₦airaland Forum

Recommendations:
Govt should do well to create more awareness, lots of Nigerians do not know the rail system is working already.
Each village should be well labelled, on both sides. There were subs we got to and it took a lot of asking "where is this place?", before someone familiar with the terrain explained.
There is room for improvement.

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Caution! Do not make this trip if you are either wearing a white fabric, or have an allergy or strong aversion for dust.
Although I was told this is the old train, the trip took a longer time than I thought, more than 6hours, there were many stops anyway, even when there were no passengers in a sub, it's seems to be the routine.
However, I still look forward to riding in a first class couch, I crave that.
But one thing is sure, no Aba, PH-Aba rd or Owerri-PH hold-up.
I saw monkeys, about 5 of them, somewhere between Agbani and Enugu. My first time to behold such wild lovely sight.

When we disembarked, we passed through a well designed long tunnel, leading outwards.

Outside

Enugu seems to be the headquarters around, the big difference between the stations in Enugu and Port Harcourt says it.

Ticketing area

At the station in EnuguEnugu.

I had to change my shirt as soon as we disembarked, thank God I wore a denim and t-shirt

Enugu

Agbani

The trip was adventurous but marred with the dustiness incidental to dry season in Nigeria and the featherweight soot-dirt of burnt bushes stirred by the agitations of air by the train along the rail line.

Sorry, My battery went down. Didn't I envisage that? No! I prepared my mind I was going to ride in a first class couch, where there is said to be a charging port for each passenger.

A project by Abia govt, hmnhmn. They say na shopping mall

Umuahia

On the move once again

Stopped at Omoba to pick passengers. The villagers sell nmanya ngwo here.

A power station

Off we go.

Many passengers seem to be boarding the train here

In Aba

Later, around 8.26am, a man to check tickets. Four boys trailed behind just him like they were his bodyguards, ready to pounce on any offender. I felt they all wanted to do the checking together for the sake of record reconciliation.

After their round, my ticket changed form.

Stopped at IMO River station to pick passengers.

basbone:
i still say, thank God for GEJ!! If its a northern president, he will not give a fvck about eastern rails.....and leave us to the mercy of some tyrants that call themselves igbo governors......can you imagine N650 from PH to enugu!!? How much is a bus fare on the same distance please

Least is about N1,400

flinton:
Where u using a pin hole camera?

Hahahaha

No much dust when speeding through a nonresidential area, in the bush.
Just passed Some oil facility between Elelenwo and Obigbo

basbone:
Thank God for GEJ!!

Some passengers here are having a first time experience.

Slows down when it gets to a cross road. Now it stops at Elelenwo sub, some guys jumped inin.

I now see why the inside of the train was dusty, a lot of dusts whirls around each time the train gathers speed. I don't know if the dust gets inside the first class coach as well.

A trash dumpsite around woji + Elelenwo

Oginigba-Woji bridge

A young man had come and said they told him to enter without ticket. We however urged him to go buy one. He later went out and I heard one of the officials angrily decrying what some of the conductors do. They would come in later and collect the money from such passenger and pocket same. Some people and corruption sha.

Wow! Just passed Waja, Batcher plenty along the rail that side o. Phew!

Saw some parts of D-line I never knew existed, a junkyard inclusive.

Through mile 1 market