Nigerian Govt Announces Free Ride On Port Harcourt-Aba Railway
The Bola Tinubu administration has announced a free passenger train ride for four days
Joy Kalu 
The Federal Government has announced free passenger train ride for four days on the rehabilitated Port Harcourt to Aba railway.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Oloruntola Oluremi, said the free train ride would be from the 1-4 May.
“There will be free train ride between Port-Harcourt and Aba on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of May 2024.
The train will be departing Port-Harcourt everyday by 8am for Aba. It will also be departing Aba every day for Port -Harcourt by 3pm. Full commercial operations resume on Tuesday 7th May 2024,” the statement reads.
Railways in Nigeria consist of a 3,505 km Cape gauge national railway network and 669 km of standard gauge. All trains in Nigeria are operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
To remedy the poor condition of the nation's railroads, the federal government is reportedly seeking to privatise the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).
