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 […]

A transport and logistics expert, Dr Segun Musa, has called for a redirection of the focus of Nigerian railway from passenger movement to cargo movement. He said the Federal Government ought to have focused on cargo movement from the ports, which would have hugely impacted the economy. “Passenger services cannot […]

The logo of the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. The agency is supplying some of the millions needed to rebuild the Benguela railway line that Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia used to export materials and minerals even before independence. NAIROBI, KENYA — The U.S. government says it […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has unveiled plans for the country’s first underground rail line that will connect the Abuja Metro Station with the Central Business District, CBD, Bus Terminal. The Mandate Secretary, Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Elechi disclosed this yesterday at the flag-off of the construction of Central Business […]

Tragedy occured in Lagos, Monday, when a fast moving train crushed a yet to be identified person along the railway tracks at Cappa, Oshodi area of Lagos State. The incident, according to an eyewitness, Mr. Akin Rowland, happened around 3.pm. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and publicly-owned Spanish infrastructure group Adif Alta Velocidad have agreed to loan €430m towards a 182km high-speed rail line in Spain’s Basque Province. The double-track Basque Y line will connect Bilbao, San Sebastian, and Vitoria-Gasteiz, but aims to strengthen passenger and freight connections throughout the […]

The Lagos government has announced a 25 percent cut in the blue rail transport fare for off-peak periods. Abimbola Akinajo, managing director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), announced the reduction in a statement on Saturday. Akinajo said the 25 percent discount is for commuters travelling “within the off-peak […]

In a surprising decision, Air Canada has just joined one of three consortiums that wish to build… a high-frequency train (TGF) between Quebec and Toronto. The Montreal airline is joining the Cadence group, which includes the Caisse de dépôt, AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin), Keolis and the Société nationale des chemins de […]