The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday said that the Minister
of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi , has approved the commencement
of the Port Harcourt-Aba Mass Transit Train Service.
This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Abdulraouf Akinwoye, the Public Relations Officer of the NRC in Lagos.
According
to the statement, the service has become necessary in order to ease the
hardship of commuters in the areas, as part of the change agenda.
It
said that the approval was “sequel to the substantial progress on the
rehabilitation of the existing narrow-gauge network of Eastern Rail line
traversing Port Harcourt to Gombe.’’
The statement added: “The
NRC earlier this year commenced Intercity Train Services from Port
Harcourt to Kano and Port Harcourt to Gombe respectively.
“In
furtherance to the Federal Government’s quest to providing affordable
and reliable train services across the country, the minister of
transportation will be flagging off Aba-Port Harcourt mass transit train
services.
“For the comfort of passengers and operational
efficiency, the newly introduced Aba-Port Harcourt Train is scheduled to
run four trips daily from Monday to Saturday.”
It said that
“going by the economic potential of Port Harcourt and Aba in commerce,
tourism and industrialisation, there is hope for proactive economic
growth and virile positive change in the lives of the citizenry of the
two benefitting states.”
According to the statement, the official
flag-off of the service will hold on Wednesday at Port-Harcourt Railway
Station, with the governors of Rivers and Abia in attendance.
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