PHIPEX:

Are you sure of this picture? It's too good to be true.

naptu2: [size=14pt]LRT[/size]


Marina before the rail project


Artist impression of Marina after the rail project is completed (BRT, LRT, ferry and regular bus services).

The Lagos Rail Transit (LRT) system will be similar to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the sense that the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) will build and maintain the tracks, while the concessionaire will procure and maintain the trains.

Already, the concessionaire on the blue line has procured H5 and H6 subway cars from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), a public transit operator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (as their transit operator is acquring its new articulated six-car fixed Toronto Rocket subway cars to replace the older cars). The cars have been refurbshed and converted to surface rail cars. Lagos State Government will build a dedicated independent power plant to provide electricity to the system.


Badagry Expressway before the rail project


Artist impression of Badagry Expressway after the rail project is completed (10 lanes +BRT & LRT)


The Blue Line.

The Lagos-Badagry Expressway is part of the abandoned Trans-African Highway project. However, it is prone to massive traffic jams. This has stunted development along that corridor since people don't want to live and work in that area because of the traffic problems.

Therefore, the Lagos State Government is expanding the road. It will be a 10 lane expressway with BRT and LRT routes. Julius Berger is expanding the road (so far they've expanded the road between Orile and Mile 2 and expanded the Mile 2 Bridge), while Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC) is laying the tracks. It's largely going to be an elevated rail system (CCECC has built part oof the bridge along the Orile axis and they are also building elevated stations from Orile too Mile 2).

Blue line stations will include:

1) Marina

2) Ebutte Ero

3) Iddo

4) National Theatre

5) Iganmu

6) Alaba

7) Mile 2

8 ) Festac

9) Alakija (Satellite Town)

10) Trade Fair Complex

11) Volkswagen

12) Lasu Gate

13) Okokomaiko.


Blue Line station map


Red Line stations include:

1) Marina

2) Ebutte Ero

3) Iddo

4) Ebutte Metta

5) Yaba

6) Jibowu

7) Mushin

8 ) Oshodi

9) Shogunle

10) Murtala Mohammed Airport (an arm of the line will branch off to the airport)

11) Ikeja

12) Agege

13) Iju

14) Agbado


Red Line station map


Lamata has proposed 7 lines. They are:

1) Blue line: Okokomaiko-Marina
2) Red Line: Agbado-MMIA-Marina
3) Green Line: Lekki Airport-Marina
4) Yellow Line: Otta-Iddo
5) Purple Line: Redeemed Camp-Ojo
6) Brown Line: Mile 12 - Marina
7) Orange Line: Redeemed Camp-Marina


LRT overall map




Construction


Construction of railway bridge



Mile 2 LRT station (under construction)







Rail bridge under construction.



Mile 2 Station (under construction)

















Trains and carriages











https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p68DECEU-fI

Track and dummy trains







http://naijachronicles./2013/02/09/transportation-in-lagos-lrteko-rail/

plaindealer:


Again dummy, those are test train, not the actual trains the state bought from Canada and currently in the US for upgrades. They are electric car and not locomotives.

Where is this ignorant olodo from gan sef.?

anulaxad:

WE all know that.But it being upgraded or not,its second hand,again its something the canadians have not used in over 50 years.

A country as rich as Nigeria should be on top of all the world class train services,but no we are going to spend millions of pounds on used trains.

chucky234: Who is the olodo here,you or my humble self. A country with the most expensive govt in the world,a country ranked 7th in OPEC list of top oil producing nations buying used and dumped electric trains from Canada who dont have one third of the resources we have as a nation, dumb people like you are the reason this great nation has remained stagnant.
You prolly dont have the slightest idea how much the state is getting from IMF to fund the rail project, take a little break to find out then come back to disgrace yourself in public.
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Ewu Kanfacha

plaindealer: [s][/s]





The contract was awarded by OBJ when GEJ was a bench warmer back in the creek so exactly what's GEJ and his odious air got to do with this project?


Na to steal projects and credit remain? See ya life..lmao

Mr.Excel:


I can imagine how it took OBJ 8 fvcking years just to award contract and it took GEJ 2years to re-award the contract, and actually bring it to fruition. Same way OBJ awarded more than 15,000 contracts allocated in the budget YET, not even 10% saw the light of day...

The holy Bible said, and ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.

naptu2: I hope I don't get banned by the anti-spam bot.

There are two complaints that recur:

1) The trains are old.

