The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released its preliminary report, indicating that the derailment involving train number AK 1, operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), with locomotive registration CDD5c2 2701, occured shortly after the train passed a manually operated switch point at Asham Station
According to a release by the Director Public Affairs and family Assistance NSIB, Bimbo Oladeji,said the occurrence took place at Km 49, Kubwa–Asham section, Kagarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State, on 26 August 2025.
The derailment occured when the forward locomotive and adjoining coaches derailed and overturned with twenty-one passengers sustaining varying degrees of injuries, while no fatalities were recorded.
The NSIB has not specified the exact cause of the report on the Abuja–Kaduna train derailment in the preliminary findings released.
The passenger train, which departed Idu Station, Kaduna, was carrying 618 persons on board, including NRC crew members, security personnel, and service staff
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