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Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by taharqa: 11:50pm On Mar 29, 2013 |
Very Interesting Read from the Washington Post, copied from the Financial Times: KANO, Nigeria — Standing on the train platform in Lagos with a tiny pink ticket in her hand, Cyrina Kazeem, a 63-year-old grandmother, felt like a wide-eyed child again. More than 50 years ago, before Nigeria’s railway network had fallen into disrepair, her father treated her to a train journey every Christmas. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/nigeria-hopes-for-railways-resurrection/2013/03/27/19fe9c06-9701-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html 4 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by taharqa: 11:51pm On Mar 29, 2013 |
Video from the Original FT report: http://video.ft.com/v/2213263406001/Nigerian-rail-Rejuvenating-hopes- |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by ekoilee: 12:24am On Mar 30, 2013 |
^^^^^^^ What happened? Got got your tongue? |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by takedat(m): 12:33am On Mar 30, 2013 |
We are surely getting there! Apart from government completing the on-going rail projects, there is the need to address the lack of maintenance on existing infrastructure and rolling stock, and also improving on service delivery! We will get there! 6 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by manny4life(m): 12:35am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Unfortunately the NL critics CANNOT see anything progress in this, meanwhile people already believe in this transformation. Imagine this wonderful part, Meanwhile, China’s CCECC is building a two-way, standard-gauge line from Lagos to Kano that will allow trains to travel at more than 75 mph. Tomorrow, somebody will say it's OBJ that's building, slowly but surely, we're getting there. If this is built shortly and completed soon, we can hope in 5/7 years time, by 2020, we will transition into super fast HSR like other nations. Thank you GEJ for putting smiles on some people's face, despite your shortcomings, we're behind u. 18 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by Nobody: 12:40am On Mar 30, 2013 |
I sincerely hope that the 75mph trains will be a reality in Naija. The revitalisation of the railways will put an end to the deterioration of the interstate highways. |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by taharqa: 12:43am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Some Interesting quotes from the article: Standing on the train platform in Lagos with a tiny pink ticket in her hand, Cyrina Kazeem, a 63-year-old grandmother, felt like a wide-eyed child again. More than 50 years ago, before Nigeria’s railway network had fallen into disrepair, her father treated her to a train journey every Christmas. The resumption of the service is the first achievement of a multibillion-dollar effort to revive Nigeria’s railways, whose decline had come to symbolize the rot in the country’s infrastructure. With Chinese contractors leading the way, the colonial-era network is being rehabilitated and new lines built. In 2007, the World Bank estimated that fixing the existing narrow-gauge lines could see rail freight jump to 4.6 million tons within four years and passenger numbers to 10 million This trip has been an interesting experience — in a negative way,” said Dada Thomas, a doctor, sitting beside the track. “Externally the train looked very good. But you have to have people who are qualified running the operations.” What is the present State of the Repeal of Railways Act, sef?? Anybody knows? The roads have become congested and degraded, with transport costs, times and the accident rate This last one was where they got it WRONG. They apparently aren't very CURRENT: Nigeria's Roads are now becoming SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. https://www.nairaland.com/1237669/nigerian-roads-getting-better-abc https://www.nairaland.com/1239173/fg-awards-13-roads-contracts 8 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by ekoilee: 12:44am On Mar 30, 2013 |
manny4life: Not expecting much. Mentally corrupt people swimming in the same dirty and corrupt pond with other corrupt, lazy and incompetent people is very much expected... 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by nameo: 2:02am On Mar 30, 2013 |
why must it be the international media that is informing us about what is going on in our own railway sector? What of our Local media(Punch, vanguard, guardian, nation, saharareports, leadership, and others)? Shouldn't our Local media be reporting to us on the progress work on the portharcourt-maiduguri rail line that is presenting ongoing, so we can put the authorities and the contractors on the toes? I tire for 9ja at times o 7 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by Nobody: 2:06am On Mar 30, 2013 |
