video footage of a locomotive undergoing a test-run on the tracks.

The NRC noted that major repairs had been completed on the damaged portions of the Kano-Lagos narrow gauge, further affirming the imminent restoration of express train services on the route.

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“Test-running of the train after major repairs that have been carried out on the damaged portions of the rail tracks.

“The narrow-gauge train services will be fully back in operation for the benefit of the Nigerian masses and easy transportation of goods and services in the country,” the tweet read.

Newstrends had reported the Managing Director of the NRC, Fidet Okhiria, during an end-of-year interactive session with journalists in Lagos in December 2023 that the corporation was laying tracks on damaged portions of the Kano-Lagos narrow gauge corridor.

He added that the successful relocation of locomotives and wagons to Minna, destined for Kaduna, in preparation for restoring operations on the Kano-Lagos corridor.

NRC set to resume train services on Lagos-Kano narrow gauge track

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