The Nigerian government has said it will resume freight services on the old narrow gauge rail line from Lagos to Kano on Thursday following the completion of rehabilitation. This was made known in a statement issued on Thursday by Sen. Saidu Ahmed Alkali, Minister of Transportation. Alkali stated that President […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger State Command, said its personnel have intercepted two trailers suspected of transporting vandalized railway sleepers in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The Niger State NSCDC Commandant, Joachim Okafor, stated this during a press briefing in his office on Friday. […]
Operatives of police command in Kaduna State have arrested a suspect involved in the vandalism of railway tracks with 100 pieces of rail tracks. ASP Mansir Hassan, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, told newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna that the arrest took place following a credible intelligence report at […]
The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has launched an investigation into the Abuja-Kaduna train that derailed at the Jere corridor. NAN reports that some coaches of the train, which departed the Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna on Sunday morning to Abuja, reportedly derailed in a mountainous area near Jere. This […]
The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reassured that normal passenger train services between Kaduna-Rigasa and Idu Abuja are continuing despite a minor derailment at Jere station. Recall that some coaches in a train which departed the Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna on Sunday morning to Abuja reportedly […]
The European Union has approved a €325 million loan to modernize a 120km rail line in Albania. The project will involve electrification, reconstruction of 12 stations, installation of a telecoms and signalling system, and safety improvements to allow trains to travel at speeds of up to 120km/h. The rail line will […]
Employees of the French National Railway Company (SNCF) intend to hold a mass strike on May 21. As Azernews reports, citing TASS that “Sud-Rail”, one of the trade unions that took the action initiative, released information about this. “At the initiative of “Sud-Rail” in the National Railway Company of France, […]
…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 […]
Zimbabwes Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube revealed in a recent interview that the collaboration aims to leverage Chinas expertise and financial resources to modernise the country`s railway infrastructure, addressing both fixed and rolling stocks as well as signalling systems. Zimbabwe is in discussions with China Railway Group Ltd. to revitalise the […]
NETHERLANDS: Railway operators must pay a total of approximately €170 million annually for the use of the Amsterdam-Belgium/Breda high-speed line.This amount was agreed between the Dutch government and Dutch Railways (‘NS’), and it stems directly from the Fyra concession fee offered by NS in overpriced bidding back in 2001. In […]