Ansaru attack: Kaduna train station records low passenger turnout

Barely 24 hours after the resumption of train services by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) following Thursday’s explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line, the Kaduna train station at Rigasa, has witnessed low passenger turnout. A NAN check at the Rigasa station on Sunday indicated that the train, with a carrying capacity of 928 passengers per […]

Barely 24 hours after the resumption of train services by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) following Thursday’s explosion on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line, the Kaduna train station at Rigasa, has witnessed low passenger turnout.

A NAN check at the Rigasa station on Sunday indicated that the train, with a carrying capacity of 928 passengers per trip, had barely 300 passengers on board traveling to Abuja, leaving more than half of the seats empty.

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An official of NRC told NAN that only the headquarters could comment on the planned security measures to ensure the safety of lives and property of travellers.