The traffic congestion caused significant inconvenience to commuters plying the route.
He said that the trains were scheduled to run according to fixed times across all railroads in the country.
He said train services would commence in a few months as soon as the finishing touches are completed on the tracks.
The agencies, NPA, NIMASA, NRC, NCS, and RBDA, were alleged to have been auctioning public property at a ridiculous price and without following due process.
He also revealed that part of the first phase of the project was to launch an urban mass transportation service within the state capital.
Mr Nehikhare told journalists in Benin that one abducted passenger escaped from the kidnappers while the police had arrested one of the suspects.
The Ministry of Transportation also assured that efforts were ongoing to rescue the kidnap victims.
On Saturday, suspected herdsmen attacked the train station in the Igueben area of the state, kidnapping scores of passengers waiting to board.
The NRC suspended rail services in the past 10 years due to the Boko Haram insurgency and vandalisation of its facilities.
“Even though we cannot eliminate 100 per cent crime and corruption, it will reduce the danger of having to run into security crises.”
