CHAPTER ONE                                     INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY   The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has been in existence for years. It is regarded  the  largest  transport  corporation  in  Nigeria and  has  a  high  network operations.   The Nigerian railway corporation is One Hundred and Fourteen years (114) old and  it  runs  a  unilaterally  designed  track  system  of  1067mm  charge  gauge.  Only 30km of its track distribution is in double track and that is within Lagos area.   Nigerian Railway Corporation actually commenced rail business activities with the construction of the first rail line from Lagos to Ibadan 193m between 1998 and 1901.  By  1964  when  the  construction  of  640km  Kano-Maiduguri  rail  line,  then known as Bornu extension, was completed, the present core of the railway network hard been put in place.    Presently, the railway system is  made up of 3’505 route kilometers and 4332 track  kilometers.  In  addition  to  this  is  the  19km  1067mm  gauge  extension  from Port-Harcourt to one deep sea port and the 277km standard gauge rail construction