20 coaches arrive for Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kaduna train services

20 of the coaches that were recently inspected in China by the honourable minister for transportation have arrived in Nigeria and will be deployed to the Abuja-Kaduna and Lagos-Ibadan lines.







Ahead of the start of commercial operation on the new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line, 20 new coaches have arrived in Nigeria, 10 of which will be deployed along the route.

A source at the Federal Ministry of Transportation who gave the hint on Sunday also said the remaining 10 new coaches would be sent to the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail line to ease the congestion being experienced on the route.

The new coaches from China were delivered last week, according to the source.

“The 20 coaches will be inspected on Monday (today) by the minister during another round of assessment of work on the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line,” said the source.

Government had extended the new rail line project to the Lagos port as part of measures to ease the congestion on the Apapa port roads.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is expected to inspect the port to Ebute-Meta line and ride on the train from Iddo to Abeokuta and Ibadan.

https://punchng.com/20-coaches-arriv...rain-services

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Nigeria launches construction of the US$5.3B Ibadan-Kano railway



The construction of the Ibadan-Kano railway will commence early in 2020 according to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi who was on an inspection tour of the project. The US$5.3billion project is being undertaken by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company who have just completed the 156 km Lagos to Ibadan section of the standard gauge railway

According to the minister the hope is to have the construction of the Ibadan-Kano railway completed by 2023 before the present regime leaves office and looses any claim for completing the project.

Lagos-Kano SGR
Construction of the Ibadan-Kano railway is part of the 2,700-km Lagos–Kano rail standard gauge line which will offer transport connections from the Port of Lagos to Kano, near the border with Niger.

The sections completed are the 187km Abuja-Kaduna section and the 156km Lagos to Ibadan section. The present project will be in 4 sections namely the 200km Ibadan-Ilorin section, the Ilorin-Minna section a distance of 270km and then the Abuja, Kaduna and finally Kano a distance of 300km.


The railway will form a vital link from the sea at Port Harcourt to Kano in the north near the border with Niger.

https://constructionreviewonline.com/2019/12/nigeria-launches-construction-of-the-us5-3b-ibadan-kano-railway/

FG resumes negotiations on Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project – Amaechi



November 21, 2019

Mr Chibuike Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation said on Thursday that negotiations for the construction of the Port Harcourt–Maiduguri rail line were ongoing.

The minister said this in a statement issued by Mr Israel Ibeleme, his Media Aide.

According to Amaechi, the Federal Government and the Chinese Government are still negotiating on the project.

The minister also said that the Federal Government would also continue its negotiations with Russians for the commencement of the Lagos–Calabar rail project.

“The six geo-political zones are all covered, Port Harcourt – Maiduguri covers Port Harcourt, Aba, Owerri, Umuahia, Enugu, Abakaliki, Awka, Makurdi, Lafia, Akwanga, Jos, Bauchi, Gombe, and connects to Damaturu, and then Maiduguri.

“The Lagos–Calabar rail line covers the whole of the South South zone. We have Lagos coming through Akure, Benin.

“Then from Benin we have a spot leading to Agbor and Asaba to Onitsha and then you continue to Benin to Ughelii, Warri, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Aba, Uyo, and Calabar that takes care of the South South zone.

“While the Port Harcourt–Maiduguri rail line takes care of the South East and North East zones.

“The Lagos–Kano rail line also takes care of the South West zone and parts of the North West and North Central zones.’’



According to Amaechi, the central line that starts from Abuja also takes care of the North Central zone, which includes Kogi and Kwara states.

He noted that the construction of the rail lines across the country required huge funding even as he acknowledged Nigeria’s rising borrowing profile.

The minister said that in view of the debts already incurred, if there was not enough money to construct new rail lines, money could be borrowed to rehabilitate the existing ones.

“Currently what we now have as functional lines are: Lagos–Ibadan (156km), Abuja-Kaduna (186km), and Itakpe-Warri which is about 350km all put together under this government.

“We have recorded a total of about 600+km of railway and by the time we complete the Ibadan–Kano rail line which is about 860km, we will be having 1500+km railway constructed by this government.

“I hope that the next government that will take over from us will be able to do something in that regard to progress the railway, because even if we finish the Lagos–Kano and Lagos–Calabar rail lines, the Port Harcourt–Maduguri line still needs to be finished,” the minister said.

NAN

https://nnn.com.ng/fg-resumes-negotiations-on/

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good development if it is true and not audio

extol1:
good development if it is true and not audio

When will you people wake up?

Buhari does not do 'audio'. If he says the coaches are here, they're here.

Plus more are still coming.

If all these were to be the case since 1999, we would have gone past this level in our course to rebuilding and restoring our infrastructure.

Thank you Almighty for giving us a God fearing President.

God bless Nigeria.

Itakpe-Warri Rail Line 100% Completed, Ready For Inauguration - Amaechi

By Ships & Ports
Jan 22, 2020



The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday said that the Itakpe-Warri rail line has been completed.

Amaechi, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, also said the completed rail project would be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“The Itakpe-Warri rail line project is now complete and ready for commissioning. The @NGRPresident @MBuhari will do the honours,” he said.



The Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line has a length of 276 km and links Warri in Delta state to Ajaokuta in Kogi state.

The rail service has 12 stations with two located between Itakpe, Ajaokuta and Warri. They include Itakpe; Eganiy; Adobe; Itogbo; Age Ebode; Uromu; Egehen; Igbanke; Agbor; Abraka; Okpara and Ujewu stations

The line, which was started in 1987, was built to move iron ore from mines around Itakpe to the steelworks at Ajaokuta but was abandoned for many years before construction resumed during Buhari’s first term in office.

In 2017, Amaechi announced that the railway would be completed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and Julius Berger.

The minister said the government was funding the revival of the project at a cost of about $200 million.

ITAKPE-WARRI LINE:

''The line, which was started in 1987, was built to move iron ore from mines around Itakpe to the steelworks at Ajaokuta but was abandoned for many years before construction resumed during Buhari’s first term in office.''

That right there tells you all you need to know about this government.

In fact Buhari is starting to remind me of Paul Kagame, of Rwanda.

Is Buhari the new Paul Kagame?

Great job FG & Hon. Minister

See fine fine train for Nigeria... Well done sir

A right step in the right direction. This is a way to di-congest the overpopulation in Lagos

wristbangle:
A right step in the right direction. This is a way to di-congest the overpopulation in Lagos

The national rail masterplan has all state capitals linked by rail by 2035. The total cost is around 30 billion USD. Rail does one thing like nothing else - It reduces the cost of doing business. These rail projects are great investments for the Nigerian economy going forward.

Buhari is working

What PDP and Goodluck Jonathan couldn't do in 16 years, Buhari has done it in 4 years.

God bless me,
God bless President Buhari,
God bless Nigeria.

What the hell is this doing in Travel Section?

Mods why are you hiding this information in Travel Section?

This is infrastructure news and should be in Politics where I posted it.

Ridiculous.

Bighead9:
[s]Buhari is working

What PDP and Goodluck Jonathan couldn't do in 16 years, Buhari has done it in 4 years.

God bless me,
God bless President Buhari,
God bless Nigeria[/s].

Abokii shine my shoe!