Some passengers aboard the Abuja-Kaduna rail line have narrated unpleasant experiences along the corridor, ranging from alleged ticket racketeering and overbooking to operational and mechanical failures. The passengers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja said they were left standing for more than three and a half hours on a journey designed to last not more than two hours. More alarming were claims that attendants in the train were forced to pour buckets of water on an overheating locomotive engine mid-journey; each time plunging coaches into darkness as cooling systems and the lights in the coaches tripped off. They expressed the disappointment that the service, meant to be a safer alternative to the reported insecurity on the Abuja-Kaduna highways, has turned into a gruel...