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Abuja-Kaduna train breaks down, leaves passengers trapped in the bush Hundreds of passengers travelling on the Abuja/Kaduna train were reportedly stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train packed up few minutes into the journey. Media report said five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault. Twice, the train stopped before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down. Midat Joseph, an Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), who was one of the passengers, said the train developed fault around 7am. “I left my house as early as 5am to join the 6.40am train but unfortunately I have been trapped here in this forest. This is not the first time I will be experiencing this mess,” he said. Another passenger, said he had similar experience on Saturday, saying they spent six hours to get to Abuja. “This is unfortunate. On Saturday, we spent five hours from Abuja to Kaduna. We left Abuja 6pm but we did not get to Kaduna until 11pm,” he said. An engineer of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), who addressed the passengers, told them that it would take the corporation two hours to fix the train. “We are very sorry; the locomotive is faulty. We have contacted the Idu Train Station for another locomotive. It would take them two hours to be here, “he said. The passengers were finally evacuated at 10:20am.

 

Hundreds of passengers travelling on the Abuja/Kaduna train were reportedly stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train packed up few minutes into the journey.

Media report said five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault.

Twice, the train stopped before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down.

Midat Joseph, an Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), who was one of the passengers, said the train developed fault around 7am.

“I left my house as early as 5am to join the 6.40am train but unfortunately I have been trapped here in this forest. This is not the first time I will be experiencing this mess,” he said.

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Another passenger, said he had similar experience on Saturday, saying they spent six hours to get to Abuja.

“This is unfortunate. On Saturday, we spent five hours from Abuja to Kaduna. We left Abuja 6pm but we did not get to Kaduna until 11pm,” he said.

An engineer of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), who addressed the passengers, told them that it would take the corporation two hours to fix the train.

“We are very sorry; the locomotive is faulty. We have contacted the Idu Train Station for another locomotive. It would take them two hours to be here, “he said.

The passengers were finally evacuated at 10:20am.

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