Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has said the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ART) project is now 97 percent completed and would be ready for commissioning by May 29. The minister disclosed this on Friday after an inspection tour of the Metro Station in Central Area and the […]
Month: April 2024
Rail services were hit to large parts of the UK, including key tourist routes, as train drivers launched a new strike amid cost-of-living pressures and decades-high inflation. Members of the Aslef union representing train drivers are taking part in a three-day rolling strike which will also affect express services to […]
There are high hopes that “The Green Line” will revolutionise a decaying transport system in the Arab World’s most populous country. Introduced to Egypt in 1851 during the reign of Khedive Abbas, the railway service the first in the region and the second in the world after the UK. [Getty]The Egyptian […]
A railway advocacy group, African Railway Roundtable has called on the new Senegalese President, Bashirou Faye to revive the Dakar-Bamako railway project to strengthen economic connectivity of the region. In a letter sent to the new President signed by the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the railway promotion […]
Rail transport recorded an increase of 8.8 percent, Year-on-Year, YoY to N6.05 billion from N5.56 billion in 2022. The National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) disclosed this yesterday in its Rail Transport report for the fourth quarter of 2023 (Q4’23). The report showed that the revenue generated in 2023 comprised N4.42 […]