Gekko:

 Granted the NYC subway is relatively efficient, what exactly is modern about those rat infested diseased boxes?

Musiwa,:

i forgot the name of the company that help them built it. ttc may now build coaches. But the width of the track been used in nigeria, is different from over here. that one thing they need to know. why it is better to have a metrolane and lightrail together. metrolane in the mainland. and light rail in the island. it also save you breaking people homes.

olabukola:

The lagos state i know has only one rail line(stand to be corrected anyway). The line that runs from Agege via Ikeja, Oshodi to Iddo or Yaba. Fash is doing a good work but i have a question. Is the rail line for these trains(light or heavy) in place.?
I think the answer is NO. since the routh is diff and the oparetor is diff also. Have they stated building the rail line(s). Which one should come first?(rail or train). To construct the rail line will take more than 4 yrs when you include the nigeria factor the yr gets longer.
All those trains(Street cars/Tram) shown on the pictures above runs on electricity, do we have enough supply in Nigeria to power the trains as at when needed.
I am of the beleive that anything worth doing is worth doing well. I will not condemn of eulogise the project as i do not have the full details.

It is hoped the lines will carry 1.4 million passengers per day. They will be powered by electricity rather than diesel but, with the national grid notoriously unreliable, EkoRail is building its own 30-40 MW power station, with excess power benefiting the motorway and local communities. The trains could begin test runs late next year.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/14/lagos-railway-change-lives-nigeria+lagos+metro+rail+it">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jOPE6i0hL78J:www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/14/lagos-railway-change-lives-nigeria+lagos+metro+rail+it%27s+own+electricity&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com

Gekko:

Guy shey no be A-train i carry go midtown this morning?  Granted the NYC subway is relatively efficient, what exactly is modern about those rat infested diseased boxes? I bet youve never experienced Hong Kong, Madrid, or even London  {oldest in the world} metro system  

Lagos can yearn for something better but lets all agree that this is a start.

Eko Ile:


And you don't have enough info because you are too lazy to do basic research about what you're criticizing,
Ignorance is a disease. Next>>>

olabukola:

Please show me where i did the above highlighted. Thanks for the info anyway.

ekt_bear:

Just to alleviate some of the concerns raised:

The contract is for 25 years or so, right?

The cars probably don't have that long in them, probably 10-15 years or so.

Use them for that period of time, then upgrade in 10-15 years. At that time, the Lagos Rail will be fully profitable and throwing off a lot of cash, so you'll be able to fund new railcars easily.

Where is the harm in being cheap now while the project is still new?

I mean, is riding in this really suffering:

I don't see how that is a worse ride than what most in America or Canada commute in.

Gekko:

You call this a legitimate source? Try again!

Big B1:

[s]This is a great move without any question, but I challenge Fashola to present his plans for this project and I'm 100% sure that it wouldn't take too long to discover few loopholes that will allow either his strategies or human rights law or even security of the citizens to be compromised .
This is just his style of leadership; he produces, but he's never on point (but yet we praise the dude).
He is the type that will destroy a market place and use the land to construct a recreation park; he forgets that we still need the same market place to get our food supplies.

The big question is: How can someone (a leader for that matter) realize his or her imperfection when Nigerians will not stop settling for less by their constant praising songs?

Once again, in my book this dude is just ok, his intentions are completely bright, but he mostly allows his emotion to over shadow his strategies.
Fashola needs not only to be systematic but also technical during the implementation of his projects in Lagos or else things will continue to fall apart few years after the completion.

Here is another example of Fashola's style: Instead of taking all necessary steps to plan a successful strategy as President Obama has just done in Pakistan, Gov Fashola would have ordered the NAVY seals to bomb Osama Bin Laden's house if he was in-charge of the operation that successfully killed the terrorist.

I honestly don't think the dude is that smart and absolutely not as tough as you guys think[/s].

Big B1:

*IBB*. . .*Swallow c.u.m*. . .*IBB*. . .*food*. . .*IBB*. . .

. . .sleep

afam4eva:

[b]Fashola should use this term to focus on people oriented projects [/b]and not all this white elephant projects. The poor people suffered during his first term in office.

afam4eva:

Fashola should use this term to focus on people oriented projects and not all this white elephant projects. The poor people suffered during his first term in office.

Mariory:

WTH? Those are the financial advisers for the project. How can you say it's not a legitimate source? What is the matter with some of you?

http://www.investec.co.uk/#home/lending_and_financing/project_and_infrastructure/Transport/transport_deals/ekorail_nigeria.html

Eko Ile:


I guess na goats go dey ride the trains and not people,


You do sound like an Ignorant goat sha,

afam4eva:

Fashola should use this term to focus on people oriented projects and not all this white elephant projects. The poor people suffered during his first term in office.

afam4eva:

No, na person wey never chop you dey enter that fine train. Or is it going to be free? We keep forgetting that this is Africa and our primary objective is to get people out of poverty. We should stop trying to be like New york overnight.

Big B1:

All I'm asking for is a successful implementation of the project; an implementation that will not compromise human rights law or the security of the citizens, but empowers the people of Lagos state.
Fashola is known to do wuruwuru projects.

Big B1:

@seanet02:
Again, I didn't expect you to catch my gist. It usually takes a few months to clearly see my point.

You're a good man, please ignore my silly post.

Mariory:

WTH? Those are the financial advisers for the project. How can you say it's not a legitimate source? What is the matter with some of you?

http://www.investec.co.uk/#home/lending_and_financing/project_and_infrastructure/Transport/transport_deals/ekorail_nigeria.html