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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by slimgold123(f): 3:31pm On Jan 26, 2016

wow

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by olafum1(m): 3:31pm On Jan 26, 2016

I blame Buhari

grin

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by goofest: 3:31pm On Jan 26, 2016

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Kangol99(m): 3:31pm On Jan 26, 2016

That's Great!

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by blazetitov: 3:31pm On Jan 26, 2016

baseless arguments. whether obj, gej or pmb, the important thing is that the rail system should work effectively to ease the burden on the road networks.

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Ischi: 3:32pm On Jan 26, 2016

wow.... anyway, checkout building plans with their cost estimates here [url]deljconsult.com/buyplans[/url]

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Nobody: 3:33pm On Jan 26, 2016

AceBeauti:
Thank you GEJ

Nigerians will forever be grateful to you.

If i say what is on my mind, we shall be banned for life cry

What nonsense you have written indeed

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by jacoik(m): 3:33pm On Jan 26, 2016

and d one that suppose to run from orile to okoko has been there for almost 10yrs. hhhhhhh I smell shit

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by godfirstawe: 3:34pm On Jan 26, 2016

Comsol:

Nigeria’s first ever high speed train service will open for service in March 2016. It is the double-track, standard gauge between Abuja and Kaduna that runs at 120Km and 150 Km an hour. Come March, travelers will be able to journey from Abuja to Kaduna (and vice-versa) in less than an hour.

The project which was just completed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) cost $849 million. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Adeseyi Sijuwade while addressing the media in Lagos said

“Next month, we’ll be taking delivery of modern coaches to run on the standard gauge line, specifically for the Abuja-Kaduna line, so that that service can commence immediately,”

According to him, the corporation was looking at a February-March timeline to commence delivery of services.

The rail project was supposedly completed in December 2014, but was never delivered. And even if the delivery is 15 months later than expected, it is good news that it finally works considering the fact that it has spanned nearly four administrations.

Spanning from the Obasanjo administration to present, an active and efficient rail system has been marred for a long time by inefficiencies and corruption on a massive scale. As since the contract was awarded in the Obasanjo era, there has not been any positive move to see its fruition.

Trains were originally designed to transport heavy duty goods like the goods ferried from the seaports on giant trailers that block and damage the road causing traffic gridlock. Some rail tracks have been rendered dysfunctional and unusable from the many years of being left idle.

A working rail system is key to our messed up transportation system as roads would be eased off and traffic gridlocks become a thing of the past. The Lagos to Ibadan route was also commissioned in 2010 with this Abuja-Kaduna route, as well as the Lagos to Calabar route.

The government should also consider other routes that are frequently traveled and are heavily congested, like roads out of Lagos to other commercial hubs.

https://techpoint.ng/2016/01/26/high-speed-train-in-nigeria/

God Bless GEJ

This is not high speed train please.

Standard rail gauge no doubt and better than the primitive one running from lagos to kano.

But this like 2nd generation in rail technology . We still have up to 4th generation. A good way to go anyway.

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by AreaFada2: 3:34pm On Jan 26, 2016

AceBeauti:
You all are just being naive and ignorant. You will agree with me that idea is worth nothing, Execution is what matters.
GEJ executed this project and thats quite simple and we must appreciate him for that.

You can go argue with your grandmother.

Abi o. Nigeria has always had people with lofty ideas. All the National Hymn vows, how many have we actualised?

N5,000 per month APC campaign promise, have they actualised it?

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by dollarathe(m): 3:35pm On Jan 26, 2016

gone are the days when you read comments here to brush up your ideas .... under ages now rule this platform called nairaland...they keep seeing things from tribal,religious and their selfish interest view...any small thing its PDP,APC,Christian,muslim,etc... this forum has lost it. Theo says sooo

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by bebe2(f): 3:35pm On Jan 26, 2016

Yeye people,

Why not Abuja to lagos,

They had to choose a short distance so they can maximise the stealing and pretend it was a completed project undecided

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Nobody: 3:35pm On Jan 26, 2016

ibotic:

****
...did you not read that this project
was started during Obasanjo's time
chekwu abiama o...
we ibos need to think
before we write.

It was signed under him but he did nothing.

Cant you read well ?

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by M4gunners: 3:36pm On Jan 26, 2016

ibotic:

****
...did you not read that this project
was started during Obasanjo's time
chekwu abiama o...
we ibos need to think
before we write.

Yeah but died because of corruption,Gej then completed it . Because me and you knoes bubu has not done anything apart from fighting pdp looters.God bless GEJ.

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by clevadani: 3:36pm On Jan 26, 2016

This is the change we voted for

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by holllandis: 3:36pm On Jan 26, 2016

ibotic:

****
...did you not read that this project
was started during Obasanjo's time
chekwu abiama o...
we ibos need to think
before we write.

Are you ibo

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by folu4real(f): 3:37pm On Jan 26, 2016

Thank you GEJ

Nigerians will forever be grateful to you.

