FG determined to transform Nigeria’s rail system — Amaechi
- Admin
- Mar 8, 2016
- 1 min read
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has reiterated the Federal Government’s resolve to transform the country’s rail transport system.
Amaechi who was represented by the Director, Rails in the Fderal Ministry of Transportation, Mohammed Babakobi made the disclosure while inspecting the newly-acquired executive coaches for the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge line at the Apapa Ports Terminal in Lagos.
According to the Minister, the current government is determine to improve the country’s rail transport system.
Amaechi said, “What we have seen here today are the new coaches that have just been brought here, to service our standard gauge line running from Abuja to Kaduna.
“It is a complete transformation in the rail transportation sector for the populace.
“The coaches are made with particular focus of the comfort of passengers; they are very safe and have a designed speed of about 150km/h.
“So with that, we can be assured that the passengers will get to their destinations as fast as it can be, and it’s safe. “In a very short while, they will be moved to Abuja and installed on the rail tracks, where they are supposed to be servicing, that is between Abuja and Kaduna.”
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