Nigerian govt plans 360km/h high-speed rail from Lagos to Maiduguri

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to make a high-speed obstruction corridor connecting Lagos with Maiduguri arsenic portion of efforts to found an integrated and businesslike nationalist proscription network.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Olufunso Adebiyi, disclosed this on Monday at the opening of the 19th National Council connected Transportation successful Abuja.

Adebiyi said the projected Lagos-Maiduguri obstruction corridor could accommodate trains travelling astatine speeds of up to 360 kilometres per hour, perchance cutting question clip betwixt large cities and providing Nigerians with a faster alternate to roadworthy transportation.

Speaking connected the theme, “Developing an Effective Transport System for Nigeria: The Role of Integrated Transportation,” the imperishable caput described proscription arsenic a large operator of economical development, noting its value successful facilitating the question of people, goods and services.

He described the ongoing enlargement and rehabilitation of the country’s railway web arsenic a rebirth of obstruction proscription successful Nigeria.

According to him, completed railway corridors see Port Harcourt-Aba, Warri-Itakpe, Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna.

Adebiyi added that operation of the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano obstruction enactment was approaching completion and was expected to commence operations by December.

He further disclosed that ...