Standing5: I want to know:
Where does the Rail way track lead to?
Will it support Cargo in order to free up badly needed road of excess traffic? if yes, what is its capacity and how many people and cargo can it barry per time?
will be affordable or Will it be for the rich like most of his project?
Will it be like his Lekki and Badagry project where he has only succeeded in increasing the amount of vehicle arriving at a already chaotic spot (like Mile 2) and wasting money on extra lanes? or he is just embarking on a white collar project to steal and score cheap political point simultaneously?

Alusi Okija:

Taaa!! Mechie onu!!

Atleast, Alaba Market revenue alone would pay for a quarter of the cost of that bridge. . . What you should be asking is how does NURTW, OPC, Alayes and agberoism contribute to that rail!!

omar22: @alj harem

I do understand what you are saying but Lagos is far bigger than most of the european cities and the Light Rail service is far more expensive to run than a normal tain and they don't have more than 3 carriages (4 if you want to push your luck) so how its going to transport their forcast figures is looney! But hey the project is already cracking on!

omar22: @alj harem

I do understand what you are saying but Lagos is far bigger than most of the european cities and the Light Rail service is far more expensive to run than a normal tain and they don't have more than 3 carriages (4 if you want to push your luck) so how its going to transport their forcast figures is looney! But hey the project is already cracking on!

Oh I see what you mean. You are talking of mass transport (8 carriage full). My brother I don't think Lagos is that large in population. In fact I doubt if people would know the value of this when it starts initially but as time goes on, people would warm up to it.

An eight carriage or so as you suggested would not work on electricity but on gas or crude oil product for more power unless you are talking about electric trains which we cannot afford now. Lagosians cannot afford given the fact that

1. Oil would soon finish

2. We don't want to be seen as parasites.

It is better for a state like Osun or Ogun to build a dam or so (talking like a layman) to power such then Lagos depending of Oil again.

I hope you see my point.

naptu2: https://www.nairaland.com/898591/fashola-woos-foreign-investment-partners

all4naija: The area on the last image is very filthy. I hope they beautify the place after they finished with the construction work. Lagos needs beautification! It is too dirty for my liking!

Alusi Okija: Kini Big Deal. . . .


Port Harcourt is building one as well.

Enugu state governor just started moulding block to build their own. Abeg make I hear word jor!

Your right but it doesn’t mean it’s feasible. Remember that the platforms has to be right up there at the same level of the track, which is a major risk in Nigeria because within days people would start stripping out the security bar or device, let alone talking about overcrowding on the platform! And the most important part is the power to drive these trains which are higher than a normal power supply to a house or organisation and you have to feed the track with power may be at every 100 meters (this would encourage cable theft)

PROUD-IGBO:
Looks nice. But is there any reason why the tracks couldn't be laid on the ground to save costs?

I hope they do u landscaping and beautification on that dusty looking terrain when the main engineering job is finally completed.

The Light Rail Mass Transit scheme is a proposal to introduce a Light Rail Transit System within the existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) corridor from Iddo in Lagos State to Ijoko in Ogun State. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between LAMATA and NRC was signed in 2006, to grant access to the 100 ft of NRC right-of-way required for the construction of the LRMT line.

http://www.lamata-ng.com/rail_services.html

manny4life:


Really? Are you really asking where it will lead to? I believe there's a map for each of the line you can see origination and destination points.

Please, tell me what Light Rail supports cargo? Well, that depends on what type of cargo, light cargo(such as boxes, or mail containers) YES it can, but if it's heavy cargo, it's highly unlikely to support shipping containers, oil tankers and the rest of them. Anyway, you never know what up the sleeve of the operators.


This obviously isn't for the rich though else Fashola would be in deep sh/it. If I read the plan one time it was stated that one of the lines will support about 1million daily. Though I find the number startling, but nevertheless, you don't get to see 1million rich folks boarding the train.

As for you last question, me I don't live in Lagos so I don't know.

In all, I'm a strong advocate for public transportation and I think I will have to acknowledge Gov Fashola that he's indeed doing a great service to his people, though I thought the cost-per-mile was very expensive but then, it is what it is.

[size=14pt]The Light Rail Mass Transit scheme is a proposal to introduce a Light Rail Transit System within the existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) corridor from Iddo in Lagos State to Ijoko in Ogun State.[/size] A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between LAMATA and NRC was signed in 2006, to grant access to the 100 ft of NRC right-of-way required for the construction of the LRMT line.

http://www.lamata-ng.com/rail_services.html

kodewrita: Dear Lord, Please send us a visionary leader in the southwest north of Lagos. Osun,Ondo,Oyo,Ekiti need your help.

Why do we we have crappy govs all over the place? Hooligans all.

Hoping Fashola completes this. Its nice to have governors that leave legacies for a change.

Like Jakande, he'll be forever remembered too.

Financing

The Lagos Mega City Development Authority is undertaking the LRMT scheme from Iddo to Ijoko as a priority project for implementation within the mega-city. The LRMT scheme is being financed by the Federal Government (45%), Lagos State Government (40%), and Ogun State Government (15%).

http://www.lamata-ng.com/rail_services.html

[size=14pt]The Light Rail Mass Transit scheme is a proposal to introduce a Light Rail Transit System within the existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) corridor from Iddo in Lagos State to Ijoko in Ogun State.[/size] A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between LAMATA and NRC was signed in 2006, to grant access to the 100 ft of NRC right-of-way required for the construction of the LRMT line.

http://www.lamata-ng.com/rail_services.html

Kobojunkie: Again . . . .

"Light Rail" is no markerting term given that there is clear idea of what constitutes light rail and what does not.



I don't believe it makes sense for one to claim one is BUILDING A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, and then follow that up with "IT IS NOT A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM".

Either LAMATA is right in stating that it is building a LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM or it is LYING, and probably need to make sure it informs the Lagos People and investors of this LIE.

kodewrita: Dear Lord, Please send us a visionary leader in the southwest north of Lagos. Osun,Ondo,Oyo,Ekiti need your help.

Why do we we have crappy govs all over the place? Hooligans all.

Hoping Fashola completes this. Its nice to have governors that leave legacies for a change.

Like Jakande, he'll be forever remembered too.

[size=14pt]The Light Rail Mass Transit scheme is a proposal to introduce a Light Rail Transit System within the existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) corridor from Iddo in Lagos State to Ijoko in Ogun State.[/size] A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between LAMATA and NRC was signed in 2006, to grant access to the 100 ft of NRC right-of-way required for the construction of the LRMT line.

http://www.lamata-ng.com/rail_services.html

Kobojunkie: Again . . . .



Is LAMATA and the Lagos State Establishment LYING? Since you seem to know more than they do, you might want to INFORM them of what YOU KNOW so they can change their INFORMATION since they remain the major source of information on the project ooo..

Anyone with common sense will know that it cannot be LIGHT RAIL AND HEAVY RAIL at the same time. It is either LIGHT RAIL as LAMATA/LAGOS STATE claims it is, or someone is lying.

GAR3TH:

Then In that case sue LAMATA for "lying", sue Your cell phone company for "lying", Infact sue every company for "lying". Its not my problem so i'm not sure why your trying to connet me to it, Its just a marketing terms, simple.