FG may increase Abuja-Kaduna rail fares - Amaechi
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January 04, 2018
- Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that the federal government may increase the transport fares of the rail services on the Abuja-Kaduna route
- The minister stated that when prices of tickets are increased, there would be more comfort
- He also disclosed that commuters had already agreed to the plan, as he claimed that they had indicated that current costs were too cheap
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the federal government may increase the transport fares of the rail services on the Abuja-Kaduna route, following the inauguration of 10 new luxurious coaches, NAN reports.
Ameachi announced this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, January 2.
HAVE IT ALL gathers that Amaechi stated that commuters have agreed that the cost of transportation to Kaduna via the rail service is a bit too cheap.
The minister, who said he discussed the inauguration of the 10 new coaches and two locomotives with the president, revealed that the new coaches would be inaugurated on Thursday, January 4.
“The president is pleased with the arrangement because basically we will then be able to discharge the passengers pressure that we have had; that is why you have ticket racketeering.
“When demand outstrips supply, then you see all sorts of attempts to cheat the passengers.
“There are two things I know the president likes. I have mentioned one; the second one, is after commissioning, even the passengers agree that the cost of transportation to Kaduna via the railway is a bit too cheap.
“So there will be a need to increase the price and then there will be more comfort.
“More comfort in the sense that when you have excess seats multiplied by the number of passengers that will come, then anybody that wants to racketeer will have to eat the tickets himself,’’he added.
He stated that the new coaches, when inaugurated, would bring the total number of coaches to 14 on the Kaduna-Abuja route.
According to the minister, one of the locomotives will be dedicated to direct trips from Kaduna to Abuja non-stop (that should be doing 1hr:15 or 1hr:20 minutes non-stop).
He said this would enable those“living in Kaduna and working in Abuja to actually come to work on time. If you leave at 6.00a.m; by 7:15a.m, 7:20a.m you should be in Abuja.’’
Recall that HAVE IT ALL previously reported that the Abuja-Kaduna trains service had received a boostwith the arrival of 10 new coaches and two locomotives to be deployed by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC).
A source in Abuja disclosed that the new locomotives and coaches had been installed for test run ahead of their inauguration on January 15.
Rotimi Amaechi says he is busy on the streets.
SOURCE: UNKOWN.
- The minister stated that when prices of tickets are increased, there would be more comfort
- He also disclosed that commuters had already agreed to the plan, as he claimed that they had indicated that current costs were too cheap
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the federal government may increase the transport fares of the rail services on the Abuja-Kaduna route, following the inauguration of 10 new luxurious coaches, NAN reports.
Ameachi announced this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, January 2.
HAVE IT ALL gathers that Amaechi stated that commuters have agreed that the cost of transportation to Kaduna via the rail service is a bit too cheap.
The minister, who said he discussed the inauguration of the 10 new coaches and two locomotives with the president, revealed that the new coaches would be inaugurated on Thursday, January 4.
“The president is pleased with the arrangement because basically we will then be able to discharge the passengers pressure that we have had; that is why you have ticket racketeering.
“When demand outstrips supply, then you see all sorts of attempts to cheat the passengers.
“There are two things I know the president likes. I have mentioned one; the second one, is after commissioning, even the passengers agree that the cost of transportation to Kaduna via the railway is a bit too cheap.
“So there will be a need to increase the price and then there will be more comfort.
“More comfort in the sense that when you have excess seats multiplied by the number of passengers that will come, then anybody that wants to racketeer will have to eat the tickets himself,’’he added.
He stated that the new coaches, when inaugurated, would bring the total number of coaches to 14 on the Kaduna-Abuja route.
According to the minister, one of the locomotives will be dedicated to direct trips from Kaduna to Abuja non-stop (that should be doing 1hr:15 or 1hr:20 minutes non-stop).
He said this would enable those“living in Kaduna and working in Abuja to actually come to work on time. If you leave at 6.00a.m; by 7:15a.m, 7:20a.m you should be in Abuja.’’
Recall that HAVE IT ALL previously reported that the Abuja-Kaduna trains service had received a boostwith the arrival of 10 new coaches and two locomotives to be deployed by the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC).
A source in Abuja disclosed that the new locomotives and coaches had been installed for test run ahead of their inauguration on January 15.
Rotimi Amaechi says he is busy on the streets.
SOURCE: UNKOWN.