Be grateful for allowing Dasuki to loot us. Speak for urself don't speak for others

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by smileysmiley(f): 3:37pm On Jan 26, 2016

kayfra:
Thanks OBJ for the incubation
Thanks GEJ for the execution
Thanks Buhari for the actualization

thanks for the wisdom shown, let those olodos be fighting for who did it

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by smileysmiley(f): 3:37pm On Jan 26, 2016

kayfra:
Thanks OBJ for the incubation
Thanks GEJ for the execution
Thanks Buhari for the actualization

thanks for the wisdom shown, let those olodos be fighting about who did it

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Eberex(m): 3:39pm On Jan 26, 2016

Talking of high speed, i hope those oshodi traders would have enough time to pack their goods before the train passes undecided

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by CharleyCharley: 3:39pm On Jan 26, 2016

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Wolfbrother(m): 3:39pm On Jan 26, 2016

Lagos needs this more , what waste undecided

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Nobody: 3:39pm On Jan 26, 2016

having good plan is one thing ability and good will to deliver it is another, all past administrations might be at the mercy of delivering this landmark project but lacking good will.
PMB i guess with his body language is about to do it again.

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Olukat(m): 3:39pm On Jan 26, 2016

No probe on dis
No kwaraption took place during this project?
"Decisions are made by men, God judges"
Thank you Pres. Jonathan.

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by MadCow1: 3:39pm On Jan 26, 2016

AceBeauti:
Thank you GEJ

Nigerians will forever be grateful to you.

No!! Thanks Obasanjo & Yaradua..

Lets give credit to whom it is due.

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by 2n2k(m): 3:40pm On Jan 26, 2016

It should be noted that Obj govt awarded this contract in the twilight of his regime. When Yar'adua took over in May 2007, he suspended/cancelled the contract just like he did to many contracts - power, privatization, etc that Obj awarded late in his regime.

GEJ dusted the contract up later and that was principally responsible for missing the target completion date.

By the way, it is just a standard gauge railway, not high speed one

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Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Yomboy4ever(m): 3:40pm On Jan 26, 2016

AceBeauti:
Thank you GEJ
Nigerians will forever be grateful to you.

Grateful for what? Did u read d post @ all

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by allthingsgood: 3:40pm On Jan 26, 2016

AceBeauti:
Thank you GEJ

Nigerians will forever be grateful to you.

God forbid!
No sane thinking Nigeria can be grateful to a thief and corruption specialist who only delighted in impunity! Tufiakwa

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by winkmart: 3:40pm On Jan 26, 2016

wow

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by ojinuocheibi(m): 3:41pm On Jan 26, 2016

obasiken:
God will punish all those that said GEJ never did anything when their leader is yet to flag off a road project.

don't mind them GEJ That could not complete the road that they where supposed to name after him for over five years as a president., the road from AYA through the city center by force head quarter in Abuja.

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by Oildichotomy(m): 3:41pm On Jan 26, 2016

Keneking:

If i say what is on my mind, we shall be banned for life

What nonsense you have written indeed

It is painful.... I know tongue

[size=14pt]THANK YOU GEJ, I want to be like you when I grow up[/size]

Re: Nigeria’s First Ever High-speed Rail Is Finally Here by nairalandbuzz(m): 3:42pm On Jan 26, 2016

Comsol:

Nigeria’s first ever high speed train service will open for service in March 2016. It is the double-track, standard gauge between Abuja and Kaduna that runs at 120Km and 150 Km an hour. Come March, travelers will be able to journey from Abuja to Kaduna (and vice-versa) in less than an hour.

The project which was just completed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) cost $849 million. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Adeseyi Sijuwade while addressing the media in Lagos said

“Next month, we’ll be taking delivery of modern coaches to run on the standard gauge line, specifically for the Abuja-Kaduna line, so that that service can commence immediately,”

According to him, the corporation was looking at a February-March timeline to commence delivery of services.

The rail project was supposedly completed in December 2014, but was never delivered. And even if the delivery is 15 months later than expected, it is good news that it finally works considering the fact that it has spanned nearly four administrations.

Spanning from the Obasanjo administration to present, an active and efficient rail system has been marred for a long time by inefficiencies and corruption on a massive scale. As since the contract was awarded in the Obasanjo era, there has not been any positive move to see its fruition.

Trains were originally designed to transport heavy duty goods like the goods ferried from the seaports on giant trailers that block and damage the road causing traffic gridlock. Some rail tracks have been rendered dysfunctional and unusable from the many years of being left idle.

A working rail system is key to our messed up transportation system as roads would be eased off and traffic gridlocks become a thing of the past. The Lagos to Ibadan route was also commissioned in 2010 with this Abuja-Kaduna route, as well as the Lagos to Calabar route.

The government should also consider other routes that are frequently traveled and are heavily congested, like roads out of Lagos to other commercial hubs.

https://techpoint.ng/2016/01/26/high-speed-train-in-nigeria/

God Bless GEJ

You be ODE! Shey na GEJ abi Obasanjo dem write there? OLODO oponu ayerada

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