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Independent AfricaTrain service in Nigeria set to reopen months after attack

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Train service in Nigeria set to reopen months after attack

An essential train link between Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna is set to reopen on Monday, nine months after it was shut down.

Last March, gunmen mined the track, forcing a train carrying over 360 passengers to come to a stop.

At least eight passengers were killed, and dozens more were abducted.

The link was popular with passengers who were afraid of travelling by road.

The Nigeria Railway Corporation is introducing new security measures, including surveillance devices to monitor the tracks and the trains.

Passengers will also have to provide their national identification number.

The government said the train attack was carried out by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

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