Rail – City Business News

July 25, 2026 No Responses

LAMATA Engages AfDB On Green Line Rail Project

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), has advanced plans for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Green Line with a high-level stakeholder engagement involving representatives of the African Development Bank...

June 7, 2024 No Responses

FG Begins Freight Services From Kano To Lagos By Rail

The Federal government on Thursday relaunched freight services from the Dala inland dry port in Kano to the Apapa port terminal in Lagos using the narrow-gauge railway. Speaking during the commissioning of the freight movement at the Dry Port in...

August 18, 2022 No Responses

Test Run Of Lagos Blue Line Rail Project Begins December

The test run of the Lagos Blue Rail Line train service project is to commence December 2022. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this in Marina on Wednesday at the launch of the last track beam (T-beam) for the blue line...

May 31, 2022 No Responses

NRC To Unveil 5km, Excursion Rail, In Bauchi

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), North Eastern District, is to construct a five kilometer rail line from Bauchi to Inkil along Bauchi-Gombe road for children excursion train services. Mr Aliyu Mainasara, the newly posted Railway District Manager (...

June 25, 2021 No Responses

Rail Transport Generates N5.79b In Three Years

Rail transportation in Nigeria generated N5.79 billion between 2019 and Quarter One of 2021 (Q1, 2021), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. It said this in the “Rail Transportation Data for Q1 2019 – Q1 2021” obtained from...

November 18, 2019 No Responses

Ex-lawmaker Tasks Sanwo-Olu On Rail Development

A former Lagos lawmaker, Mr Dipo Olorunrinu, on Sunday called on Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to invest in rail infrastructure in the state. Olorunrinu, who represented Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I in the 8th Lagos State House of Assembly, told the News Agency...

November 10, 2019 No Responses

Kajola Rail Wagon Assembly Plant To Generate 5,000 Jobs

The Rail Wagon Assembly Plant construction in Nigeria will generate about 5,000 direct and indirect jobs when completed, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declared on Saturday Speaking on Saturday while performing the Official Ground Breaking Ceremony for the const...

April 28, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria To Finalise $2b Rail Projects With General Electric

Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari visit to the United States on Monday, senior officials of the Ministry of Transportation are to meet with the General Electric led consortium to discuss implementation of the interim phase of the narrow gauge rail conc...

February 8, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria Railway boss explains increase in Abuja-Kaduna fare

The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, has explained that the increase in fare of Abuja-Kaduna rail line was to meet up with the part cost of the rail operations. Mr. Okhiria told the News Agency of Nigeria...

November 9, 2016 No Responses

Senate faults rail track concession deal with General Electric

Citing lack of due process, the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday commenced investigation into the concession of Eastern and Western rail lines to General Electric (GE). According to the Senate, the contract entered into with the United States Company did not...

September 21, 2016 No Responses

Rail Concession: FG begins negotiation with General Electric

The Federal Government has commenced negotiation with General Electric on the concessioning of the narrow gauge lines across the country. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi said the...