CoverNews Itakpe-Warri rail begins daily operations Monday Nov. 19 By maritimemag November 15, 2018 ShareTweet 0 Abiodun Obadayo | The Itakpe-Warri rail line will begin daily operations on Monday, November 19 2018 to study the timing and traffic pattern for the period of one month, before commercial activities would commenced fully. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidel Okhiria, Managing Director, who disclosed this in Abuja, said the daily test run operation will end on Dec. 19, with inspection by various government officials to see the level of work going on. “By Nov. 19, we will commence daily operations, on Nov. 7 some National Assembly members went there for a train ride, they were pleased. “We are preparing to go on more inspections with government officers but before then, we will start our daily test run, not commercial, so that we can study the timing and traffic pattern. “So, we will do that for a month, ending Dec. 19, then commercial operation will commence immediately, “he said. The NRC boss stated that the operations would start with passengers first, before cargoes, as the passengers would start bringing goods and the warehouse would be available to off-load the goods. He said that 12 stations for the train service were still under construction, stating that temporary stations would be used pending when the stations would be completed. Okhiria said that the stations would be completed by the first quarter of 2019. “We are still working on the stations; we don’t want to wait until the stations are completed before we start, we have temporary stations, so that we don’t interfere with what they are doing which is allowed. “If we wait for the stations to be completed, the tracks may be vandalized again, but by the time we engage it for maintenance, we will protect the tracks. “Stations will come later; we hope that by the first quarter of next year, the 12 stations will be completed and commercial service will start after Dec. 19,’’ he said © 2018, maritimemag. All rights reserved.
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