• Says FG is just pouring taxpayers money away and getting excuses in return • NRC operations costs are 400% of revenues. It’s insolvent and not investible! • MTR of Hong Kong makes $1.8bn profit per annum, so what’s our excuse? •Corruption charges against senior management reinforces perception problem • […]
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The President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Chief Emeka Obegolu, SAN, PhD, has reaffirmed the private sector’s commitment to the growth and modernisation of Nigeria’s railway sector. He made this known while delivering his remarks on day two of the ongoing 2nd Abuja International Railway Conference […]
By Forbes In just over five years, there’s a good chance that you will be able to board a high-speed train in Madrid and travel from Spain to the Moroccan city of Casablanca in five and a half hours, hurtling through a new tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. This […]
…China rail attracts $3bn investment …Employs 4000 Nigerians President Bola Tinubu has vowed to ensure the successful execution of the Lagos-Ibadan-Abuja rail project to ease mass movement across the country. This is just as he also assured that Nigeria would continue to remain a safe hub for investments, as his […]
By Elaine Clark Rail Forum is delighted to launch a suite of rail themed lessons aimed at Key Stage 3 students. Developed to reach students all across the UK, iRail aims to raise awareness of the vast array of careers available and inspire the next generation of rail professionals. The […]
From 2023 to date, the Madrid-Casablanca rail link-up project is ongoing with studies and renewed committment by leaders of Spain and Morroco. The prospect of a rail.link between both nations and by extension, Africa and Europ3 is significant. The European Union should actually be interested in this project under its […]
Colas Rail UK’s Rail Services business unit have been collaborating with System7 to create a new autonomous tamping bank as part of a phased upgrades to our Tamping Fleet, working with cutting-edge technology to provide a range of benefits to the business and to our clients. The partnership began in […]
On Thursday, 1 June 2023, the European rail sector co-signed a joint statement in response to the European Commission’s proposal in amending the Taxonomy Climate & Disclosures Delegated Acts. The joint statement was sent to relevant Commissioners managing the EU Taxonomy. The statement has been jointly prepared by the following […]
The African Railway Roundtable, a rail advocacy group for Africa, has called on the incoming President of Nigeria, Senator Bola Tinubu to adopt a private sector focussed and best practices model for the Nigerian Railway sector under his Presidency. In a statement issued on Monday Morning and signed by the […]
Revival of rail lines is one of the several promises of President Muhammadu Buhari pre-2015 general elections. And across the regions have been some flashes of improvement on rail tracks that had been abandoned for decades. Most symbolic has been the completion and operation of the 168-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna rail line, […]