There are strong indications that former Lagos State Transport Commissioner, Dr Kayode Opeifa has been tipped to be next Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC). Opeifa, a close confidant and loyalist of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is according to Nigerian presidency sources billed to be announced soon with a […]
Opeifa, a close confidant and loyalist of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is according to Nigerian presidency sources billed to be announced soon with a mandate to conduct a branch and root reform of the railway agency. President Tinubu is reported to have resolved to indeed unbundle the old corporation into […]
A transport and logistics expert, Dr Segun Musa, has called for a redirection of the focus of Nigerian railway from passenger movement to cargo movement. He said the Federal Government ought to have focused on cargo movement from the ports, which would have hugely impacted the economy. “Passenger services cannot […]
The West African country of Gabon has signed a contract with the operator of its only railway to begin the second phase of its modernisation. The deal was agreed by Christian Magni, director general of Société d’exploitation du Transgabonais (Setrag), and Loic Ndinga Moudouma, Gabon’s minister of transport. According to […]
The logo of the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. The agency is supplying some of the millions needed to rebuild the Benguela railway line that Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia used to export materials and minerals even before independence. NAIROBI, KENYA — The U.S. government says it […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has unveiled plans for the country’s first underground rail line that will connect the Abuja Metro Station with the Central Business District, CBD, Bus Terminal. The Mandate Secretary, Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Elechi disclosed this yesterday at the flag-off of the construction of Central Business […]
Tragedy occured in Lagos, Monday, when a fast moving train crushed a yet to be identified person along the railway tracks at Cappa, Oshodi area of Lagos State. The incident, according to an eyewitness, Mr. Akin Rowland, happened around 3.pm. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and publicly-owned Spanish infrastructure group Adif Alta Velocidad have agreed to loan €430m towards a 182km high-speed rail line in Spain’s Basque Province. The double-track Basque Y line will connect Bilbao, San Sebastian, and Vitoria-Gasteiz, but aims to strengthen passenger and freight connections throughout the […]
The Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) has awarded the project management assistance contract for the infrastructure of the high-speed line between Kenitra and Marrakech to the Franco-Moroccan consortium comprising Egis (lead), SYSTRA and Novec. With a view to hosting the Football World Cup in 2030, organised jointly by […]
The Lagos government has announced a 25 percent cut in the blue rail transport fare for off-peak periods. Abimbola Akinajo, managing director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), announced the reduction in a statement on Saturday. Akinajo said the 25 percent discount is for commuters travelling “within the off-peak […]