NIGERIA: THE 3RD LAGOS-KANO TRAIN SERVICE HAS BEEN FLAGGED OFF.

I'm sorry, but what type of train is this? Looks like it uses charcoal.....Read report.

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), yesterday, commenced operation of a third train service on the Lagos-Kano rail line lifting over 1000 passengers and 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 the commencement, the NRC managing director, Engr. Adeseyi Sijuwade said:

“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 boss further disclosed that the corporation’s Capacity Enhancement Programme (CEP) began this week with the 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.