The Lagos-Ibadan speed train will roll out on December 7, the Nigeria Railway Corporation Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, has said.
Speaking exclusively with our correspondent in his office in Ebute Meta, Lagos, Okhiria, an engineer, said the corporation would begin operation on the $1.6 billion double track with a Diesel Multiple Unit, (DMU), with more rolling stocks slated to be injected as the corridor stabilises.
He said the DMU would depart Ibadan in the morning for Lagos and to Ibadan in the evening.
The NRC chief, who said the train would only stop in Ibadan, Abeokuta and Lagos for now, added that more stations will be included as the stations are delivered.
He said the corporation is still trying to fine-tune everything pertaining to the fare, adding that a final decision regarding the fare would be decided at a meeting next Monday. (Nation)