International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 11, Issue 5, May-2020 87 ISSN 2229-5518 IJSER © 2020 http://www.ijser.org Accessing the Impact of Rail Infrastructural Development in Abuja (Nigeria) Mustapha A. Raji Abstract— over the years Kaduna-Abuja high way has been recording traffic accident cases due to the poor condition of the high way , however the need to reduce the pressure of traffic from the high way have necessitate the need to revitalize the Abuja - Kaduna rail line and commenced the operation around 2016,the paper seeks to analyse the impact of road infrastructure and development along the Abuja-Kaduna route and the impact on the Kaduna – Abuja highway, the paper also discussed the problems associated along the Abuja -Kaduna highway, analyse the economic benefits of the impact of the road infrastructure and analyse the impact of rail infrastructure on the Kaduna – Abuja high way, the paper looked into secondary source of information and extracted reliable data which was analyzed and from the information obtained there is significant reduction of road passengers from 2016, this can be attributed to the commercial operation of railway on July 2016 and also a direct relationship to the road traffic accident along the route, the paper recommends that the government should upgrade the highway by installing traffic management systems and also introduce additional rail lines on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line in other to accommodate the increasing demand of passengers. Index Terms— Road, Rail, Transportation, Accident, Passenger, Infrastructure ——————————  —————————— 1 INTRODUCTION Transportation can be described as actual physical movement of people and goods from one point or place to another in respect of the means (Ahukannah et al, 2003), in this regards, different means of transportation have been existing and have been moving both humans and goods since human’s existence.In the last five-decade (50 years) Nigeria rail infrastructure has been neglected which lead to the non-existence of the rail system in the public transport network of the country. The rail infrastructure is one of the safest modes of transportation and its absence in the transportation system in Nigeria have impacted heavily on other mode of transportation such as: Road and Water ways however efforts to revitalize the deteriorated rail infrastructure.The research is expected to access the impact of rail infrastructure and development along the Abuja-Kaduna route and the impact on the Kaduna – Abuja highway, to address this research the problems the paper will discuss the problems associated along the Abuja -Kaduna highway, analyse the economic benefits of the impact of the road infrastructure and analyse the impact of rail infrastructure on the Kaduna – Abuja high way The need to achieve total development in the transportation sector have necessitated the government to review the nation rail infrastructure deficient among the rail infrastructure is the construction of the Abuja -Kaduna new line, these is to solve the frequent accident along Abuja -Kaduna route due to poor condition of the highway. The effect of this has resulted to the loss of significant time and also possess security treat to travelers thus it is vital for the government to provide alternative mode of transportation to solve these problems. The government needs to review the nation rail infrastructure deficient among the rail infrastructure is the construction of the Abuja -Kaduna new line, it is vital for the government to provide an alternative mode of transportation to solve these lingering problems by enforcing the law and upgrading other mode of transport system in the county. Traffic accident along the Kaduna – Abuja highway has been on the increase and this have cause loss of life, time and money, according to the road accident statistics of Nigeria, there were 715 of accident case in 2016 ,507 of road accident case in 2017.while 250 cases of accident was recorded in 2017, the research also shows that 25 accident cases were caused by bad roads in 2016 while 11 accident was recorded in as a result of bad condition of road in 2017, this shows that the state of the high way is a factor to frequent accidents however there IJSER