Lagos, Nigeria – A train derailed on Tuesday morning in northern Nigeria, injuring seven people, the national railway operator and authorities said.

Images shared on social media showed at least three carriages tipped over on the troubled railway line linking the Nigerian capital Abuja with the key northern city of Kaduna.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation said that while there had been no deaths, “emergency, rescue, medical personnel and nearby hospitals have already been mobilised” to receive those injured.

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the seven wounded had received first aid on site before being taken to hospital.

The Abuja-Kaduna line is known for frequent breakdowns, with an axle issue disrupting services last week.

A train came off the tracks near the station in Jere in 2024, without causing any deaths.

Another derailment took place in 2023 near the Kubwa train station.

The service was interrupted for six months after a gang killed around a dozen people and kidnapped around 60 passengers in a 2022 attack. Those abducted were released after several months in captivity.

Inaugurated in 2016 after five years of works, the 186-kilometre-long (115-mile-long) line aimed to provide travellers a safe alternative to travelling by road, regularly hit by gunmen and traffic accidents.