NRC
By Kazeem Akande
Lagos, Sept. 26, 2018 (NAN) The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has called for the procurement of spare parts for the rehabilitation of locomotive engines awaiting repairs in its fleet.
Mr Jerry Oche, the Lagos District Manager of NRC, told newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos that this followed the complaints made by passengers of the Lagos Mass Transit Train Service.
Oche said that the development would put an end to the frequent unscheduled movement of trains and brake down of few functional locomotive engines at regular intervals.
According to him, we have awarded contract for supply of spare parts and as you know spare parts are not what you can buy off the shelve.
“You place an order and wait for it to arrive; once the spare parts arrived, I can assure you that most of the engines awaiting repairs will be fixed and our service will be better,” he said.
The NRC district manager said that the corporation in the second quarters of 2018, made 584 trips with its Mass Transit Train Service from Ijoko-Kajola to Iddo/Apapa and vice-versa.
Oche added that 457,000 passengers and 43 tons of Luggage/Passengers were respectively carried during the period under review.
He said that Lagos to Kano passenger and goods train service, transported 3,092 passengers with 276 tons of goods from January to June. (NAN)
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Edited by Gregory Mmaduakolam/Olagoke Olatoye