nameo: I know, right. Most of the media houses in Naija lack investigative journalism skills. Channels are really stepping up their game though. I commend their professionalism. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by ekoilee: 2:13am On Mar 30, 2013 |
^^^^^^^^^^ You guys are wrong... http://premiumtimesng.com/news/124876-premium-times-train-trip-lagos-kano-live-blog.html Premium Times Train Trip Lagos – Kano (Live Blog) 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by nameo: 2:18am On Mar 30, 2013 |
eko ilee: ^^^^^^^^^^ You guys are wrong... Okay, you are right. PT try. But what of the others. But let them go and do the one on the ongoing work on the PH-maiduguri line so we can put both the govt and the contractors on the toes, make another story no go enter again. Imagine both the Lagos-kano and PH-maiduguri working; wouldn't that be great? 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by awodman: 7:47am On Mar 30, 2013 |
nameo:That's the terrible situation we have found ourself...the kind of energy and effort SAHARA REPORTERS channel into bringing to light the ills of the government is electrifying.Can't they just channel this same energy towards bringing to our knowledge their 'rights' too.. A whole lot of projects are ongoing ωнεяε this guys should monitor and report what is happening,yet no one does.Projects like the mambilla hydro power plant,portharcourt-enugu-maidugiri rail lines,how have they updated us on the progress of the road recovery projects started in December. Orubebe just said that almost all of the critical bridges and culvert on the east-west road has been fixed,can't they help to verify this.How about the feasibility studies ƒσя new rail lines can't they track that too. Like sincerenigerian pointed out,this is one of the numerous way to tackle corruption.Tackling corruption does not just end with prosecuting of convicts.Prevention is also an integral aspect 13 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by taharqa: 8:38am On Mar 30, 2013 |
awodman:This is a great point you just made about sm of these projects. If any media really wantd to 'disgrace' Oruebebe, why not take him up of these Bridges and Culverts claims about the East-West Rd by doing an extensive Investigative report tru out d length and breath of that long Rd? At least, no mata d outcome, d nation benefits cos we wud be more informd and Govt officials wud be put on their toes much firmly... You are also right to mention d 10 Railway Route Feasibility studies and d critical Mambilla Electricity dam project, in dis same vein- we ought to know what stage they currently are. Disgrace d Govt if need be but at least we wud be beta informed and d projects wud possibly stand a beta chance of been finishd. The nation benefits, and the particular media tks d praise. Just look at Channels with dat Police College tin; they apparently DISGRACED d Govt (without telling a lie or pushing a particular line of PROPAGANDA) and today dat Police College is undagoing massive upgrade by d ARMY, d 1st since Colonial times and there is a possibility that it wud extend to oda Police Colleges. That is RESPONSIBLE and REAL journalism in my view 10 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by Nobody: 8:49am On Mar 30, 2013 |
"Meanwhile, China’s CCECC is building a two-way, standard-gauge line from Lagos to Kano that will allow trains to travel at more than 75 mph" I know of the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line that was recently awarded but I dont know of this reported ongoing Lagos-Kano standard guage rail line. Does such FG project exist? Or mayb the Lagos-Ibadan recently awarded is a section of the Lagos-Kano? I suspect that should be case. |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by slimming: 9:24am On Mar 30, 2013 |
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Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by taharqa: 9:26am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Sincere 9gerian: "Meanwhile, China’s CCECC is building a two-way, standard-gauge line from Lagos to Kano that will allow trains to travel at more than 75 mph"Yea, I tink d plan is to extend it to Abuja (whether it wud be a Stand-alone Or just an extension of d Ibadan end is not certain now). But I bliv there is presently nothing like a functional Lagos-Kano Modern Guage Contract... |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by firstolalekan(m): 9:50am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by dridowu: 9:52am On Mar 30, 2013 |
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Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by Nobody: 10:08am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Sincere 9gerian: "Meanwhile, China’s CCECC is building a two-way, standard-gauge line from Lagos to Kano that will allow trains to travel at more than 75 mph" That's what I'm thinking too. To build a standard gauge from lagos-kano will take several years though, I don't see that happening anytime soon. Have they commenced the lag-ib standard gauge yet? It wld be a nice development if and when it finally happpens. |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by MacLovington(m): 10:11am On Mar 30, 2013 |
