I visited Idu station today in order to make enquiries in preparation for my first trip to Kaduna sometime this month. I was lucky to meet the station Manager, Mr Sola who was kind enough to answer all my questions.

Below are my findings:
-The station is being built by the Chinese company -China Construction.
-The speed of the train is 85km/h thus; you spend over 2 hours from Idu, Abuja to Rigasa, Kaduna.
-There are two classes available for passengers; Business class N900 and Coach N500. According to the Manager, both are quite comfortable with very little difference.
-work is still on going to put finishing touches as you would see in the photos below.
-Just beside the terminal is another building under construction which will serve as the Abuja Metro Terminal ie Only meant for intercity transport as against the operational one which is for inter-state travel.
-Work is currently ongoing to link Abuja international airport to the idu terminal to convey passengers to the metro terminal (for those coming into Abuja town) or to the Operational terminal for those who wish to travel to Kaduna. Completion of the metro and rails from the airport is August, 2017.
-There will be opportunities for entrepreneurs in the terminal as soon as all construction works are finished. ie restaurants, saloons, boutiques, etc
- Train works from Mondays- Saturdays
- There is one stop in Kubwa en rote to Kaduna. Passengers who aren't mobile are advised to board or alight in Kubwa for easy access to transportation into town

Find pictures below:[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

PS: as at the time i got there, there was no train on site and the next arrival was hours away.

More pics...

Wheres the train

fearless15:
Wheres the train

non. based on the time i got there, the next arrival was hours away.

no train in your pictures, this thread is declared #INCONCLUSIVE!

I Rise!

Trunaijian:


non. based on the time i got there, the next arrival was hours away.

its been long i saw one, you try sha

85km/h is slow, hope they can finish all construction by 2017 as planned.

So just two trains daily?

Nice. We're moving forward regardless of how slow things are being done in this part of the world. I hope the government can replicate this in all parts of the country.

Been there as well, mehn gotta say that the road looked a bit scary to me, felt like I was travelling deeper and deeper into the bush!!!!! about a 20 mins drive from the city gate. also met a lot of refuse dump trucks also following the same road, awful smell on the way there. All in all happy with the works I saw been done there, I may board one of the trains in the future.

Trunaijian:
I visited Idu station today in order to make enquiries in preparation for my first trip to Kaduna sometime this month. I was lucky to meet the station Manager, Mr Sola who was kind enough to answer all my questions.

Below are my findings:
-The station is being built by the Chinese company -China Construction.
-The speed of the train is 85km/h thus; you spend over 2 hours from Idu, Abuja to Rigasa, Kaduna.
-There are two classes available for passengers; Business class N900 and Coach N500. According to the Manager, both are quite comfortable with very little difference.
-work is still on going to put finishing touches as you would see in the photos below.
-Just beside the terminal is another building under construction which will serve as the Abuja Metro Terminal ie Only meant for intercity transport as against the operational one which is for inter-state travel.
-Work is currently ongoing to link Abuja international airport to the idu terminal to convey passengers to the metro terminal (for those coming into Abuja town) or to the Operational terminal for those who wish to travel to Kaduna. Completion of the metro and rails from the airport is August, 2017.
-There will be opportunities for entrepreneurs in the terminal as soon as all construction works are finished. ie restaurants, saloons, boutiques, etc
- Train works from Mondays- Saturdays
- There is one stop in Kubwa en rote to Kaduna. Passengers who aren't mobile are advised to board or alight in Kubwa for easy access to transportation into town

Find pictures below:[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

PS: as at the time i got there, there was no train on site and the next arrival was hours away.

How do I get to Idu from Area 1 pls?

Boldstar:


How do I get to Idu from Area 1 pls?

Stop at berger bridge, enter Idu-Karimo taxi by that police post, it should be N100

richidinho:


Stop at berger bridge, enter Idu-Karimo taxi by that police post, it should be N100

how do I get there from Kubwa?

Nafizzey:
how do I get there from Kubwa?

Why not go to the kubwa stand

please can I enter a train from abuja to Lagos and when is the departure?

Mikkyjay17:
please can I enter a train from abuja to Lagos and when is the departure?

No you.can't. there are no connections via abuja

you can try kafanchan or bida to lagos on the.kano-lagos route

Hmmm..... next train hours away... and building a link to the airport. .... mainly garbage trucks ply the roads..... why do I think this project is in a bad location?

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No you.can't. there are no connections via abuja

you can try kafanchan or bida to lagos on the.kano-lagos route[/

DisGuy:


No you.can't. there are no connections via abuja

you can try kafanchan or bida to lagos on the.kano-lagos route

Thanks man.
I wonder the so called abuja and Lagos has no train route to get to any of the state.
Is just heart broken.

I was thinking to travel by train after chrismax from Lagos to Niger State, just wanna have the experience.

ICE brings u at 300km/h top speed within Germany

Anyone know if there's another number we call the IDU station? Their number on the site isn't working properly....

And does anyone know if they run on public holidays like Christmas?

pls can I enter train from Abuja to Aba?