The contractors handling the Abuja-Kaduna rail project China Civil Engineering Construction said 70 percent of the construction works has been achieved in the last three years.
It assured it will deliver the job in December 2014.
The representative of CCECC, James Lee declared this on Saturday while briefing members of the National Good Governance Tour during an inspection of the Jere Section of the rail line.
He said the project did not suffer setbacks as there was no land acquisition problem on the 186 kilometer of land being used to implement the project.
The Federal Director of Railways, Engr. Barau Gafar said that the project was initially awarded in 2006 to run from Lagos to Kano.
He however informed that government decided to segment it to six parts namely Lagos to Ibadan, Ibadan to Ilorin, Ilorin to Minna, Minna to Abuja, Abuja to Kaduna.
The director equally revealed that government decided to commence with two segments which are Lagos to Ibadan and Abuja to Kaduna.
"We started Abuja to Kaduna in the year 2010 precisely. The contract was awarded to CCECC at total cost of 849 million US dollars," he said.
He said when completed, trains would run at a speed of 120km to 150 km per hour, and anyone living in Kaduna will traverse to Abuja in approximately 45 minutes to one hour.
Also speaking, the NUJ President, Mohammed Garba noted that the implementation of the project is enjoying funding from the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P).
"I remember that we (members of the railways committee) came here about two months ago on inspection and believe you me, coming here today, I have seen a lot of progress on this project," Garba stated.
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