{"id":87427,"date":"2021-10-23T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T08:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87427"},"modified":"2021-10-23T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T08:55:21","slug":"nrc-announces-resumption-of-abuja-kaduna-train-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nrc-announces-resumption-of-abuja-kaduna-train-services\/","title":{"rendered":"NRC Announces Resumption Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m14499\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday directed that Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS)\u00a0 should resume operations on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi gave the directive after inspecting repairs on the rail tracks between Rijana and Dutse along the route on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The minister then assured the public of Federal Government\u2019s commitment to ensure safety of passengers along the route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI think what is significant is that the repair was done by our own Nigerian engineers and completed in record time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dBy tomorrow we expect to run the first train. That is why I had to come here myself physically to be present here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We want to assure the\u00a0 public that beyond the physical presence of police and deployment of the military along this track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI just told the MD to get us a rail bus that will be on patrol regularly on the track so that we can see what is going to happen even before the train takes off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d That will be the measure we will put in place until we put a digital system in place. And it will be end to end from Abuja-Kaduna and it will the same thing for Lagos-Ibadan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi noted that the incident that happened would fasten the procurement process of the Digital Security System which the government planned to install on the track.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u201dIt had\u00a0 gone to cabinet two weeks ago and it was returned so, we will re-present it to cabinet to ensure that we get approval , then we can install the digital security network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe essence\u00a0 of the digital security system is to enable us know when there is an impact on the rail.\u00a0 It has a sensor,\u00a0 when people walk across the rail we will be able to know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We will\u00a0 get the police to be involved so that they will be here before we install the security system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On capacity of indigents, the minister expressed pleasure that the country had capable engineers who could fix the rail system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d I am happy.\u00a0 What this has done is that It has shown that we actually have the capacity to fix our rail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; The essence of this is to make sure that by the time you leave,\u00a0 we should start gradual process of constructing our own railway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dYou can see the lady engineer, however she can be able to fix that,\u00a0 she and her colleagues will be able to do more kilometers of track laying and possibly track construction,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n<p>The NRC had on Thursday suspended indefinitely service\u00a0 operations along the Abuja-Kaduna route due to explosion of the track along the route.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion damaged the tracks between the Rijana-Dutse axis.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday directed that Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS)\u00a0 should resume operations on Saturday. 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