Train Shutdown: We Sympathise With Commuters -NRC Boss

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Sunday said it sympathised with train commuters going through pains and difficulties due to the shutdown of daily operations of train services on the existing narrow gauge from Ijoko in Ogun to Ebute Meta-Apapa in Lagos.
Recall that the NRC suspended the daily operations of train services in the axis on Sept. 30.
The suspension became necessary to fast track the completion of the new standard gauge, which required shifting of the existing narrow gauge and relaying it to accommodate standard gauge rail line.
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, had on September 23, announced November as deadline for the trial services on the about-to-be- completed Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line.
The Lagos District Manager of NRC, Mr Jerry Oche, told The Tide’s source that the corporation was not unconcerned about the difficulties many commuters were going through since the shutdown, urging them to be patient.
Oche, who said that the shutdown would last till middle of November, disclosed that NRC management was working with the contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) to deliver the project as projected.