Gbenro Adesina
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has concluded preparations to commence skeletal operations on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail line from the middle of September 2020.
Revealing this today in Ibadan during an inspection tour of the project by the Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart, Alhaji Lai Muhammed of the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Managing Director of the Corporation, Fidet Okhiria said the train would make six trips per day.
Okhiria said that since the track laying had been completed between Ebute-Metta Junction (EBJ) in Lagos and Ibadan with stations under construction, operation would start between Yaba in Lagos and Ibadan.
He said, “We will start by the middle of September from Yaba to Ibadan. We already have 24 coaches and a set of DMUs (Diesel Multiple Units) made of eight coaches. With that, we intend to have 16 trips a day”.