nameo:. A lot of so-called journalists cannot write a decent piece. The good ones are mostly editors (doing a bad job btw) or have gone abroad or are on TV. Naija journalists like headlines like....GEJ storms Lagos, Rihana storms Lagos, Police flush armed robbers. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by talktimi(m): 10:12am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Bad belle people don't want us to be happy inthis country. May their wickedness choke them to death. |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by MacLovington(m): 10:15am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Lagos-Benin-Asaba-Onitsha standard guage is imperative even if just to ameliorate Niger Bridge. A good start I must say. |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by Goddex: 10:15am On Mar 30, 2013 |
A lot is happening around the country - power projects, Teaching Hospitals, brand new universities, highways, railways, airports etc but our own local media only report about Alamieseha pardon, opposition phantom PDP crisis. Why is opposition more concerned about so called PDP crisis more than PDP itself? 7 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by Itoroetti(m): 10:20am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Did u expect sahara,punch and the nation to report on d positive development?let me borrow a word from my igbo brodas-mba! They won't report,rather de are waiting for when jonathan will fail.but he won't fail 5 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by gerald09(m): 10:21am On Mar 30, 2013 |
Please Nigerians don't let d US n UK demotivate our growth, yeah it may have come @ a later date but if Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ work together Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ will get there in 20yrs. The reopening of the rail network is d beginning of wisdom now investors can help improve it by providing us with faster trains dat uses electricity. All dis can be achieved ones d rail network is fully operational. Failure is not an option, the whole world is watching Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ need to show them what dey missing not being in Nigeria. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by greaterlove(m): 10:25am On Mar 30, 2013 |
surely with steady steps we are getting there. i must say i am disapointed with the nigerian media, they have shown that they are more interested in petty stories to divide us instead of bringng to fore stories that will strenghten the spirit of nigerians. God bless GEJ, God bless my great country Nigeria and her people. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by gerald09(m): 10:27am On Mar 30, 2013 |
MacLovington: .That y Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ got social networks like FB, Twitter, NL etc, dis way every1 can be part of the information train. If u live in any part of Nigeria n u have information about on going improvements in dat part please share with urs on NL if Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ wait for the so called "journalist" Ѿε̲̣̣̣̥ go jt end up fight ourselves ova lies n politricks. 4 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by tomakint: 10:28am On Mar 30, 2013 |
...and this is the same man (Jonathan) some goons in the house called series of derogatory names delivering the 'goods'! I pray, hatred will not send some hardcore typically-bent dolts in the house to their early graves because this Jonathan will be there till 2019! You can quote me 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by dvee2: 10:32am On Mar 30, 2013 |
taharqa: Some Interesting quotes from the article: |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by talktimi(m): 10:33am On Mar 30, 2013 |
I believe the railway system should be privatised or better still opened up the capable individuals/companies who will bring in their own trains to run the available routes, this will ease the pressure on govt owned trains and they can even diversify between strictly haulage or passenger trains. It will benefit our country in the long run. I heard the NRC is planning on going into high speed trains within a few years time to complement the locomotive trains and they shall criss cross the length and breadth of this country, trying to verify the news. |
Re: Nigeria Hope For Railway Resurrection- Washington Post by free2ryhme: 10:39am On Mar 30, 2013 |
it's great to read some good news about Nigeria and an improvement in infrastructure. Hopefully, politicians, etc. can restrain from the typical corruption within the government. With the money from oil exports, etc., Nigeria should be able to use it's resources and funnel that money into infrastructure, education, public work projects.... 1 Like |
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