Nigerian Railway Corporation has set up a panel of enquiry to look into the immediate and remote causes of two train incidents, which occurred in Lagos last week.
The first derailment, which occurred on Tuesday May 28, involved two locomotives at Agege while they were being driven back to their base at the Ebute Meta Junction (EBJ) workshop.
The second incident was a detachment of a Lagos mass transit passenger train on Thursday, May 30 between Yaba and Mushin stations.
A statement by the Assistant Director, Public Relations Department of NRC, Mr. David Ndakotsu, confirmed the probe but gave no details.
Although it stated that there were no casualties involved in both train accidents and normal train services had resumed, there was the need to investigate them in order to guide against future train disaster.
Initial unconfirmed report of the Agege derailment indicated that the incident, which occurred between 11.30pm and 12.30am, was caused by defective tracks.
The statement stated the locomotives involved were not in service and added, “There were no coaches attached to them at the time of the accident.”
It caused no disruption to the day’s train movement because it happened after the “completion of the day’s intra-city passenger train services.”
The Mushin-Yaba incident was said to have occurred on the 6pm Apapa-Ijoko train.
The locomotive reportedly detached from the fully loaded coaches at Mushin. While the engine remained at Mushin, coaches filled with passengers retreated, stopping at Ebute Meta.
Meanwhile, the corporation has allayed fears of any danger on its mass transit trains.