Rail lines to link all Nigerian States and Commercial Centres --Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari today inaugurated the $1.457 billion Abuja- Kaduna rail services.

Performing the ceremony,  at Idu Station in Abuja , the president said that the federal government would link all states and commercial centres in the country with rail lines.

The president later took a train ride from Idu to Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja.

The Nigeria’s first high speed rails system which connects federal capital city Abuja and northern commercial capital Kaduna begin commercial operations as President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurates operation tomorrow.

 The 186.5 km standard gauge track built by the China Railway Construction Corporation has double lines.

 Vanguard reports that the Abuja-Kaduna route has nine stations and the train can travel at up to 150km per hour.