The Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC) has stated that the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, (AKTS) will resume operation very soon.
NRC made this known Thursday while given update on the ill-fated AK9 Abuja – Kaduna bound train of 28th March, 2022. They maintained that to ensure the safety of passengers, additional security measures would be put in place.
The Corporation also noted that it has now re-railed the last rolling stock this Thursday. Which means that all 14No. de-railed rolling stock (i.e. 11No. Coaches on the ill-fated AK9 rake and 2No. Coaches and 1No. Locomotive on the Rescue Train) has all been re-railed and moved from the incident site to the Corporation’s Stations in Idu and Rigasa.
“Intensive track repair works continued at site. An advanced level of track repairs has been achieved and hopefully to be rounded off in the 10 days.
” The Security agencies are working tirelessly to ensure the rescue and release of our Passengers abducted by the Bandit during the attack. However, the status of the 362 passengers and 20 Train Crew on board remains the same as at our 6th Press Release.
“While we continue to sympathize with families of those who lost or have not seen their loved ones as a result of the AK9 Train incident of 28th March 2022, we encourage anyone still looking for a loved one and has not reported to please contact the numbers below:
Funmi 08033546208
Halidu 08060044600
Hanatu 07066700150
“The process of linking Passengers profile to their NIN for improved profiling is on-going. This layer of passenger screening will commence by May 2022.
“The NRC expresses it profound gratitude to the security agencies for the continued support, especially for the security cover availed our officials and staff at the incident site.
The Corporation will continue to update the general public of latest developments,” the statement concluded
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