The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has blamed a malfunctioned switch mechanism for the Abuja–Kaduna train derailment that occurred at Asham Station on Aug. 26. The bureau disclosed this in its preliminary report released on Wednesday in Abuja. The incident involved train number AK1, operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), with locomotive registration CDD5c2…
Mr Kayode Opeifa, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), says emergency responders are already on ground to move all passengers on the derailed Abuja-Kaduna train back to Abuja safely. In a statement posted on NRC X handle, Opeifa affirmed that the emergency team and medical personnel had been mobilised to the scene…
A passenger train travelling from Kaduna to Abuja derailed on Thursday morning, leaving several cabins overturned along the busy corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident caused panic among the passengers, many of whom scrambled to safety. Although details remained sketchy, there were no confirmed reports of casualties as of press…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Sunday in Lagos refuted a video circulating on social media, especially Facebook, claiming one of its coaches caught fire. This is contained in a statement by Mr Callistus Unyimadu, Chief Public Relations Officer of the NRC. “We wish to clarify that the incident occurred over three years ago along the…
About three children were killed and six others injured after a passenger train hit a school van attempting to cross a manned level crossing in the southern Indian state, police said. The accident took place at Semmankuppam of Cuddalore district, about 204 km south of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. According to officials,…
German police have arrested a 54-year-old suspect believed to be the gunman behind a fatal shooting on a railway platform in the busy Frankfurt Central Station on Tuesday night. The victim, a 27-year-old man, was standing on the station’s Platform 9 at around 9 pm (1900 GMT) on Tuesday when a gunman approached him from…
