Libyan Railways Implementation Authority invites International Federation of Railways to participate in November workshop Libyan Railroads announced Thursday that its chairman, Saeed Salem Al-Kilani, had signed on the same day in Benghazi a memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Investment in the eastern based Libyan government, Ali Al-Saidi, and […]
In a bid to revamp the National Train Service, the FG under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu has acquired new trains for the Lagos-Kano rail service. The trains which will run on existing rail tracks will have stops at Ibadan, Osogbo, Offa, Ilorin, Mokwa, Minna, Kaduna, Zaria […]
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council has expressed concern over the vandalism and theft of railway tracks connecting the Inland ports in the country. The council’s Executive Secretary, Pius Akutah, raised the concern on Tuesday while inspecting the Funtua Inland Dry Port, Katsina State ahead of its inauguration. According to him, the […]
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has charged the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), to immediately get back to work and complete the Aba- Port Harcourt section of the Eastern Railway (Port Harcourt to Maiduguri Line), or risk a protest against what it termed a shoddy job. […]
Export credit agencies from the UK, Italy, Poland, and Austria have joined Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to secure €1.247bn to build a high-speed railway in Turkey. Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure wants to build a fast, 140km electrified line between Yerköy and Kayseri. It’s expected to support economic […]
Four people have been reportedly killed and many others injured after two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Indonesia on Friday. The crash between an intra-city train carrying 287 passengers and a local line with 191 onboard took place at 6:03 am local time, 1103 GMT, near Cicalengka. An […]
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Engineer Fidet Okhiria has said that multiple handling charges by seaport operators was the main reason why customers abandoned rail and moved their cargo by road. He also revealed that paucity of funds has also put the commencement of work on […]
The Nigeria Railway Corporation has concluded plans to launch night operations before the second quarter of 2024. The Managing Director of NRC, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday. He started, “What is limiting us is the night operations, and that is […]
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okhiria, has said that the corporation will begin six train trips daily on the Standard Gauge Train across the board in 2024. Okhiria disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State, on Monday. He said that the […]
Railway debt servicing cost exceeded revenue by 1,208.5 per cent in the first half of 2023, an analysis of debt service documents has shown. In the first half of 2023, the government spent $38.59m (N29.98bn at N777/$) on servicing debt for loans obtained to build the Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project […]