The Port Harcourt to Aba railway line is expected to start operating fully by the end of March.
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, announced this during an inspection visit to the facility in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
Okhiria mentioned that the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) working on the project has assured the NRC that by the end of March, passengers will be able to travel to and from Aba by train.
Additionally, there are plans to connect the Onne Port to the railway system for the transportation of goods to Aba, Umuahia, and Enugu.
“What I can tell Nigerians is that we were able to ride on a train, unlike last time when we went by road to Aba. We went on a train to Elelewa because we had other things to do,” he said.
“We looked at the Port Harcourt Port and see how we are going to access Onne from Elelewa. We did that and compared it to make they had put on ground as a preliminary design. Physical siting will make us make a quick decision on a final design so that we will able to recommend to the minister for approval.
“We just finished a meeting now and the timeline and everything. We are putting pressure that by the end of March, we should be able to start. That is what we have in mind.”
