Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi says work on the proposed Lagos-Calabar railway will commence before the end of 2021. Amaechi disclosed this on... Read More
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The District Manager, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Jerry Oche, says the corporation has re-opened freight wagon operations from Lagos ports to other parts... Read More
Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway operator, counted 25,000 more new hires than in 2020, even when fewer people were taking the train due to... Read More
Rail Project: Lagos State Government Closes Abule Level Crossing Today
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The Lagos State Government has announced the closure of Abule railway level crossing along Apapa end between Saturday and Sunday for the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan... Read More
Lagos State Government says it will close Ilupeju, Ogunmokun, Jibowu and Yaba level crossings on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, respectively, for the Lagos-Ibadan standard... Read More
The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for naming a railway station after her late father, Dr.... Read More
Germany Begins Usage Of Special Coating In Public Transport To Protect Against Virus
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To protect against the novel coronavirus and other germs, German railway and public transport operator Deutsche Bahn is covering surfaces in some buses with a... Read More
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Mr Sabiu Zakari, says the total contract sum of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project is 1.58 billion dollars as... Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has ordered the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to re-evaluate its existing assets at the Apapa Ports, to create space... Read More
– Bello said this on Friday at the sideline of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project in Abeokuta. According to him, the rail project will create opportunities... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari says that East to North corridor of the railway project will commence as soon as he returns to office for second term.... Read More
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says there will be no level crossings where moving trains and vehicles would cross paths on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard... Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday said that the establishment of an efficient rail line would be solution to the gridlocks around... Read More
We are happy with what we’ve seen: Lawmakers to Amaechi on the railway project
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The progress of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project has had Nigerian lawmakers praising Rotimi Amaechi. Personally, Abdulmumiu Jibrin, the chairman of the House committee on land... Read More
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation has said that he was not impressed with the pace of work at the Lagos end of the... Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Federal Government is fully committed to extend railway lines to North western states to enhance socio-economic... Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed the Federal Governmen’s readiness to explore the potential of the nation’s maritime resources to improve infrastructure... Read More
Railway concession will reduce transportation cost, say Perm. Sec. others, union disagrees
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The Federal Ministry of Transportation and some stakeholders have said that the concession of the narrow gauge railway lines will reduce transportation cost but the... Read More
Lagos-Ibadan Rail: Residents plead for compensation as NRC begins demolition
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Residents of Agbado Railway Station Community in Ogun State have appealed to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) to compensate members of the community whose houses... Read More
The China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd (CRCC) and its subsidiaries, China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co. Ltd and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation(CCECC) on Thursday... Read More
Abuja-Kaduna rail: Passengers decry poor communication, inefficient services
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As Christians celebrate Easter, some passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna rail had complained of inadequate communication and inefficient services from personnel at the train station in... Read More
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has commenced Sunday operations with 512 passengers on a round trip with 192 passengers from Abuja to Kaduna and 320 back.... Read More
Mr Huseini Abdul, the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Railway Workers, Northern District has appealed to the Federal Government to take necessary measures to pay-off... Read More
Nigerian engineers power behind Britain’s railway system — COREN President
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The President, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), has debunked the view in certain quarters that Nigerian engineers were not good enough... Read More
Minister of State for Mines and Steel, Mr Abubakar Bwari, on Tuesday said revival of Ajaokuta Steel Company would save about 5 billion dollars annually... Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday stated that the Federal Government had released N72bn as its counterpart funds for the construction of... Read More
The Kano State Government has signed contracts valued at 1.8 billion Dollars with China Railway Construction Group C18 for the construction of light rail line... Read More
Mr Usman Abubakar, Chairman of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), says the country’s railway system is back on track and now traverses about 3,000 kilometres across... Read More
Mr Jerry Oche, the Lagos District Manager, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), said the corporation would soon increase the fine of roof top riders to N100,000.... Read More
China’s state-owned railway construction firm has been awarded a $1.85 billion contract to build a light railway line in the northern Nigerian state of Kano,... Read More
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