The Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Edetanlaen Okhiria, says the corporation will soon deploy a 150 kilometre per hour locomotive on Abuja-Kaduna rail gauge to meet passengers’ demand.
He said once the design specification was confirmed by the engineers, the corporation would start making arrangements for its shipment and subsequent deployment.
According to him, the second locomotive for the rail line is also expected to be on track in the next two weeks since the engineers have also gotten the parts.
He added that “very soon, we will get the 150km per hour locomotive being shipped, engineers have just gone for the final factory acceptance test.
“We received information that it has been done and for the second locomotive that is coming in the next two weeks, we will put them on track.
He assured that more locomotives and coaches would be deployed to the rail line in the coming year for passenger service, noting that NRC was developing the freight angle.
Share on:
