Tag: NRC, passengers, Train
NRC to passengers: Don’t kill yourself because you want to ride on train
The Lagos District Manager of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Jerry Oche, on Saturday advised intending train passengers to desist from all suicidal acts while...
VIDEO: Train crushes 5 people in Lagos
An Ogun State-bound passenger train today crushed five people including a tricyclist after the tricycle veered into its tracks at a suburb between Agbado Crossing and...
EFCC busts train ticket racketeers in Abuja and Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in Abuja on Monday that it arrested eight suspected train ticket racketeers in Abuja and Kaduna. Five of the...
French customs strike hamper Paris-London train service
Eurostar trains from Paris to London were on Sunday affected by cancellations and severe delays as French customs officers staged work-to-rule industrial action. The...
NRC: 2,500 passengers enjoyed free train rides on Lagos-Abeokuta route
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it has so far transported 2,500 passengers free of charge on the Lagos-Abeokuta route on its new standard gauge line. NRC’s...
PHOTOS: One dead as train derails in Lagos
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that one person died at an early hour train derailment on Thursday at Ashade railway crossing Agege, Lagos. Lagos...
PHOTOS: Train derails in Lagos
One person was killed and several others injured when a passenger train derailed early Thursday morning in Lagos. The accident happened at Mangoro, along the...
Six killed, 16 injured in Danish train accident
Six people were killed and 16 people injured on Wednesday when a train with 131 passengers on board was hit by debris from a passing train. According to officials, the...
Amaechi: Lagos-Ibadan train operations to begin Feb 2019
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan railway project, Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC),...
NRC resumes Lagos-Kano train service Friday
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it would resume the Lagos-Kano Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) on Friday. The Deputy Director, NRC Public Relations,...
Dutch train kills four children
Four children from a Dutch daycare centre were killed on Thursday when a train hit their electric cargo bike at a level crossing, police said on Thursday. A fifth child...
Train crushes 52 cows to death in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command said no fewer than 52 cows were crushed to death by a train along Kasarami – Jere axis in Chikkun Local Government Area in Kaduna State...
