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The number of passengers who travelled via the rail system stood at 596,792 in second quarter of 2017. This show a 22.30 decrease compared to 768,093 in first quarter, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
When compared with the corresponding period of second quarter 2016, it dropped by 19.66 percent from 742,826 (Q2 2016) passengers.
The Lagos Mass Transit Train service from Iddo/Apapa to Ijoko recorded the highest number with 427,760 passengers while the Minna to Kaduna Train Service recorded the least with 573 passengers.
Similarly, a total of 1,866 trips embarked on via the rail system in Q2 2017 as against 1,755 trips recorded in Q1 2017 and 1,588 in Q2 2016 respectively. The Lagos Mass Transit Train service from Iddo/Apapa to Ijoko recorded the highest number with 1,002 trips while the Port Harcourt to Kano Train Service recorded the least with 2 trips.
Rail transportation actual passenger from Kaduna (Rigasa) to Abuja (Idu) Train Service was 76,820 in second quarter of 2017, reflecting a decline from 86,966 in first quarter 2017.
Actual passenger from Iddo(Lagos) to Ilorin Train Service dropped from 3,620 in first quarter 2017 to 2,663 in second quarter of the same year. The report shows that actual passenger from Aba to
Port Harcourt Train Service in second quarter 2017 was 42,547 as against 64,924 passengers in first quarter 2017.
The rail transportation recorded 1,002 actual trip from Lagos Mass Transit Train from Iddo/Apapa to Ijoko in second quarter of 2017 from 1,049 in second quarter. Also actual trip from
Kaduna (Rigasa) to Abuja (Idu) Train Service felled from 1,349 in first quarter 2017 to 414 trip in second quarter of the same year.
However, actual luggage rack and parcel from Lagos Mass Transit Train from Iddo/Apapa to Ijoko remained unchanged at 102 in both quarters of 2017.
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