The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) is set to initiate night operations by the early months of 2024, as revealed by the Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, in a recent interview with NAN.
Nonetheless, Okhiria highlighted that security concerns pose a significant obstacle to the commencement of nighttime services.
He stated that, “what is limiting us is the night operations, and that is not the way trains should operate. The train is meant to operate at all times. People may like to travel in the evening, but because of the security situation in the country, we limit ourselves to the daytime.
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“We intend to bring back passenger and freight trains from Port-Harcourt to Aba, Lagos to Kano, and Kaduna because of the dry ports.
“We are going to increase the 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 from, 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 the board,” Okhiria said.