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The train left Abuja's Idu station at 6 pm and was scheduled to arrive in Kaduna's Rigasa train station by 8 pm. [9] [10] According to eyewitness accounts, the train was bombed twice before the armed bandits opened fire at the passengers. [11] Sixty-two passengers were abducted in the attack. [12]
Kaduna is an important junction point on the existing Cape gauge railway network, where a branch line departs the Lagos–Nguru line for Kafanchan, on the Port Harcourt–Maiduguri Railway. The construction of the Abuja–Kaduna segment cost $876 million, consisting of $500 million in loans from the Exim Bank of China and the balance coming ...
The total cost was US$870 million. The line, which begins in Idu, 20 kilometers west of central Abuja, requires two hours of travel time for trains with a maximum speed of 100 km/h. In August 2020, NRC reported that about 50% of the revenue of its entire rail network (about 4,000 km) would be generated by the standard gauge Abuja–Kaduna line.
Abuja Rail Mass Transit (commonly known as Abuja Light Rail) is a regional rail transport system in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It was the first rapid transit system in the country, West Africa , and the second such system in sub-saharan Africa (after Addis Ababa Light Rail ).
The 186.5-kilometer line, which begins in Idu 20 kilometers west of central Abuja, requires two hours of travel time for high-speed trains with a maximum speed of 100 km/h. In August 2020, NRC reported that about 50% of the revenue of its entire rail network (about 4,000 km) would be generated by the standard gauge Abuja-Kaduna line (186 km).
Rigasa Railway Station has a railway leading to the federal capital of Nigeria, Abuja. [6] [7] [8] In March 28, 2022, the train while departing from Rigasa Railway Station to Abuja was attacked by terrorists, kidnapping the hostages which caused a temporary closure. [9] [10] [11]
Kaduna (W) junction for Abuja (0 km) completed 2014, but not enough rolling stock [7] [8] (plan B) Abuja (W) - national capital - 2016 (186 km) [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In August 2016, the new standard gauge line between Kaduna and Abuja was complete.
In 2019, the Nigerian government awarded a contract to the China Railway Construction Corporation to extend the Warri–Itakpe Railway to Abuja and build a new port at Warri. The railway and port would cost a total of $3.9 billion, with 15% of the funds coming from the Nigerian government, 10% from CRCC, and 75% from a Chinese bank.