In high demand for general public travel needs, the train continues to attract significant traffic in Morocco. However, the rail network does not cover the whole country, which motivates the extension projects for which the executive is looking for donors. In Morocco, 12.4 million people traveled by train during the […]
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●Uganda is banking on the railway to boost speed and lower the cost of transporting exports. ●China withheld funding for the final segment of the SGR to the Uganda border.Kenya last bought its 1,620 locomotives and wagons from China in 2018. Kenya and Uganda will seek an alternative financier for […]
China has agreed to pass on some of its know-how to Thailand so that the Southeast Asian nation can develop its own high-speed railway network, according to Chinese engineers involved in the negotiations. “As cooperation on the China-Thailand High-Speed Railway project deepens, Thailand’s desire to design and construct high-speed railways […]
The joint infrastructure project is expected to connect Gulf and Arab countries via a network of railways that would also be connected to India via shipping lanes from ports in the region Photograph:(Others) The proposal for the infrastructure could be discussed on Sunday as the national security advisers of the countries meet […]
Lauretta Onochie, the chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board, has distanced herself from a $15billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the management of the commission and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc. The multi-billion deal which was purportedly signed on Tuesday, is meant for the […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 984. 7 million dollars for the procurement of maintenance equipment for the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). FEC also approved N5billion for the provision of accommodation to the staff of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo and the Attorney-General […]
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced 25 per cent increase in fare in the Mass Transit Train Service (MTTS), from Kajola/Ijoko in Ogun State to Iddo in Lagos State. The new rate, which came into effect on Tuesday, resulted in the fare being increased from N460.00 to N700.00. The new […]
About N495m has been approved by the Federal Executive Council for the procurement and installation of luggage scanners at railway stations located in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano states. Ademola Adegoroye, the Minister of State for Transportation, who made the declaration on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting, explained that […]
● We Must Learn from Unbundling of Power Sector-Ataguba The Federal Government of Nigeria has resumed activities towards unbundling of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) into three components namely a regulator, asset manager/infraco and operations companies. The Federal Government committee set up by the former Minister of Transportation has as […]
Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport and Public Works Kipchumba Murkomen has said the government is keen on fostering Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to deliver development on key transport infrastructure. Murkomen said the sector was capital intensive and taxes alone cannot finance infrastructure hence the need to bring investors on board. […]