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The NRC will soon add Sunday trips to the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail services to satisfy customers.
Lawmakers allegedly found that ticket racketeering is done by operators of the Abuja and Kaduna railway stations.
The Minister stated that the commencement of freight activities at the rail line would boost Nigeria's GDP.
It was disclosed that some people use an app to digitally alter the name printed on the e-tickets to reflect the second-hand buyers' names.
The MD of LAMATA has stated that the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line will commence operation before the end of 2022.
Operators have been called out for perpetrating a scam that forces passengers to buy tickets from them at hiked rates.
FG held its ground-breaking ceremony of the Eastern Narrow Gauge, Bonny Deep Seaport and Railway Industrial Park all in Port Harcourt.
The FG is set to fully launch the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) e-ticketing platform next week.
The NRC says the 24 coaches would run 16 daily trips when operations commence next month.
The government approved the increase due to the fact that the train will be conveying half its capacity.
NRC said seats have been selected to be used to observe social distancing laws.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has notified all passengers using train service that it would stop operation due to the increasing cases of Coronavirus in the country.