Lagos District Manager, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Jerry Oche, has said that the corporation recorded 33,140 passenger-traffic from Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway last month.

Oche, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos yesterday, said the corporation recorded more passengers in the standard class coach category.

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He said: “In July, the total passenger traffic on board the standard class stood at 24,948, out of the 33,140 passenger-traffic.

“For business class, we recorded 6,995 and for first class, we had 1,167, while the total passenger traffic recorded from Lagos to Ibadan in July stood at 33,140.”