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NRC Records Poor Patronage
The Mass Transit Trains (MTTs) of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Wednesday recorded low patronage on its Ijoko –Iddo and Ijoko-Apapa routes, following an early morning downpour that kept many passengers in their homes.
Our correspondent reports that the heavy rainfall which started at about 5a.m. in Ijoko and neighbouring communities in Ogun lasted for about two hours.
The downpour, accompanied with storms, flooded the areas.
Many customers of the NRC in the area are working or trading in Lagos.
The few commuters who defied the rainfall had the pleasure of choosing where to seat inside the six coaches as there were so many empty seats..
Thus, no passenger hung on the sides or roofs of the trains, contrary to what obtained in the past.
The NRC operates six MTTs daily from Ijoko in Ogun to Iddo and Apapa in Lagos State in the morning and six from Iddo and Apapa to Ijoko in the evening.
The few passengers in the trains were delighted at the poor turnout.
“We thank God; this is the first time in many years that I will seat inside a train,’’ a woman who boarded one of the trains at Agbado, Ogun, said
“May it continue to be like this, no standing, no congestion and no breathing on ourselves” a male passenger said.
Agbado is the fourth train station from Ijoko, the terminus.
Ordinarily, passengers boarding any of the trains from Agbado in the morning would not have any seat, they would have been fully occupied.