The Port Harcourt-Aba section is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Guage railway project
Mr Ayo Dada, Project Supervisor, Federal Ministry of Transportation, formally transferred the railway to the NRC during a brief ceremony held on Thursday in Port Harcourt.
He said that the project, completed in May, had significantly improved passenger movement between Rivers and Abia, thereby enhancing their economies.