CHANCEMAN: you guys arguing over whether it is a light rail system or whether electric driven, have you guys seen the subway system of Los Angeles b4?

jason123: Gareth, you are wasting your time arguing!

Kobojunkie:

GROW a brain. The very company in charge of the construction tell you there that the system is a LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, but here you are telling us we should not believe what the company says because YOU SAY . .. Attacking me will not reduce the stupidity in what you are suggesting we do here . . . i.e believe you just because you say so.

Again . . .

According to Lagos State/LAMATA,

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

For those who have no clue/are unaware that you cannot state you are building Light Rail when in fact you mean heavy rail please check the links below for more info . . .

Light Rail vs Heavy Rail


An MOU was signed indicating what would be built, but no. We should IGNORE all that because your ego just wants us to believe as YOU SAY.!!!

Don't worry! COme back and tell us that LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM is marketing term for HIGH-SPEED rail now . .

jmaine:

. . .The guy no sabi say the Bot is doing as instructed . . . .

denzel2009: even musiwa would give us a clearer map.

GAR3TH: You keep posting that same LAMATA webpage that was made in 2006. That Webpage of lamata and the lamata website in general has never been updated, hell many nigerian websited are never updated. Why are you posting a link made in 2006 for an issue that is in 2012.

Second why should you believe me? There are numerous sources that corresponds to what I said.

jason123:

Oga mi, you no narrate your experience to am?!

jmaine:

Oga relax yourself . . .what do you expect from a fellow who boldly argued that HIV infection can be deciphered visually . . .If you no strong . .you go just would yaself . . .

Kobojunkie: ^^ This is exactly why Nigeria keeps rocking back and forth. What on earth has the purchase of 255 scrap rail cars from Toronto to do with whether this is LIGHT RAIL OR HEAVY RAIL? ROFLMAO!!

hm . . .There are NUMEROUS sources that say exactly what you suggest, yet you have yet to produce one verifiable one to this point? Instead what you have conveniently done is try to suggest LAMATA is not a credible source for information? WOW . . . quelle suprise!


P.S, LAMATA website was at least update in 2010. http://www.lamata-ng.com/rail_services.html

The website was not updated, what was "updated" was that they added information on other projects they are working on. The page you link to was created in 2006 and was not "updated". Trust me I have no life and I periodically check various websites on updates on various projects going on in nigeria.

GAR3TH:

WOW now i know for sure you are just arguing for the sake of it.
How on earth can a 85200 pound subway car possible run on a light rail track? BECAUSE ITS NOT A LIGHT RAIL TRACK.
How can a subway car Multiple units preform tigh radius turns on a light rail track? BECAUSE ITS NOT A LIGHT RAIL TRACK.
How on earth can a subway car run high speeds on a light rail tarck? BECAUSE ITS NOT A LIGHT RAIL.

xanadu333: uncle Fash for president!!!!!!!!!. see London in Lagos.

How on earth can a 85200 pound subway car possible run on a light rail track? BECAUSE ITS NOT A LIGHT RAIL TRACK.

ziga:
Don't get me wrong. . . I'm happy for Enugu state governor (though i hope he is doing more than just moulding blocks) You shouldn't make ridiculous statements like this just to belittle another's achievement. it just shows how small your mind is.

omar22:

It doesnt matter most track layout are the same width

Why do you think they are sending it to New York for modification? any train could run on any rail so far it has the correct wheel gauge to the running track, I work for a rail company and to move a train out of service during working hours they do request permission to let a certain train cross some certain tracks.

GAR3TH:

In my statement I wasn't taking about the gauge, I was talking about the load bearing capacity of the track themselves and the infrastructure associated with them. Both Light Rail and Heavy Rail can come in different gauges, 1435mm to 1067mm and others. The real difference is that Heavy Gauge infrastructure can handle more stress, weight and high speeds than light rail infrastructure. Imagine if they built a rail bridge that has a live load bearing capacity of 4 tons [light rail] but instead a 20 ton subway car uses that bridge. The bridge will collapse wont it.

oche_ejemb: You guys bad-mouthing this project, its is either you have never lived and worked in Lagos; or your just too biased and nasty to say when you see a good thing. You are here arguing about cargo or no cargo, light rail or heavy rail, rubbish or nonsense.
The simple fact of the matter is Lagos needs as much transportation facilites as possible, especially at the rate it is growing. That is why there are at least 7 different lines proposed. I am not sure about elsewhere but I know for sure that London has different types of rail services all running as one heterogenous transport network integrated with bus and ferry services as well.This is the model Lagos is going for.
Every single extra mode of transport added to this will ameliorate the chaotic situation that is Lagos traffic today.
If only a quarter of the people that drive to and from work every weekday can take this Light Rail instead, the roads will become much more free and living in Lagos will become much more bearable