Kaduna Plans Fast Rail Service
From Kaduna, 10.06.2008

Kaduna State Governor, Arc Namadi Sambo, has declared that plans have been concluded to introduce a fast rail service that would run from Kaduna to Abuja. This is as a result of successful re-introduction of rail transport within the state, which runs daily shuttles through four local government areas of the state.

Sambo said the rail service would take only an hour for those travelling from Kaduna to Abuja, and would impact positively on acute shortage of housing  faced by workers in Abuja, as the rail service would make it possible for people to go to Abuja in the morning and come back to sleep in Kaduna.

Government has also concluded plans to expand the intra-city rail transport which hitherto runs through four local governments, to cover 14, with two-minute stop at each of the 21 terminal stations along its route, charging N20 only as the fare.

Director of Personnel, Kaura Local Government, which now enjoys the service after its expansion, noted that rail transport has now become the preferred means of transportation for the masses,  due to its affordability and the most comfortable means of transportation, which also enables famers to easily convey their produce  to the city centre without any problem.