Yuletide: NRC increases daily trips on Lagos-Ibadan train service
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it has increased the number of daily trips on the Lagos-Ibadan train service with effect from Monday.
The increase will run for three weeks to accommodate the expected upsurge in passenger traffic during the Yuletide season.
The corporation said the trains would operate from 8 am on December 20, 2021, to 4 pm on January 9, 2022.
Jerry Oche, Lagos district manager of NRC, told NAN on Sunday that the increase in train trips would decongest road traffic.
Oche urged passengers to board the trains with a maximum of 12kg luggage.
TheCable had reported that Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, said the Abuja-Kaduna train service generates at least N300 million every month.
He also disclosed that the federal government plans to add 16 more trains to the Lagos-Ibadan rail line to increase revenue generation.
“Currently, we are running Lagos-Ibadan from the money we are making from Abuja-Kaduna rail service,” he had said.
save money and paid china the money they invest in the train, it will be huge disgrace if nigerian government stole the revenue from the train services and shared it among themselves ,while china will took over the train management recoup their money and left the train for us,only God know if nigeria govt can maintain it