Abuja-Kaduna: NRC regrets failure of locomotive, apologies to passengers

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have expressed regret over the failure of the last locomotive train scheduled to convey passengers from Abuja-Kaduna on Tuesday.

Mr Yakub Mahmood, NRC’s Deputy Director, Public Relations, said this in a statement made available to our reporter on Wednesday in Abuja.

“The management of the NRC expresses its regrets over the failure of the locomotive on last train of Abuja-Kaduna Train Service of Tuesday, at the outer home signal of Rigassa station, Kaduna.

“NRC hereby apologies for all the inconveniences this incident may have caused all our esteemed passengers on board,’’ he said.

Mahmood, however announced that the uninterrupted train services between the Abuja-Kaduna route had since resumed accordingly.

It was reported that many passengers traveling via Abuja –Kaduna were stranded due to the failure of the locomotive on the evening of Tuesday.