Reports reaching us say hundreds of passengers were stranded this morning on Abuja/Kaduna train in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train developed mechanical faults few minutes after it left Rigasa station.
The train according to reports, stopped twice before it finally broke down at Dutse.
A passenger who witnessedit, Midat Joseph, an Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said the train developed fault around 7:am.
According to him, “ I left my house as early as 5:am 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.
He said an engineer of the NRC, who addressed the passengers, told them that it would take them 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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