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The Nigerian Railway Corporation traces its history to the year 1898, when the first railroad in Nigeria was constructed by the British colonial government. On October 3, 1912, the Lagos Government Railway and the Baro-Kano Railway were amalgamated, [ 1 ] starting nationwide rail service under the name Government Department of Railways.
The construction of railways in Nigeria started from Lagos Colony to Ibadan in March 1896, by the British government. [30] The Lagos Government Railway began operations in March 1901 and was extended to Minna in 1911, where it met the Baro–Kano Railway Station that was built by the government of Northern Nigeria between 1907 and 1911. [31]
Abuja Rail Mass Transit (commonly known as Abuja Light Rail) is a regional rail transport system in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. It was the first rapid transit system in the country, West Africa , and the second such system in sub-saharan Africa (after Addis Ababa Light Rail ).
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Nigerian locomotive classes include: [1] ... Nigerian 0-6-0T No. 28, Lagos railway compound 1974
Nigerian ports shipped out some 487,000 tonnes in the first three months of 2019. [1] One notable maritime project is the Lekki Port, located in the Lagos Free Trade Zone. Slated to be Nigeria’s first deepsea port and the deepest such facility in sub-Saharan Africa, work on Lekki began in March 2018 and is targeted to be complete in 2022.
New train station Mobolaji Johnson New train station in Abeokuta along the standard gauge railway line Lagos-Ibadan Kafanchan junction station Lagos Oshodi station Makurdi station Railway stations in Nigeria include:
The first railway built in Nigeria was the Lagos–Kano Railway built by the Lagos Colony (later Southern Nigeria Protectorate). The Baro-Kano Railway and the Lagos Government Railway was later amalgamated by the British colonial government represented by Frederick Lugard in 1914 to form a national system known as Nigerian Railway Department ...
In 2019, the Nigerian government awarded a contract to the China Railway Construction Corporation to extend the Warri–Itakpe Railway to Abuja and build a new port at Warri. The railway and port would cost a total of $3.9 billion, with 15% of the funds coming from the Nigerian government, 10% from CRCC, and 75% from a Chinese bank.