Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, has said the corporation will begin six train trips daily on the Standard Gauge Train across board in 2024.
Okhiria made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, yesterday.
He said that train was meant to be operating 24 hours, but the present situation in the country had reduced the turnaround time.
“We are going to increase number of train trips to six on Lagos-Ibadan, Warri-Itakpe and Abuja-Kaduna, which means the trips will be three times to and three times fro, making six trips in a day.
“The trips will commence before the second quarter of 2024. Right now, they are running four trips: two up and two down across board.
”What is limiting us is the night operations, and that is not the way train should operate. Train is meant to operate at all times. People may like to travel in the evening, but because of the security situation in to the country, we limit ourselves to day time.”
The NRC boss said that it would be difficult for train tracks to be vandalised when it was occupied.
