The Nigerian Railway Corporation has disclosed that from next week, electronic ticketing (e-ticketing) on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge will commence after months of arrangements to digitalize the ticketing process. The corporation’s Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, while fielding questions at the Television Continental (TVC) on Tuesday on Tuesday confirmed that the final testing of the ticketing […]
The Federal Government has inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor after initial concern raised by stakeholders over the under-utilization of the standard gauge rail line two years after its commissioning. The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, performed the inauguration during his first official tour of the rail corridor, which was flagged […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday reported that Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) generated N5.70 billion revenue from passenger fares in 2021. The agency gave this figure in its ‘Rail Transportation Data for 2021’ report. According to the report, the generated revenue for the year under review is 226.44 percent increase or N3.95 billion […]
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amechi, has announced that commuters would pay transport fares ranging from N3,000 per trip to N6,000 on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail service when it kicks off next month. Specifically, the minister hinted that passengers on Economy Class would pay N3,000 per trip, while passengers in the Business Class […]