{"id":79918,"date":"2025-12-09T14:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79918"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:23:05","slug":"nrc-says-abuja-kaduna-rail-disruptions-are-temporary-not-due-to-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/09\/nrc-says-abuja-kaduna-rail-disruptions-are-temporary-not-due-to-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"NRC Says Abuja-Kaduna Rail Disruptions Are Temporary, Not Due to Neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has assured passengers that recent disruptions on the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service are temporary and not caused by neglect, citing security challenges and a recent derailment.<\/p>\n<p>NRC spokesperson Callistus Unyimadu said repairs to damaged coaches and deployment of additional rolling stock are underway, with safety and enhanced security along the corridor as top priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The disruptions stem from the March 2022 terrorist attack and the August 26, 2025 derailment, which damaged several coaches and forced reduced daily trips.<\/p>\n<p>Unyimadu expressed regret over commuter inconvenience, emphasizing that the situation represents a phase of \u201crecovery, restoration, and rebuilding,\u201d not a decline in commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The NRC noted Federal Government support under President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda, with the Transport Ministry working to expedite full service restoration.<\/p>\n<p>The Corporation appealed for passengers\u2019 patience, assuring that restoring multiple daily trips on the Abuja-Kaduna corridor remains its top operational goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has assured passengers that recent disruptions on the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service are temporary and not caused by neglect, citing security challenges and a recent derailment. NRC spokesperson Callistus Unyimadu said repairs to damaged coaches and deployment of additional rolling stock are underway, with safety and enhanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":79919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79920,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918\/revisions\/79920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}