NRC Records 405,048 Traveller Traffic in Two Months

The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC document, has said that at least 405, 048 passengers travelled by trains in January and February, 2016.

The figure in the document indicates that while 207, 286 used the rail transportation in January; 197, 762 Nigerians travelled by trains in the second month of the year.

These comprise of passenger movement on all the NRC trains including the Lagos-Kano passenger train, Lagos-Ilorin intercity passenger train, Offa-Kano intercity passenger train, Minna-Kaduna Mass Transit Train (MTT), Kano-Portharcourt Intercity passenger train, Abba-Portharcourt MTT and the MTT operating between Lagos and Ogun states.

Already, the Ogun state government partnered with the NRC to provide free train ride for indigenes of the state from Lagos to Osun while the passenger traffic also rose during the season.

The corporation also expects a boost in the passenger movement with the planned commencement of standard gauge service from Kaduna to Abuja in May.