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JUST IN: Travellers Stranded In Bush As Abuja-Kaduna Train Breaks Down
“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.”
Hundreds of travellers were on Monday stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the Abuja-Kaduna train broke down a few minutes into the journey, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.
It was gathered that the train developed a mechanical fault five minutes after it departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna.
EKO HOT BLOG learnt that the Abuja-Kaduna train stopped twice before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down.
The Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Midat Joseph, who was among the travellers, disclosed that the train developed fault around 7am on Monday.
He said, “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.”
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Another passenger further stated that he had a similar experience on Saturday, saying they spent six hours to get to Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“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 11:pm,” the passenger revealed.
An engineer of the NRC, who addressed the passengers, told the travellers 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,” the engineer said.
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