Hundreds of passengers of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) train from Ido, Lagos to Kajola in Ogun state were stranded on Tuesday when the engine broke down minutes after taking off. The train, which took off from Ido, stopped at the Ebute-Metta junction (EBJ) to pick more passengers spending almost 20 minutes before taking off. Daily Trust learnt that the train took off from EBJ around 6:46 and stopped again on approaching Mushin at around 7:10. Many passengers were oblivious of what happened to the train when it abruptly stopped before getting to Mushin train station.


We were inside the train for one hour before one official of the NRC on board announced to us that the locomotive busted. “They said another engine would be deployed from EBJ to continue the trip. As I am talking to you now, the new locomotive has not arrived. We are stranded here and we don’t know when we would leave this place (Mushin),” one of the passengers told our reporter. Daily Trust reports that there are 12 coaches fully loaded with passengers with majority of them boarding from Idu. Sources said the train had developed fault at EBJ before it was fixed and the trip continued. But 10 minutes after, the train once again developed fault leaving passengers stranded for hours. One of the passengers said the train would have gotten to Agbado in Ogun state, if not for the breakdown. However, many of the passengers said they could not disembark from the train because it broke down at a spot far from the main road. This is not the first time the narrow gauge train would break down after the resumption of services in January 2020; three months after it was suspended due to the ongoing construction of the standard gauge line.




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Gwula gwula

Wonderful,

Look at what they built for Nigerians

the zoo

Buhari is working.

Imagine it broke down in the middle of Sagamu Rainforest.

Just negodu!

It's a technical fault and some idiots still blame the president?
Wailers gets orgasm by attributing any wrong occurrence to the president, but when everything is fine, they will shout "audio".


What if they can't poop, who will they blame?

Officialgarri:
It's a technical fault and some idiots still blame the president?
Wailers gets orgasm by attributing any wrong occurrence to the president, but when everything is fine, they will shout "audio".


What if they can't poop, who will they blame?

maybe we should blame your father for the governments inability to provide functional train engines for Nigerians after his many years..

ahaz:
maybe we should blame your father for the governments inability to provide functional train engines for Nigerians after his many years..

If your own father could afford a car, you would understand that machines can break down irrespective of the time you got it out of a mechanic workshop

Buhari..


Buhari..



Buhari..



Na wao

Just look at all the zone-bees defending their lord and master

That's terrible!....

TRAINS "BA IDO". TRAINS DON'T HAVE EYES AT IDO TRAIN STATION.

Some people are born stupid sa, blaming Buhari for train technical fault? So who do u blame when your car develop fault?

You guys should make use of your number six na

Eagleboney:
Wonderful,

Look at what they built for Nigerians

This is the narrow guage train that has always operated that axis- the standard guage is not fully functional now- still in test phase