O. R. SalahudeenHave you been afraid of travel by road within Nigeria for many obvious reasons? Have you spent insanely 6 to 11 hours traveling between Lagos to the City of Ibadan by car or bus car? A journey of 90 kilometers is supposed to be nothing more than one and a half hours at most. Do you want to avoid being robbed inside a vehicle due to a crazy traffic hold-up? Do you want to avoid vehicles breaking down due to bad roads oftentimes? Finally, do you want a highly comfortable and very affordable price, modern means of reaching your destination? The answer is now here for you; travel by the Nigeria Railway Corporation train. Enter, relax, and enjoy snacks and drinks, you may top it up by sleeping because the Air conditioner is there to relax you. When you’re awake you may take a walk to visit a clean restroom.
The biggest wonder I experienced along the way was the fact that I thought the train was moving slowly when you view outside, contrarily it was moving very fast, but I could not feel it, however, when we arrived at Agege from Abeokuta within one hour fifteen minutes, I dove my hat.
TRAVEL BY TRAIN IN NIGERIA (THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL)
If you intend to travel within Nigeria currently, traveling by train is highly recommended. it is not only comfortable and reliable but also the cheapest means of traveling by any parameters you may deploy.
Here are the available areas you can get the services of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) around the country
1. LAGOS TO IBADAN
2. ITAKPE TO WARRI
3. KANO TO MARADI
THE TRAIN TRIP SCHEDULE FOR THE SOUTH WEST
A) LAGOS TO IBADAN
Between Lagos and Ibadan, you have the following stations along the way (Please note that you have other stations such as Wasinmi and Olodo along the way but currently, the trains are not scheduled to stop there)
1. LAGOS two Stations Namely ALAGOMEJI, AND AGEGE
2. ABEOKUTA one Station
3. IBADAN – two Namely:Stations OMI ADIO and MONIYA
MORNING TRIP FROM LAGOS TO IBADAN
Depart LAGOS, ALAGOMEJI (Mobolaji Johnson Station) at 8.00 am,
Arrive at AGEGE (Babatunde Raji Fashola Station) at 8.26 am, Depart at 8.28 am,
Arrive at ABEOKUTA (Wole Soyinka Station) at 9.43 am, Depart at 9.45 am
Arrive at OMI ADIO (Samuel Ladoke Akintola Station) at 10.26 a.m., Depart at 10.28 am
Arrive at IBADAN, MONIYA, (Obafemi Awolowo Station) at 1047. That’s the final destination.
MORNING TRIP FROM IBADAN TO LAGOS
Depart IBADAN, MONIYA (Obafemi Awolowo Station) at 8.00 am
Arrive at OMI ADIO (Samuel Ladoke Akintola Station) at 8.17 a.m., Depart at 8.19 am
Arrive at ABEOKUTA (Wole Soyinka Station) at 8.58 a.m., Depart at 9.00 a.m
Arrive at AGEGE (Babatunde Raji Fashola Station) at 10.15 am Depart at 10.17 am
Arrive at LAGOS, ALAGOMEJI, (Mobolaji Johnson Station) at 10.47. That’s the final destination.
AFTERNOON TRIP FROM LAGOS TO IBADAN
Depart LAGOS ALAGO MEJI (Mobolaji Johnson Station) at 4.00 pm
Arrive at AGEGE (Babatunde Raji Fashola Station) at 4.26 pm, Depart at 4.28 pm
Arrive at ABEOKUTA (Wole Soyinka Station) at 5.43 p.m., Depart at 5.45 p.m.,
Arrive at OMI ADIO (Samuel Ladoke Akintola Station) at 6.24 p.m., Depart at 6.26 p.m.,
Arrive at IBADAN MONIYA (Obafemi Awolowo Station) at 6.47 pm, That’s the final destination.
AFTERNOON TRIP SCHEDULE FROM IBADAN TO LAGOS
Depart MONIYA, IBADAN (Obafemi Awolowo Station)at 4.00 pm
Arrive at OMI ADIO (Samuel Ladoke Akintola Station) at /4.17 pm Depart at 4.19 pm
Arrive at ABEOKUTA (Wole Soyinka Station) at 4.58 pm, Depart at 5.00 pm
Arrive at AGEGE (Babatunde Raji Fashola Station) 6.15 pm, Depart 6,17 pm
Arrive at ALAGO MEJI (Mobolaji Johnson Station) at 6.47 pm. The final destination.
TRAVEL BY TRAIN IN NIGERIA (THE BST WAY TO TRAVEL)
THE CURRENT TRAIN TICKET PRICES
LAGOS TO IBADAN
The current train ticket prices are categorized as follows:
1. First Class N9,000
2. Business Class N6,500
3. Standard (Adult) N3,600
4. Standard (Underage) N3,000
IBADAN TO LAGOS
1. First Class N9,000
2. Business Class N6,500
3. Standard (Adult) N3,600
4. Standard (Under age) N3,000
ABEOKUTA TO LAGOS
1. First Class N6,000
2. Business Class N4,500
3. Standard (Adult) N3,000
4. Standard (Underage) N2,000
(Please note: the prices for Lagos to Abeokuta are the same as above
IBADAN TO ABEOKUTA
1. First Class N3,000
2. Business Class N2,000
3. Standard (Adult) N1,000
14. Standard (Underage) N600
ABEOKUTA TO IBADAN
1. First Class N3,000
2. Business Class N2,000
3. Standard (Adult) N1,000
4. Standard (Underage) N600
STILL ON TRAVEL BY TRAIN IN NIGERIA (THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL)
KADUNA TO ABUJA
1. ABUJA TO KADUNA MORNING SCHEDULE
depart Abuja at 9.45 am, Arrive in Kaduna at 11.53 am
2. KADUNA TO ABUJA
depart Kaduna at 8.00 a.m., Arrive in Abuja at 10.17 a.m.
KADUNA TO ABUJA AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
Depart Kaduna at 2.00 pm Arrive in Abuja at 04.07 pm.
ABUJA TO KADUNA AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
depart Abuja at 3.30 pm, Arrive in Kaduna at 5.38 pm.
WARRI TO ITAKPE TRAIN SCHEDULE
Depart Warri at 8.00 a.m. and arrive at Itakpe at 1307 p.m.
Afternoon Schedule. Depart Itakpe at 2.00 pm Arrive at Warri at 7.07 pm.
FARES FOR ABUJA TO KADUNA
First Class N9,000
Business Class N6,500
Standard Class N3,600
Underage 3,000
FARES FOR WARRI TO ITAKPE
Business Class N9,000
Standard Class N5,000
Underage N2,500
STILL ON TRAVEL BY TRAIN IN NIGERIA (THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL)
COME WITH YOUR CASH
Issuing tickets by cash is an embarrassing and outdated system
Recently, when I traveled for the first time using the Nigerian train from Abeokuta to Lagos, when I went to the ticket counters to purchase the ticket, I couldn’t believe it and I was astonished and taken aback when I was asked to pay cash. What!!! I said. having returned from the United Kingdom just about two months before the incident, where 95 percent of my total travel was by their train system, I thought it was a joke. Issuing tickets paying raw cash in an automated age and a modern train. It really diminished all the positive things I wanted to report about these highly commendable projects, first in the transportation sector in Nigeria.
Whoever planned and executed the payment by cash surely is a fraudulent individual, nothing to add. I hope the new Government will quickly change the backward procedure, otherwise, it will not be surprised if the Nigeria Railway Corporation is unable to manage or maintain the beautiful or laudable new Train system in due course. Very unfortunate.
That’s all for now on Travel by Train in Nigeria (the best way to travel)
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