2) We need high speed rail services.

Well, in response to (1) above, General Electric are building a plant in Calabar where new train engines and coaches will be built for the NRC.

In response to (2), I believe that we need a mix of train services and it seems that governments across the country are working to get us that mix. We need:

A) Heavy rail to carry goods. This will reduce costs, encourage investors, increase the lifespan of our roads, etc.


2) High speed passenger trains. This will reduce journey time, reduce travel costs and give citizens a choice (train vs plane vs road), etc.


3) Metro. To decongest our roads, improve productivity and efficiency, etc.

naptu2: The major new rail lines that have been planned are (in no particular order)

1) The East-West rail line

2) The line to Abuja

3) The high speed rail line from Abuja to Lagos.

At the moment they are rehabilitating existing lines, but one of the reasons GEJ went to China last week is to get a loan for the line to Abuja (and the Abuja metro).

[size=14pt]GE’s $1B Investment In Cross River: Sambo, Imoke, Angbazor Lead Groundbreaking Ceremony[/size]

19/06/2013 05:53:00 THEWILL

[img]http://thewillnigeria.com/thumbnail.php?file=ngf13_514021300.jpg&size=article_medium[/img]

L-R; PHEL GRIFFTH OF GENERAL ELECTRIC; MINISTER OF POWER PROF. CHINNEDU NEBO; MR. SAMUEL ARTOM; VP NAMADI SAMBO; GOV LIYEL IMOKE & VICE CHAIRMAN G.E, MR. JOHN RICE DURING THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY OF GENERAL ELECTRIC'S FACILITY IN CALBAR. JUNE 18, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, (THEWILL) - Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo; Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke; General Electric’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lazarus Agbazor; and Vice Chairman, GE, Mr. John Rice, Tuesday led the groundbreaking ceremony of General Electric's $1bn (N160B) multi model service and manufacturing facility located at the Calabar Free Trade zone.
 
In 2009, General Electric signed a landmark country-to-company agreement with the Federal Government aimed at forging a strategic partnership that will see the two parties working together on high growth opportunities and investments in support of vision 2020 and in January, 2013, the federal government and GE of the United States sealed the $1bn investment for the establishment of a new manufacturing and assembly facility in Calabar.
 
Also at the groundbreaking ceremony were the Global Supply Chair Leader of GE, Mr. Phel Griffith; Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo; and Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Mr. Samuel Artom.
 
Faith played itself out when the initiative of the Governor, then serving Minister of Power and Steel was instrumental to the setting up of a framework where an MOU was signed between GE and FGN mandating GE to setup a plant in Nigeria way back in 2004. GE settled for Calabar, Cross River State without any influence from the State Government.
 
In the words Governor Imoke, “Cross River State has remained at the fore-front of Tourism and Hospitality Development. Over the years we have consistently invested in the development of policies that accelerate the development of the State’s economy. This no doubt has further positioned the State as a first choice for investors. GE which is the 3rd biggest company in the world is joining other investors in tapping into an economy that is ready for the future. Ours is a natural fit.”
 
According to Mr. Nzan Ogbe, Special Adviser, Governors Office, the state was chosen because of its exceptional enabling business climate for investment as well as supporting infrastructure such as functional sea and airports, free trade zone and a well articulated investment policy.
 
THEWILL affirms that Cross River State is also the most secure state in Nigeria with a crime rate of less than 2% and a fully integrated emergency response centre that is fully operational.
 
[size=13pt]The plant would be designed for the manufacture of generator turbines for power plants, coaches for trains, engines for aircrafts as well as hospital equipment, among others.[/size]
 
Also with General Electric setting up in Calabar, it would attract a lot of other investment from allied companies who typically follow GE’s lead as their risk assessment and endorsement of Calabar mitigates any risk hitherto envisaged by potential investors as Cross Rivers due diligence mechanism is world class.
 
In consonance with GE setting up a manufacturing plant in the state, other multinationals in the last one year have done same viz; Wilmar group, Songhai Farms, Dansa, UPDC investing in housing development (Golf Estate) and ARM investing in the hotel and hospitality sector (CICC hotel).
 
The Special adviser, Investment promotions, Mr. Gerald Ada, also noted that according to GE’s due diligence of Cross River State, about 300 Nigerian professional engineers and technicians would be employed in the GE factory, and that provision would be made for the training of young Nigerians through the company’s technology transfer programme.

billante: Abuja – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N1.3 billion contracts for the design of five fast train lines across the country.

