The Nigerian Railway Corporation has opened the online ticket portal for Abuja-Kaduna rail services, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that passengers booked ahead of the resumption date scheduled on Monday(today).
This is coming a week after the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, announced the extension of the train services. Findings by our correspondent, who visited the Idu rail station on Sunday, revealed that staff of the corporation were seen at the station with some engineers who were working on the escalator.
“The government has opened the portal and some people have bought tickets already. I see a few seats remaining, but even some coaches have been taken.” The PUNCH had reported that terrorists attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, kidnapping 168 passengers and killing eight others.
The release of the victims has been in batches since then, with the last 23 freed in October. A reliable source within the Idu rail station told our correspondent that there was a closed-door meeting among officials from the Ministry of Transportation at Idu rail station on Sunday. However, the source failed to disclose the subject of discussion.
