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Caseless:
mumu

... No mind am ! Na bad Belle plus frustration go finished am !

anonimi:
You mean propaganda and lies
How many times will they test run the same railway and promise free ride?
Barawo Bubu and Amaechi plus their Association of Past/Present Criminals, APC are the worst rogues ever to ruin our country.


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COME AND BE CALMING DOWN BROTHER ANONYMOUS OR WHATEVER YA NAME IS

Farki:
Yes finally I can be visiting my Ogun State babes without problem. Hope the Lagos railway system is next? It is seriously needed now that keke and bikes have gone.

... So Na only F****k wey this development means to you abi ?

Very good project.

jamex93:
Modern electric train or a repaid and repainted coal train

You no get joy

lekki1444:
COME AND BE CALMING DOWN BROTHER ANONYMOUS OR WHATEVER YA NAME IS

Calm down in the face of lies to swindle us of billions of dollars Chinese loans?
Are you sure of what you are saying

Birdeyeview:
A good and effective maintenance culture needs to be put in place too if not 5 - 10 years from now they'll be nothing to write home about.

That's why some things need to be handed over to the private sector. That I salute obasanjo for. He would QUICKLY hand it over to the private sector/deregulate the sector AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

hakym619:
Ass hole government.

This is bull crap project . we are still lagging behind monumentally. Don't be Carried away by peanut projects .

Security be the koko for Now.
I sha don talk my own

Looters in despair

Distressed looter spotted

Farki:
Yes finally I can be visiting my Ogun State babes without problem. Hope the Lagos railway system is next? It is seriously needed now that keke and bikes have gone.

Lagos light rail is not happening anytime soon as long as the Jagabandit continues siphoning trillions with his bullion vans.
Wake up and smell the moimoi with ogi.


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TTC in talks to sell old trains to Lagos. Are they safe enough?
AUGUST 10, 2011

As Toronto trainspotters gleefully take maiden rides on the TTC's Rocket, commuters in Lagos, Nigeria may be about to get some new trains of their own. Our old ones.

A TTC spokesperson has confirmed that the commission is negotiating with a private group to sell up to 260 used train cars to the West African megacity's new transit project.

"I can confirm that the TTC is in discussion with a third party that wants to purchase trains for Lagos," said commission spokesperson Brad Ross. "Over a period of time, they will be taken out of service and then transported over to Nigeria."

The cars being considered for sale are the TTC's old H-5 and H-6 models, which will be decommissioned as the TTC rolls out its new fleet of Rockets. Ross predicts the earliest they could be shipped to Nigeria is sometime in 2012.

Traffic snarls are already a major economic problem in the Nigerian capital, a booming city that will reach an estimated population of 25 million by 2015. A new above-ground rail system designed to carry 1.5 million people a day has already broken ground, and Lagos Governor Babtunde Fashola has said it "will be the most multi-dimensional and most impactful" of the government's efforts to reduce traffic congestion.

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

He also warned that while rail systems are glamorous as far as transit infrastructure goes, they are not always as effective at reducing congestion as other options. Nevertheless, new rail systems are frequently preferred because governments can take advantage of kickbacks from large contracts.

According to media reports, the cost estimates for the Lagos rail project have varied wildly from $1.2 billion to $30 billion. In 2010, a Nigerian government watchdog accused Fashola's government of widespread corruption.

"More often than not, politicians favour rail transit because it is more expensive," Haider said. "It's almost useless in some cases, and less productive in most cases, than a bus system. But you can't buy busses for $30 billion. You can inflate prices and make a lot of money buying a rail system."

From: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

ojuoluwani:
LAGOS State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, gave a breakdown of how his administration expended the N160 billion World Bank loan it acquired, saying the state maintained a healthy debt profile.

Fashoa, who spoke during his commemoration of 2,700 days in office and achievements in the last 100 days, in Alausa, Ikeja, said long overdue refund would go a long way in reducing the debt profile of the State, which he said the Federal Government recently published to mislead the public.

He said, “Recently, our political adversaries issued statements that we have borrowed N160 billion. What they have not told you is what we are doing with the money.”

Enumerating his government’s activities within the period under consideration he said; “In the last 100 days, we have commenced work on providing street lighting on the Muritala Muhammed Way in Yaba.

This is 10 kilometres of public lighting which will be completed by the end of this month. On Eko Bridge, Carter Bridge, Ikorodu Road, Lekki-Epe Expressway and every street and highway where there is street lighting in Lagos, it is the Lagos State Government that supplied the poles, the bulbs, the diesel and the maintenance.

“The only major highway we are not managing for street lights is the 3rd Mainland Bridge.

