One of the passengers who reached out to a family member said the assailants surrounded the train and were shooting sporadically.
Passengers of an Abuja-Kaduna bound train have been attacked by bandits who detonated bombs on the rail track on Monday.
According to reports, the attack occurred at a point between Katari and Rijana.
The 6pm train, which took off from Idu Train Station at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) hit the explosive device about 30 minutes to Rigasa train station in Kaduna.
One of the passengers who reached out to a family member said the assailants surrounded the train and were shooting sporadically.
There are at least 970 passengers onboard the train, according to official sources familiar with the train service.