Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) launches Apapa-Kajola inter-city express train service.
This is to help lessen the impact of petroleum subsidy removal on Nigerians by launching the Apapa Express, a rapid mass transit passenger train commuting along the standard gauge railway line.
The NRC, in a statement issued on Thursday, stated that the main and primary aim of the idea is to ease the burden of travellers between Apapa in Lagos and Kajola in Ogun State.
The inauguration of the rail service in Lagos was announced by the Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, who was represented by Mr. Akin Osinowo, the Director of Operations.
The Apapa Express train has been designed to make scheduled stops at Mobolaji Johnson, Agege, Agbado, before arriving at it’s last point in Kajola.
“The introduction of this train service is expected to significantly reduce the hardships faced by commuters”, he said.
The Apapa-Kajola route, according to the corporation’s Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Mahmud Yakub, is the first inter-state mass transit shuttle of the NRC.
