Eastern Railway Service To Commence By December

Passenger service on the eastern railway route will
commence before the end of December, an official of
Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) said on Friday.
The District Manger, NRC, Eastern zone, Mr Felix
Njoku, made the plan known in a telephone interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia,
Abia State.
“The eastern route of NRC stretches from Port
Harcourt to Maiduguri through Makurdi and Kuru near
Jos,” Njoku said.
He said that the December date was based on the
successful rehabilitation of some parts of the eastern
rail route.
“We told the public before now that barring all odds,
railway operations along the eastern route would start
in August.
“I am happy to state that government and the firm
executing the project from Port Harcourt to Makurdi
were able to achieve that target with the movement of
trains from Port Harcourt to Enugu,” Njoku said.
Njoku explained that trains noticed along Port
Harcourt/Enugu end of the eastern route were
conveying equipment from Port Harcourt Wharf to
Ehamufu Railway Station in Enugu State.
“With this feat, the NRC hopes that trains would once
again move on the eastern rail line after years of
suspension of operation,” the manager said.
Njoku added that the project on the third end, from
Kuru to Maiduguri, was hampered by security
challenges in the area.
He said with the reconnection of all the disconnected
rail lines from Port Harcourt to Enugu, NRC hoped to
commence passenger service before December.