The Minister of Transport, Alhaji Idris Umar, disclosed this after the Council meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo, at the State House, Abuja.

Umar said that the Council had approved the contracts to ease the burden of transportation across the country.

“Today I brought a memo to Council seeking for the approval to award contract for consultancy services to carry out feasibility studies on five corridors.

“The first is Lagos-Abuja. The Lagos-Abuja is intended to usher in the highest speed train system which is a distance of 615km.

“It is our hope that the train can ply from Lagos- Abuja within a maximum period of three hours with about five stops.

“The total contract sum for the five corridors is N1, 334, 405, 366.74 with a completion period of seven months.’’

The minister said that the light rail, which was conceived to ease transportation problems, would “compete favourably with the air industry’’.

The second rail line is Lagos – Benin with a distance of 300km while the third will run from Ajaokuta – Abuja, a distance of 533km.

The fourth and fifth, from Zaria – Illela and Benin to Aba covered 520km and 500km respectively.

Umar said that government was committed to the resuscitation of the railway system in the country.

He said that a double approach adopted included the rehabilitation of the existing narrow gauge rail lines and the resuscitation of the railway in the area of the modernisation. (NAN)

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/fg-approves-n1-3bn-for-design-of-5-fast-train-lines/

Tusky44: GEJ you are wounding APC o. See the kind of uppercut you have given them in just one week. Haba! the SW and North scrambled to form APC with one eye on the oil in SS & SE. They made haste to promise 40000MW of electricity by 2020 but have now seen that that problem is already fixed.

GEJ FOR 2015 - 2019

IGBO FOR 2019 - 2027

AKWAIBOM FOR 2027 - 2035

BENIN FOR 2035 - 2043

HAUSA OR YORUBA - IN TOUGH BATTLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF WHAT IS LEFT OF PARTS OF FORMER NIGERIA 2043

IGBO NATION - WORLD POWER 2043 - 3043

JESUS COMES - 3043

IGBOS, AKWAIBOM, CROSS RIVERS, OTHER LOYAL MINORITY - ASCEND WITH JESUS TO HEAVEN TO LIVE FOREVER HAPPY

APC & THEIR MEMBERS (CAN'T MENTION THE TRIBES) + SUPPORTERS - MISSED THE LOUD HORN AND ARE FACE WITH THE BEAST WHO EAT THEM UP ONE-BY-ONE



SHOUT HALLELUJAH

Tusky44: GEJ you are wounding APC o. See the kind of uppercut you have given them in just one week. Haba! the SW and North scrambled to form APC with one eye on the oil in SS & SE. They made haste to promise 40000MW of electricity by 2020 but have now seen that that problem is already fixed.

GEJ FOR 2015 - 2019

IGBO FOR 2019 - 2027

AKWAIBOM FOR 2027 - 2035

BENIN FOR 2035 - 2043

HAUSA OR YORUBA - IN TOUGH BATTLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF WHAT IS LEFT OF PARTS OF FORMER NIGERIA 2043

IGBO NATION - WORLD POWER 2043 - 3043

JESUS COMES - 3043

IGBOS, AKWAIBOM, CROSS RIVERS, OTHER LOYAL MINORITY - ASCEND WITH JESUS TO HEAVEN TO LIVE FOREVER HAPPY

APC & THEIR MEMBERS (CAN'T MENTION THE TRIBES) + SUPPORTERS - MISSED THE LOUD HORN AND ARE FACE WITH THE BEAST WHO EAT THEM UP ONE-BY-ONE



SHOUT HALLELUJAH

plaindealer:


1. Canada has way more resources than Nigeria.

2. Canada produces more oil than Nogeria

3. Nigerians oil reserve is 25 billion barrels while Canada's oil reserve is 179 billion barrels

4. Lagos state government is funding the metro rail project and not the world bank or IMF


Let me know if you need anymore lectures to cure your ignorance with.

