Rail Transportation To Resume On Port Harcourt – Aba Route Soon – NRC

Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) has said that work has been completed on the Port Harcourt – Aba section of the Port Harcourt – Maiduguri railway project.
The Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Fidel Okhiria, disclosed this after an inspection of the 63-kilometre Port Harcourt-Aba route.
The Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari when Mr. Chibuike Amaechi was the Minister of Transportation.
Mr. Okhiria, who said there were still some finishing touches needed on the tracks, promised once the touches were finished, train services would commence.
“The project from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri is not yet completed. They (contractors) are working in phases, and they have laid tracks up to Aba.
“We are so anxious to commence operation, therefore, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, directed us to come and inspect the project so that we can plan ahead of the operations.
“We inspected from Port Harcourt to Aba, and we can confirm the main tracks have reached Aba in Abia,” he said.
“As we speak, you can put a locomotive on the track to Aba, but that will not be good enough for commercial purposes.
Hence, we are working hard to resume operations.
“We are looking to start operations within months, and we have drawn a timeline. If we don’t start running on the track, it will go bad, and vandals will take possession.
“We are going to meet and work out possible plan; so very soon, Port Harcourt-Aba train services will start.”