JULY-NOVEMBER 2014 UPDATES (LATEST)
Written by T.Adeniyi - November 2014
The Abuja-Kaduna Railway draws to a close and it is only fitting that we provide some updates regarding Nigeria's second ongoing Inter-City Standard Gauge project. This is a 186.5km railway project being constructed by CCECC to ferry passengers between Idu Station in the Nation's Capital and neighbouring Kaduna. The project can facilitate train movements at speeds of up to 150 km/hr. The railway features 26 rail bridges, five box bridges and 30 overpass bridges. The project was financed with $500 million from the China Exim Bank. Construction is expected to be completed next month in December. A CCECC celebratory ceremony is planned for the 29th of November.
The Abuja-Kaduna Railway draws to a close and it is only fitting that we provide some updates regarding Nigeria's second ongoing Inter-City Standard Gauge project. This is a 186.5km railway project being constructed by CCECC to ferry passengers between Idu Station in the Nation's Capital and neighbouring Kaduna. The project can facilitate train movements at speeds of up to 150 km/hr. The railway features 26 rail bridges, five box bridges and 30 overpass bridges. The project was financed with $500 million from the China Exim Bank. Construction is expected to be completed next month in December. A CCECC celebratory ceremony is planned for the 29th of November.
The project is one component of the prospective Lagos-Kano Standard Gauge Project. Following the completion of this project, the second phase of that project - the Lagos-Ibadan (Standard Gauge) will commence, upon the approval of financing. The Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri railway is also another standard gauge project in the pipeline and will be completed mid 2015. Finally the Nigeria Coastal Railway project, has been approved and the finance arrangements for the $11.974 billion project are being negotiated this month by the finance minister Okonjo Iweala and other delegates.
It is refreshing to see the Nigerian Rail Master-Plan being modernized as the majority of the system was built decades ago and are still of a narrow gauge specification. Below are some older updates of the Abuja-Kaduna Railway from earlier in the year.
Written by T.Adeniyi for Blackborderbuild.com
It is refreshing to see the Nigerian Rail Master-Plan being modernized as the majority of the system was built decades ago and are still of a narrow gauge specification. Below are some older updates of the Abuja-Kaduna Railway from earlier in the year.
Written by T.Adeniyi for Blackborderbuild.com