Railway to begin night operations in Q2 2024

The Nigeria Railway Corporation says it has completed preparations to begin night operations in the second quarter of 2024.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the NRC’s Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, stated this in an interview on Monday.

“The night operations are limiting us, and that is not how trains should operate. The train is designed to continue indefinitely. People may prefer to go in the evening, but due to the security situation in the country, we only travel during the day.

“We intend to bring back passenger and goods trains from Port-Harcourt to Aba, Lagos to Kano and Kaduna because of the dry ports,” he said.

According to the NRC DG, this merely means that the business will start running six rail excursions per day on the standard gauge train across the board.

“We are going to increase the number of train trips from Lagos to Ibadan, Warri to Itakpe, and Abuja to Kaduna to six, which means the trips will be three times to and three times fro, making six trips in a day.”

“The journeys will begin before the second quarter of 2024. They are currently conducting four trips—two up and two down across the board,” he said.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation traces its history to the year 1898, when the first railroad in Nigeria was constructed by the British colonial government.

Although it’s services have been on and off, the Nigerian Railway Corporation seems to be performing better in recent years.