Friends of the Rail Forum

Nigeria's federal transportation ministry has instructed the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to resume train services between Abuja and Kaduna in northern Nigeria after a terror attack in March closed the line. NRC said trains between the two cities would restart on 23 May. The NRC halted passenger services on the route following the attack on 28 March in which nine people were killed and some 62 people were kidnapped by rebels...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has delayed the restart of its Abuja-Kaduna passenger trains which were due to begin running on 23 May... The NRC apologised for the delay and said a new restart date would be announced “soonest”, NRC public relations deputy director Yakub Mahmood said...