ceejay80s: so, u prefer to be conductor for the train?

otokx: They should increase the price if so

deor03: Typical rubbish mindset, instead of increasing capacity, they are saying they want to reduce adverts.

There was a time NITEL had thesame mindset. where are they today ?

manny4life:

A lot of you guys are just either plainly silly or just completely ignorant. If you better better coaches that travel and 3x the same speed of the locomotive, won't you offer the same price and increase service on same route by x3? Geez, sometimes I feel like there are kids on this forum.

Spending 30hrs on a trip as against spend 10hrs for same trip, do the math - if you bought a train that travels at 3x the speed of the current train, everything remaining equal, wouldn't you cover the same 30hrs in three trips? Isn't that triple income? Man, a lot of yall lack simple business acumen. Going by your mentality, Nigeria is in derious trouble.

head_to_to:

Laugh wan kill me die. You go school at all? So na because make people no ride on top trains, na im make dem raise the lines?

ROSSIKE: You're the one that's not thinking straight. It's not just about "buying faster trains". You need a system that can easily accommodate such trains, which are basically electric trains, and hence, a more solid electricity infrastructure will be required. That's probably a couple of years off, so be patient.

ROSSIKE: You're the one that's not thinking straight. It's not just about "buying faster trains". You need a system that can easily accommodate such trains, which are basically electric trains, and hence, a more solid electricity infrastructure will be required. That's probably a couple of years off, so be patient.

naptu2:

Have you read the Lagos State Government LRT briefing document? Have you read the reasons given there?


Read and educate yourself

http://www.lagosrail.com/_downloads/Lagos%20Blue%20Line%20Project%20Briefing.pdf


http://www.lagosrail.com/_downloads/Lagos%20Red%20Line%20Project%20Briefing.pdf

thelastPope:

If that is the reason given by Lagos state goverment, then they don't know what they are talking about. The key reason for raising lines or taking them under ground is to maximize space especially through crowded and congested cities. You do not raise lines in open forests for example. The raising of lines is extra cost for the project. It is not because they want to deter people from climbing the trains. That a ridiculous reason to spend such extra cost.

naptu2: 26 Arrested Over Alleged Attempted Suicide


A team of railway officials and policemen on Wednesday night in Lagos arrested 26 men, including a deaf and dumb, for allegedly sitting on the roof of a moving train and attempting to commit suicide.


The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the men were arrested at about 8 p.m. at Iju railway station on the roof of the Iddo-Ijoko mass transit train.


Mr Samuel Elumole, district superintendent of the railways, told NAN in Lagos on Thursday that the men would be charged to court on Friday for “attempting to commit suicide”.


According to Elumole, though the offence carries a fine of N50,000 or a 3-month imprisonment, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) will plead that the men be sent to prison as the fine had proved to be no deterrent against this suicidal act.

https://www.nairaland.com/666131/26-arrested-over-alleged-attempted#8309416

naptu2:

They want to deter people from having access to the train lines and also eliminate level crossings, so they are building huge barriers and building rail bridges. Question: how would people have access to the track to do what is described in the articles I'll post if the tracks are high up on those bridges?

thelastPope:

Like I said before, maximize space, then you can add to avoid crossings, to avoid damage from public activities, etc. Detering those who want to climb and hang on should not be a reason to spend extra cost. Have you seen electric trains for example, you can hardly on to them.

naptu2: Passenger killed while boarding train at Agbado, Ogun state

Lagos – A passenger was killed and another broke his legs while rushing to board a moving and  overcrowded train at Agbado train station, Ogun, on Monday.

According to reports, the two separate accidents were linked with the Ijoko-Lagos Mass Transit Trains (MTT) services of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC).

The mangled body of the dead victim was pulled out from the wheels and placed beside the rail track, while the man with a broken leg was taken to a nearby hospital.

Eyewitnesses told journalist that the two victims slipped and fell off while trying to board the moving train.

“The man that died rushed to board the train while on motion, he would have succeeded but was blocked by passengers hanging at the entrance.

Regular train passengers blamed the accidents on overcrowding and the attitude of passengers who blocked the entrance of the coaches, preventing other passengers from getting onto the train.

An NRC official, who pleaded anonymity, told journalists at Agbado station that the incidents had been reported to the NRC headquarters at Ebute Meta for proper action.

Earlier, the railway police command had warned passengers against hanging on moving trains, saying that offenders would be charged with attempted suicide.

Meanwhile, a trader at Agbado station, Mrs Ronke Ogunlade, has appealed to the NRC to increase the number of shuttle services and attach more coaches to trains on the route.

“The number of passengers on this route is increasing on daily basis; I think more shuttles and more coaches would solve the problem,’’ she said

She said that people would continue to hang on the train because there were not enough coaches for the ever-increasing passengers on the route. (NAN)


http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/national/145962-passenger-killed-while-boarding-train-at-agbado-ogun-state.html

naptu2: Nigerian police harassment at Jibowu railway line.

https://www.nairaland.com/738583/nigerian-police-harassment-jibowu-railway

thelastPope:

Google is always your friend. It takes 2 days to travel from Los Angeles California to Austin Texas on Amtrak trains. That is 1400km. Locomotive trains are still used all over the world. Some of you just comment ignorantly.

jumobi1:
It's not 1400 km. it's 1400 miles which is about 2300km.
It takes between 33-68 hrs depending on what train you catch.
By the way, no one takes the AMTRAK from Cali to Texas because of the economics. The train are also connecting trains where you will have to transfer to another Train line in another State.

30 hours is too much

40Lightyears:


Let FG start thinking of expanding the rail system now. With a population of 160 million, what we have on ground now won't go anywhere.
They can take a cue from China and Indias' rail system, that services hundreds of millions of passengers.

thelastPope:

Even you? Haba, you dey fall hand with dis kind ignorant post, walahi!

Again:

Google is always your friend. It takes 2 days to travel from Los Angeles California to Austin Texas on Amtrak trains. That is 1400km. Locomotive trains are still used all over the world. Some of you just comment ignorantly.

jumobi1:
It's not 1400 km. it's 1400 miles which is about 2300km.
It takes between 33-68 hrs depending on what train you catch.
By the way, no one takes the AMTRAK from Cali to Texas because of the economics. The train are also connecting trains where you will have to transfer to another Train line in another State.

30 hours is too much

ROSSIKE: You're the one that's not thinking straight. It's not just about "buying faster trains". You need a system that can easily accommodate such trains, which are basically electric trains, and hence, a more solid electricity infrastructure will be required. That's probably a couple of years off, so be patient.