The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is to commence skeletal operations on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line from next month with 16 trips daily.
The Managing Director of NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, who disclosed this, stated 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 in mid September.
He spoke on Saturday in Ibadan during an inspection tour of the project by the Ministers of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
According to to Okhiria, the Corporation already has 24 coaches and a set of DMUs (Diesel Multiple Units) made of eight coaches.
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His words: “We will start by the middle of September from Yaba to Ibadan while the other construction finishing will continue.
“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.”
The NRC Managing Director further stated that the corporation will not wait for all the stations to be ready before commencing operations, so that Nigerians can start enjoying the dividends of the tracks and coaches that have arrived.
The stations along the corridor are Apapa, EBJ, Agege, Agbado, Kajola, Papalanto, Abeokuta, Olodo, Omi-Adio and Ibadan.