Fire engines, to secure lives, rail transport from Okokomaiko to Marina, with four stations of eight kilometres completed, and work heading to Marina, with piles appearing near the Eko Bridge every day are the places your Government is spending money. The expansion of the Lagos Badagry Expressway to a 10-lane highway is another place where your Government is spending money.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/lagos-spent-n160-bn-world-bank-loan-fashola/

we pray book boys no go come blow it up

Na naija we dey.new tin deyvsweet,den 6months later Poor maitanance. Funds embezzled and then it would pack up. Naija iz cursed forever

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Arrewa:
Let me still repeat this here!!

I'm not a fan of buhari, He has not perform up to my expectations but I must acknowledge his progress.


BUHARI is 1000 times better than Jonathan!!

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And the pdp were just very myopic.

They spend the bulk of their years building rail in Abuja.

Abuja of all places. If there is any area in Nigeria that does not need a rail, it is Abuja.

The roads are good and very wide. The population is optimal.
The possibility of getting traffic jam is low.

And they went and build rails there.

The money that should have used in building Lagos -Calabar and it would have been far more sensible.

Just terrible governance all around.

That investment will be worth it only if it pays the debt incurred and also self sustaining.


uote author=muchroom post=92969863]This is a video of the brand new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Line undergoing test-running this month. This will definitely save man hours of travel and road delays as well as accidents.

Source:

Brand new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Line undergoing test-running this month. #RailUpNG #LagosIbadanRail pic.twitter.com/7WhJ3h3qP8

— Bright Eugene VII (@BryteDude) August 18, 2020

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hakym619:
Ass hole government.

This is bull crap project . we are still lagging behind monumentally. Don't be Carried away by peanut projects .

Security be the koko for Now.
I sha don talk my own

pain

MondayOsunbor:
omo these wicked lagos land lords go hear am in few years time

Why will they hear it? In what aspect

tot:
Nice development.

Where are the departure stations in Lagos and Abeokuta? Is there online booking for tickets?

I thought departure in Lagos will be at Ido

Arrewa:
Let me still repeat this here!!

I'm not a fan of buhari, He has not perform up to my expectations but I must acknowledge his progress.


BUHARI is 1000 times better than Jonathan!!

If he hasn't performed up to your expectations, yet is a thousand times better than his predecessor.... That means Jonathan basically was never in office or did absolutely nothing in office.

Please, learn to construct better and more intelligent sentences.

Arrewa:
Let me still repeat this here!!

I'm not a fan of buhari, He has not perform up to my expectations but I must acknowledge his progress.


BUHARI is 1000 times better than Jonathan!!

What is d yardstick for the judgement?
Have u checked our GDP under the two governments?

If the maintenance can be guaranteed, then it's a welcome development

Birdeyeview:
A good and effective maintenance culture needs to be put in place too if not 5 - 10 years from now they'll be nothing to write home about.

The best way to sustain rail in nigeria going forward will be to form a holding company to manage the tracks, while private companies run rail services. Same way airports belong to government and private airlines operate.

If we expect govt to run everything, trust me in 5years the entire investment would have gone down the drain.

RTSC:
And the pdp were just very myopic.

They spend the bulk of their years building rail in Abuja.

Abuja of all places. If there is any area in Nigeria that does not need a rail, it is Abuja.

The roads are good and very wide. The population is optimal.
The possibility of getting traffic jam is low.

And they went and build rails there.

The money that should have used in building Lagos -Calabar and it would have been far more sensible.

Just terrible governance all around.

do you know Abuja at all ? why make such comment
Abuja- Kaduna rail line is like Lagos-Ibadan rail Line
people work in Abuja but reside Kaduna
same like people work in Lagos but reside in Ibadan or Sango-Ota

muchroom:
Infrastructures not doing bad with this government

Very bad

Buhari is working

Hope does Lagos and ibadan boys won't be sitting on this one.. I do see those guys the way dey sit at the top last year.. does guys can't make heaven.

Supermugu:
... So Na only F****k wey this development means to you abi ?

It's currently my only export, other businesses are still localised.

the train actually looks nice, I hope it will be to the betterment of the Nigerian people

hakym619:
Ass hole government.

This is bull crap project . we are still lagging behind monumentally. Don't be Carried away by peanut projects .

Security be the koko for Now.
I sha don talk my own

go and jump inside l......

Birdeyeview:
A good and effective maintenance culture needs to be put in place too if not 5 - 10 years from now they'll be nothing to write home about.

Maintenance culture is key if not it's a wasted labour ,money and effort.

Check well , I don't trust Nigerian leaders