The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has taken delivery of additional 17 locomotive driven containers in Lagos.
According to a statement signed by the Corporation’s Managing Director, Engr. Fidet Okhiria on Wednesday,the development is in continuation of freight services launched by the ministry of transportation in June, 2024.
Okhiria disclosed that the cargo train which arrived Lagos at about noon on Wednesday July 15, departed the Dala inland dry port Kano on Friday, July 5. A journey that was made only during the daytime.
The Nigerian government believes the cargo haulage system will ease movement of goods from the ports to the hinterlands, while reducing not only the numbers of articulated vehicles on the Nigerian roads, but averting possible mishaps.
