NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION

Brief History

The Nigerian Railway System pioneered the rapid opening up of the geographical area called Nigeria. The Railway System, therefore represents the oldest modern form of transportation in Nigeria.

Railway development in Nigeria was initiated by private interest. This was later taken over by the then Colonial Government as Government Railway for the purpose of easy and cheap movement of bulk goods from the hinterlands to the seaports and vice versa.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation is over 112 years old and it runs a unilaterally designed track system of 1067mm cape gauge. Nigerian Railway System actually commenced rail business activities with the construction of the first rail line from Lagos to Ibadan (193km) between 1898 and 1901. By 1964 when the construction of 640km kano – Maiduguri rail line, then known as Bornu extension, was completed, the present core of the railway network had been put in place.

UPDATE REPORT ON TRAIN DERAILMENT

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) wishes to inform the general public on the progress made in the management of passenger tracing, the injured, recovering its rolling stock, and restoration of the tracks following the derailment incident involving the Abuja–Kaduna bound train

Minister of Transportation Visits Train Accident Site

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) wishes to inform the general public that recovery operations at the site of the recent train accident are progressing steadily. The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali, visited the accident site yesterday afternoon and was conducted round by NRC Management