Railway stations in Nigeria include:
Maps edit
Cities served by rail edit
The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line.
West Line edit
- Apapa (W) - Lagos. Port ; flour mill ; oil terminals [1]
- Lagos (W) (0 km) - Terminus station
- Yaba (W) - Lagos suburban railway[2]
- Oshodi (W) - Lagos suburban railway
- Ikeja (W) - Lagos suburban railway
- Agege (W) - Lagos suburban railway[3]
- Agbado (W) - Lagos suburban railway[4]
- Ijoko (W) - terminus of suburban trains, 2013 [5]
- Abeokuta (W)
- Agege (W) - junction
- Ibadan (W) (156 km)
- Oshogbo (W)
- Ilorin (W)
- Zungeru (W) - bridge
- Minna (W) - junction for Baro
- Kaduna (W) - junction for East Line; junction for Abuja
- Zaria (WX) - junction for Kaura Namoda (W)
Kano (W) (1124 km) (capital Kano state)- Nguru (W) - terminus near Niger border
- Zaria (W) - junction
- Funtua (W)
- Gusau (WN)
- Kaura Namoda (W)
-
Nigeria-Niger border - Niamey
- Minna (W) - junction for Baro (capital Niger state)
- Baro (W) (branch terminus) on River Niger
Coast Line edit
- proposed standard gauge
- Lagos
- Benin City (capital Edo state) (300 km)
- Port Harcourt (capital Rivers state)
Link Line edit
- Kaduna (W) - junction for East Line cross country
- Idon (WE)
- Kafanchan (E) - junction to West Line cross country
Central Line 1435mm edit
This line is isolated from the East and West lines.
- Itakpe (C) - iron ore[14]
- Ajaokuta (C)
- Ovu (49m) (C)
- (incomplete 22 km)
- Warri (C) - A line to Warri was planned; contractor paid October 2009; completion unknown.[15][16][17][18]
- (gauge convertible sleepers)
- Port Harcourt
- Onne
East Line edit
- Port Harcourt (E)
- Aba (E)
- Enugu (E)
- Otukpo (E)
- Igumale (E)
- Makurdi (E) - major bridge
- Kafanchan (E) - junction to West Line
- Kuru (E) - junction for Jos
- Bauchi (E) - was 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) [19] and part of Bauchi Light Railway.
- (built 1961) [20]
- Gombe (E),
- Maiduguri (E) (terminus) - nearest railhead to Chad
Rehabilitate edit
- Lagos (W)
- 488 km
- Jebba (W) - on River Niger[21]
Under Construction edit
Proposed edit
- (Coast Line)
- Lagos 0 km
- Benin City
- Calabar - 1402 km - near border with Cameroon [25]
Feasibility studies edit
- (2014)
- Lagos-Abuja (615 km);
- Ajaokuta-Obajana-Jakura-Boro-Abuja with an additional line from Otukpo;
- Anyinga-Ejule-Ida-Adoru-Nsuuka-Adani-Omor-Anaku-Aguleri-Nsugbe-Onitcha;
- Zaria-Kaura Namoda-Nnewi-Owerri-Illela-Birni to Konni in the Niger Republic (520 km);
- Benin City-Agbor-Onicha-Nnewi-Owerri-Aba
- Onitcha-Enugu-Abakaliki;
- Eganyi-Lokoja-Abaji-Abuja (280 km). * [26]
To Niger edit
- Kauran Namoda (0 km) railhead[27]
- Sokoto
- Birnin Kebbi
- (about 250 km) - border
- Birnin-N'konni
- Niamey
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Nigerian Southern edit
- Lagos[29]
- Niger River Delta
- Port Harcourt
- Calabar
- (near Cameroon border)
2010 edit
- Port Harcourt and branches [30]
- Maiduguri
- Bonny, Nigeria
- Owerri
- Kafanchan
- Gombe, Gombe
- Damaturu
- Gashua
Metro and Light Rail edit
Metro lines are proposed for the MegaCity of Lagos.[31]
The first phase of Abuja Light Rail opened in July 2018.
Closed edit
- Bauchi Light Railway 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
- (open 1914-1927)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Africa, Railways (2015-07-28). "NIGERIAN OIL SIDINGS CONTRACT". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Google. "Yaba railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ Google. "Agege railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ Google. "Agbado railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ "Railpage". Railpage. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Africa, Railways (2015-07-28). "LAGOS-KANO AND ABUJA". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Africa, Railways (2015-07-28). "ABUJA-KADUNA TRACKLAYING COMPLETED". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "News Archives". Railway Technology. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "NIGERIA APPROVES ABUJA LINE | Railways Africa". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-17.
- ^ "First Afghan Rail Project to Start This Year". 29 October 2009.
- ^ "Railpage".
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/12/09/abuja-kaduna-tracklaying-completed/
- ^ Abuja lines
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/11/ore-from-agbara-in-nigeria/
- ^ Railway Gazette International October 2009 page 11
- ^ "Deal Signed for Last Leg of Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail". 15 November 2009.
- ^ "Itakp Ajaokuta". www.teamengineering.it. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.
- ^ "Nigeria rail gets boost in Ajaokuta-Warri line completion".
- ^ "Hansard". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 4 December 1912. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "Railway and Track works TCI - Trapp Construction International GMBH". www.trappco.de. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09.
- ^ "Chinese Firm to Build Lagos-Jebba Railway". 8 November 2009.
- ^ "ZTE COMMUNICATIONS FOR NIGERIA'S RAILWAY | Railways AfricaRailways Africa". www.railwaysafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Railpage".
- ^ "New railway lines: Lagos bridges to be demolished - Vanguard News". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
- ^ "CHINA TO BUILD NIGERIAN COAST RAILWAY - Railways Africa". Archived from the original on 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/10/28/nigerian-feasibility-studies/
- ^ "Nigeria to Link Niamey, Niger Republic with Rail Line – VP Sambo". 10 August 2013.
- ^ Kano-Maradi started2021
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/05/27/nigerian-southern-railway/
- ^ Port Harcourt and branches
- ^ Railway Gazette International October 2008, p817 (map)
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