Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that on Friday evening, a train travelling from Kaduna to Abuja derailed at Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory causing massive pandemonium in the area.
Recall that just a few days ago, a Warri-Itakpe train had derailed at KM 30 Ajaokuta-Itakpe section of the track.
About 148 passengers and 30 crew members who were on board were left stranded in a forest in Kogi State.
It was also gathered that nobody lost his or her life during incident.
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A source within the Nigerian Railway Corporation confirmed to reporters under the condition of anonimity that a train derailed at the Kubwa Station.
According to the source, the train was coming from Kaduna, adding that they were still waiting for a train (rail bus) to carry some of the staff of the corporation to the scene of the incident.
The source further said most of the passengers must have alighted at the Kubwa station, adding that three coaches and loco derailed.
However, the source did not disclose the cause of the derailment.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the train services along the Abuja-Kaduna corridor.
The suspension of the services followed a derailment of the train at Kubwa area of Abuja on Friday.
An official of the NRC, who wouldn’t want to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the issue, confirmed the suspension, saying, ‘It is true that the train derailed today (Friday) but the good news is that it didn’t happen in the bush like the one of Warri-Itakpe.
‘Currently train cannot pass because of the derailment. So, train service has been suspended for now but if our men can work overnight, then we might resume service tomorrow.’
It would be recalled that the train service along the corridor resumed operation on December 5, 2022 after it was suspended for over eight months due to terrorist attack on a Kaduna-bound Train on Monday, March 28, 2022.