The Nigeria Railway Corporation has announced that commercial operations on the newly constructed Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train have begun.
The disclosure was made by the Railway District Manager, Mr Jerry Oche, in Lagos.
Acccording to him, the new service comes with fully air-conditioned train services in different sections.
He added that members of the public would have the opportunity to leave Ibadan for Lagos at 8:00 am and return at 4.00 pm the same day.
“The newly introduced standard gauge trains have finally come to fruition as the service is run using newly acquired coaches and locomotives.
“This service is fast, convenient, safe, and relatively cheap. There is an option for everyone as the tickets are available in Economy to First Class rates.
“The journey time from Lagos to Ibadan is two and half hours which makes more sense going by recent reports of traffic that have characterised Lagos-Ibadan road due to ongoing road construction along that axis,” he said.
Oche noted that the service marks the era of a new dawn in rail service in Nigeria.
