Rail transport expert, Olawale Rasheed, has said that the recent announcement by the African Development Bank to release $350m to the Federal Government for the construction of the Kano-Maradi rail link will not affect the ongoing unbundling process of the Nigeria Railway Corporation. In a chat with The PUNCH, on […]
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The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority confirmed that the Blue Line Rail resumed operation on Sunday after a fire engulfed a section of the rail track on Saturday. The Fire Service said there was no casualty following the inferno as emergency responders were quick to douse the fire which began […]
A fire outbreak has occurred on a small section of the Lagos Blue Line track at a spot opposite the NEPA Station, near the Eko Bridge, in the Apogbon area of Lagos State. According to a post by Gboyega Akosile, the spokesman for the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has appointed Ben Iloanusi as its acting Managing Director, following the completion of Fidet Okhiria’s second four-year tenure. The handover took place on October 18, with Iloanusi assuming leadership of the organization. In a statement released on Sunday, the NRC’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, Yakub […]
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will today (Tuesday) officially unveil the LMRT Red Line for commercial operations. Speaking on the project, the governor said this is the second rail system to become operational in less than two years in the state. The 27-kilometre Red Line has eight stations […]
By Rowland Ataguba “And in the shadowless unclouded glare,Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where,A misty sealine meets the wash of air .” The immortal words of Sir John Betjeman, poet and Victorian architectural heritage campaigner, born 1906, died 1984, who saved the gorgeous St Pancras station from demolition […]
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says full passenger operations on the rail mass transit red line will begin on October 15. On February 29, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the red line train project. The 37-kilometre rail line facility is projected to transport passengers from Agbado, Iju, to Agege, […]
Rail passenger revenue grew by 19 percent, Quarter-on-Quarter, (QoQ)) to N1.69 billion in the second quarter of 2024 (Q2’24) from N1.42 billion in the first quarter of 2024 (Q1’24) The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its Rail Transportation report for Q2’24 released yesterday. The report also showed […]
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 […]