Samson Echenim on July 26, 2013 - 5:31am

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), yesterday, commenced operation of a third train service on the Lagos-Kano rail line lifting over 1000 passengers, their personal effects.

The train left Lagos at 12 noon to Kano after it was unveiled by the corporation’s board chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje.

“Regarding passenger services, we are today increasing the capacity of our train service between Lagos and Kano by this additional train service to complement our current weekly Lagos-Kano-Lagos, Lagos to Illorin/Offa to Kano and Minna to Kaduna intercity trains, and in no time, the frequency of other services, carriage capacity and speed of these services will be stepped up,” the NRC managing director, Engr. Adeseyi Sijuwade said.

The NRC boss further disclosed that the corporation’s Capacity Enhancement Programme (CEP) began this week withthe haulage of bran and wheat flour for Dufil Prima Foods (maker of Indomie noodles), with 436 tonnes of the product expected to be lifted weekly from Apapa to Kaduna.

Sijuwade said that the corporation would also start haulage of container freight from APM Terminal in Apapa Port to Inland Container Nigeria Ltd (ICNL) container depot in Kaduna and Kano, confirming earlier report by LEADERSHIP.

The NRC boss stressed his commitment to protect the railway infrastructures nationwide and appealed to the federal government to assist in providing more coaches, wagons and locomotives for the corporation

http://leadership.ng/news/260713/3rd-lagos-kano-train-service-begins

With this passegers' movement will now increase from 3000 to 5000 per week along the route. And with this some people can begin to reason that GEJ is actually working.

Sincere 9gerian:

The NRC boss further disclosed that the corporation’s Capacity Enhancement Programme (CEP) began this week withthe haulage of bran and wheat flour for Dufil Prima Foods (maker of Indomie noodles), with 436 tonnes of the product expected to be lifted weekly from Apapa to Kaduna.

http://leadership.ng/news/260713/3rd-lagos-kano-train-service-begins

I hope those who are clueless about the direction of the TRANSFORMATION TRAIN are taking note.

Where's the yeye train?

Goodluck is working. I can feel the fresh air already
Wow, A̶̲̥̅♏ fourth to comment. I knew one day i will get to the promise land.

Gud report 4rm GEJ. We love GEJ

scipher: Where's the train?

Check you pocket

GEJ!come 2015,more dividends of fresh air

Sincere 9gerian:
I hope those who are clueless about the direction of the TRANSFORMATION TRAIN are taking note.

gej is doing more than his best to make the yoruba people and hausa/fulani people happy at the cost of the happiness of other tribe yet they are sad by calling him all kind of names they cannot call their father. I pity nigeria.

Omexonomy: gej is doing more than his best to make the yoruba people and hausa/fulani people happy at the cost of the happiness of other tribe yet they are sad by calling him all kind of names they cannot call their father. I pity nigeria.

Some people just hate the president. That notwithstanding, the president is focused on implementing his plans and programmes for the Nigerian people, from north to south

I can see some haters heading towards Oga Rat Poison shop to buy and drink rat poison because of this good news . Fresh air till Biafra come! Oya haters kill yourselves!

In this administration when govt says "TO" they eventually "DO"...that's the difference...Fresh air keep blowing ooooo

Why not use those old coaches for cargo movement instead of taking us back some 20-30 yrs? can;t our Fed Govt manage to buy brand new coaches?

Gej is working haters keep hating.......@sincere 9gerian i dey hail

@ OP i jus want to commend yu for de gud job u're doing. The more haters criticize, de more yu keep feeding us wit projects being achieved by GEJ and his transformation team of ministers. Remain bless ma man.

This may slowly put some Logistics companies (dealing in long-distance freight) out of business.
Good move all the same.
Hope its more modern-looking infrastructure and not those "locomotives" I see along Oshodi / Yaba railway!

Sincere 9gerian: Samson Echenim on July 26, 2013 - 5:31am

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), yesterday, commenced operation of a third train service on the Lagos-Kano rail line lifting over 1000 passengers, their personal effects.

The train left Lagos at 12 noon to Kano after it was unveiled by the corporation’s board chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje.

“Regarding passenger services, we are today increasing the capacity of our train service between Lagos and Kano by this additional train service to complement our current weekly Lagos-Kano-Lagos, Lagos to Illorin/Offa to Kano and Minna to Kaduna intercity trains, and in no time, the frequency of other services, carriage capacity and speed of these services will be stepped up,” the NRC managing director, Engr. Adeseyi Sijuwade said.

The NRC boss further disclosed that the corporation’s Capacity Enhancement Programme (CEP) began this week withthe haulage of bran and wheat flour for Dufil Prima Foods (maker of Indomie noodles), with 436 tonnes of the product expected to be lifted weekly from Apapa to Kaduna.

Sijuwade said that the corporation would also start haulage of container freight from APM Terminal in Apapa Port to Inland Container Nigeria Ltd (ICNL) container depot in Kaduna and Kano, confirming earlier report by LEADERSHIP.

The NRC boss stressed his commitment to protect the railway infrastructures nationwide and appealed to the federal government to assist in providing more coaches, wagons and locomotives for the corporation

http://leadership.ng/news/260713/3rd-lagos-kano-train-service-begins

Nidai ina ruwana, LADAN nake jira yanzu haka

Please help us post weekly schedule time..4rm lagos to kano..

vivacious vivi: This may slowly put some Logistics companies (dealing in long-distance freight) out of business.
Good move all the same.
Hope its more modern-looking infrastructure and not those "locomotives" I see along Oshodi / Yaba railway!

i saw trains with old coaches dating back as far as 192o in india using caol to run it and the people their never complain one bit. Is nigeria richer than india or india richer than nigeria?

Omexonomy: i saw trains with old coaches dating back as far as 192o in india using caol to run it and the people their never complain one bit. Is nigeria richer than india or india richer than nigeria?

in the 70s/80s hell no ... today - hell yeah ..

I agree with you - this train service is a great achievement of the admin/transport ministry/railway authority. We cannot rely on air/road transportation alone

K
Still waitn for a rail way in Badagry Badly tho...
Badagry toooooooo Maiduguri. :PK
*checks time* #Iftar soon#:PK

[size=14pt]FRESH AIR[/size]

GEJ's transformation agenda is on course

Cynics take note

Imagine the relief.From one company alone,436 tonnes of weight that would have been on the Oshodi Apapa road,with the attendant traffic is now taken off

Well done GEJ

realone2012: K

*checks time* #Iftar soon#:PK

So who will be beneficiaries of this transformation? is it those people that hardly travel out of their enclave in the South west or those people who live and do businness in every part of the country, Kano inclusive? FRESH AIR.

Dancing alingo with parongo, first page things and first to comment. ....

I do have scintilla of doubt on the maintenance and longevity of this awesome development.

Omexonomy: i saw trains with old coaches dating back as far as 192o in india using caol to run it and the people their never complain one bit. Is nigeria richer than india or india richer than nigeria?

Why cant we think of emulating better people or things?

Welcom developmtt

Standing5: Why not use those old coaches for cargo movement instead of taking us back some 20-30 yrs? can;t our Fed Govt manage to buy brand new coaches?

i was expecting something like this. Your negative mindset is also killing our economy if you didn't know. Smh for people like you