chucky234: How did I missed this,you saying Canada has more resources than Nigeria shows you are nothing but empty vessel vibrating for attention.
Firstly Nigeria's crude reserves is 37.7bn barrels and thats a mere estimation as no one knows the actual amount of oil deposit in Nigeria, we also have more solid minerals than Canada,some of the minerals available unmined in Nigeria are iron ore,copper ore,tin, quartz,zinc,gold,e.t.c while Canada has minor iron ore industry and mainly import from Brazil.
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Secondly Nigeria was above Canada in OPEC's list of top producing nations few years ago only bettered by Venezuela,Saudi Arabia,USA,China and Mexico, we moved down to 7th with Brazil and Canada just behind as Canada's daily output were just a little above 2m barrels per day,our daily production droped due to the activities of Niger Delta militants which affected crude daily output.
In 2013 Nigeria moved to 10th on the list just below countries like UAE,Brazil,Mexico with Canada taking 6th position because the increase in crude theft in Nigeria which resulted in decrease of our daily crude output.
It may also interest you to kow that beside VLCO,SLCO our own BLCO is the next in top demand around the world thats the US will rather buy from Nigeria than from Canada who is their close neighbour.
OPEC ranks nations based on daily crude capacity and not estimated by reserves or deposits as you dumbly believe.
Canada will not sustain her daily output if they have half of the bad leaders and thiefing politicians we have in this country.
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Finally the Lagos rail project is funded by IMF and not the state govt.
.
Get your facts right before coming out here to make a foøl of yourself.

Tusky44: GEJ you are wounding APC o. See the kind of uppercut you have given them in just one week. Haba! the SW and North scrambled to form APC with one eye on the oil in SS & SE. They made haste to promise 40000MW of electricity by 2020 but have now seen that that problem is already fixed.

GEJ FOR 2015 - 2019

IGBO FOR 2019 - 2027

AKWAIBOM FOR 2027 - 2035

BENIN FOR 2035 - 2043

HAUSA OR YORUBA - IN TOUGH BATTLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF WHAT IS LEFT OF PARTS OF FORMER NIGERIA 2043

IGBO NATION - WORLD POWER 2043 - 3043

JESUS COMES - 3043

IGBOS, AKWAIBOM, CROSS RIVERS, OTHER LOYAL MINORITY - ASCEND WITH JESUS TO HEAVEN TO LIVE FOREVER HAPPY

APC & THEIR MEMBERS (CAN'T MENTION THE TRIBES) + SUPPORTERS - MISSED THE LOUD HORN AND ARE FACE WITH THE BEAST WHO EAT THEM UP ONE-BY-ONE



SHOUT HALLELUJAH

truth4meal: While great leaders invest in the future our own president is investing in the past. Celebrating trains that are technological antique. I wonder why vision seems to be wanting in this present govt's dna. Why spend so much money on thess outdated trains when we can invest in modern form of rail transport? There is no way this will pass as an achievement to me; for all I care "17 years ago" is a long time in technological advancement not to talk of over 50 years...vision!

truth4meal: While great leaders invest in the future our own president is investing in the past. Celebrating trains that are technological antique. I wonder why vision seems to be wanting in this present govt's dna. Why spend so much money on thess outdated trains when we can invest in modern form of rail transport? There is no way this will pass as an achievement to me; for all I care "17 years ago" is a long time in technological advancement not to talk of over 50 years...vision!

[size=14pt]700,000 Passengers to Ride Abuja Light Rail Daily in 2015.[/size]

Article | July 24, 2013 - 11:50am | By Michael Paul

An estimated 700,000 passengers are projected to ride the Abuja Light Rail (ALR) daily when the first phase of the project takes off in 2015, FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has said.

The minister stated this during the flag-off of construction works on the 12 rail stations located along the first phase of the ALR project.

He performed the flag-off ceremony jointly with the Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Smart Adeyemi and the FCT Minister of State, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide.

The ground-breaking took place at site of the National Park Rail Station, Wuye District, Abuja.

The 12 railway stations under construction cover lots 1A and 3 which make up the first phase of the ALR project. The projects are scheduled to be completed within the first quarter of 2015.

Giving a breakdown of the 12 rail stations, Senator Bala Mohammed said that Lot 1A has four stations while Lot 3 has eight.

The four stations along Lot 1A are Gwagwa Station, Deidei Station, Jibi Station and Gwazango Station; while the eight stations along Lot 3 are Abuja Metro Station, National Stadium Station, National Park Station, Ring Road II Station, Wupa Station, Idu Transfer Station, Airport East Station and Airport Main Station.

Senator Bala Mohammed said the 12 stations would provide shopping precincts, cultural and entertainment centres to boost tourism.

According to him: "The rail stations are places of high economic activities, boarding or alighting, rail transit management and operations, commercial and tourism activities."