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On 15 May 2018, the Nigerian Minister of Transportation signed a $6.68 billion contract with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to complete the remaining segments of the Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway. Construction is expected to take 2–3 years from the availability of funds. [20] Ibadan-Osogbo-Ilorin (200 km)
Nigerian Railway Corporation operates a network of 3,505 kilometers (2,178 mi) of single track lines 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge, as well as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) from Abuja to Kaduna. None of the NRC's lines are electrified. 157 kilometers are double-tracked.
The train left Abuja's Idu station at 6 pm and was scheduled to arrive in Kaduna's Rigasa train station by 8 pm. [9] [10] According to eyewitness accounts, the train was bombed twice before the armed bandits opened fire at the passengers.
The railway network expanded over the next few decades, and by the time Nigeria gained independence in 1960, there were over 3,000 kilometers of railway lines in the country. [2] In 2022, Nigerian Railway Corporation transported 3.21 million passengers, an increase of 18.36% from the previous year. However, revenues fell by 20% to 4.55 billion ...
Abuja (W) - national capital - 2016 (186 km) [9] [10] In August 2016, the new standard gauge line between Kaduna and Abuja was complete. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Coast Line
In August 2017 the federal government announced a $41bn programme to expand the rail network. The two headline projects unveiled at the time were a second railway connecting Lagos in the south to Kano in the north and a railway spanning the coast, from Lagos to Calabar. Work on both projects was ongoing as of early 2021.
In the meantime, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation had begun work on the Abuja–Kaduna segment of the Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway in 2011. [8] Despite difficulties with theft of construction materials and land acquisition, CCECC completed the 187 km segment in 2016 as Nigeria's first standard-gauge railway. [9]
Because Kano is north of the rail junction at Kaduna, it has equal access to the seaports at Lagos and Port Harcourt. The airline Kabo Air had its head office in the city. [ 75 ] Kano was also headquarters of Azman Airlines and is the headquarters city of Max Air and various independent travel agencies.