Amaechi approves PH-Aba mass transit train service

Transport Minister of the Fedral Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Rotimi Ameachi, on Monday, described train services in different parts of Nigeria as one that needs urgent improvement, while facilities must be urgently overhaul to attract passengers.
He also approved the immediate commencement of mass transit train service between Port Harcourt and Aba as part of the positive change in the transportation sector the ministry is set to achieve under the new administration.
 The statement said further that “going by the economic potentials of Port Harcourt and Aba in commerce, tourism and industrialisation, there is hope for proactive economic growth and virile positive change in the lives of the citizenry in the two benefitting states.”

The train service is scheduled to run four trips daily from Monday to Saturday with the train departing Aba at 05:00 am to arrive Port Harcourt at 7:15 am same day.