shakazuldadon:
The newly purchased Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) rail cars
by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will be
introduced to the public, when the Corporation starts its
planned new train services in Lagos on the 2nd of June.
The DMU has 10 coaches and they are fully air conditioned.
However, instead of 150 Naira currently being paid by
passengers for trips within Lagos, the new service will be
offered at 750 Naira per trip. Services on the old coaches
will also be increased to 230 Naira.
A total of 18 trips will be made daily, 8 with the new units
and 10 with the old ones. The new train service will also
run six trips on Saturdays

I thought It was to be a cheaper means of transport. Nija na waoooo!

Gej trains

kenex4ever:
u now have d gut to compare nigerian rail project with india and u r not happy, what about few years ago when u had non

I don't get it!

I'm lost as well.

adewasco2k:


I don't get it!

LRNZH:
I'm lost as well.

Please you guys should stop responding to this thing with low life. Someone that doesn't know the difference between TRAM and TRAIN.


And this bastard will still call GEJ clueless, dumb, when he himself knows next to nothing.

Quote me bastard

Obiagelli:
Nigerians and mediocrity. Slowpoke trains, Slowpoke president

Una too mumu o!
Someone will just come and throw a stone into the crowd and u guys will start fighting each other without finding out where the stone came fromm

What u guys saw was City Speed Tram usually uses electricity. What this mofo OP presented inter state or cargo train used in conveying good from one state to another or do u see any environment round it?

Cindino20:


My brother i am shocked too....we can only spot that because we know db stands for...henceforth i will nt take some of the things i see here srxly...so much propaganda here i dont even get it..

Nigerians can spread lies, they don't know that we that lives in Europe recognize railways logo of other countries..........those that haven't left their villages comes here to tell lies.

LRNZH:



So what?

Are you implying that I support mediocrity even it is perpetrated by Igbos?

Moreover, calling GEJ an Igbo man because of his real name Ebelemi (shortened to Ebele) and an adopted Azikiwe all in a bid to sound Igbo, is a huge disservice to the Igbos nation.

In the future, Igbos will be adjudged to have ruled this nation through GEJ, a failed ruler at that.
GEJ doesn't even have Igbo entrepreneurial nature nor it's Republican ideals. Can you compare GEJ to Azikiwe, Ojukwu, Alex Ekwueme etc?

Pls GEJ is not an Igbo President. Tufia.

Wisen up.

common sense is not really common, I ddnt even say his ibo, guilty conscience is ur issue... Go on and keep shaming ur fathers name.. Ndi igbo has rejected u

adewasco2k:


I don't get it!

You don't get what? He is telling you that if GEJ hasn't resurrected the Nigerian railway system, would you be comparing Nigeria with India that have always maintained there railway system since the colonial period. If you still don't get it, then you go and learn comprehension.

hyfr:
common sense is not really common, I ddnt even say his ibo, guilty conscience is ur issue... Go on and keep shaming ur fathers name.. Ndi igbo has rejected u

You're now Ndi Igbo spokesman..... Lol
If you like be Okija Shrine...

LRNZH:
France

Eurostar is owned by Eurostar International Limited which is made of 3 countries/railway companies.

France SNCF - 55%
UK's EUKL a subsidiary of LCR - 40%
Belgium's SNCB/NMBS - 5%

Just like Thalys International is owned by

France's SNCF - 62%
Belgium's SNCB/NMBS - 28%
Germany's Deutsche Bahn - 10%

France National Train is SNCF/TGV

kenex4ever:
what made nigeria so rich? Other con3s are producing cars, aircrafts, phones etc n u r saying a con3 dat depends on selling oil is so rich. Get education my dear

How many Nigerians understand this? Of course, they'll compare us with other oil producing nations. Most never understand is the engineering and science sectors of a country that makes them rich.

Poster, honestly answer me this.... If past administrations have consistently taken our railways serious, will this present administration be providing us with this? Also, have you factored in the cost of getting bullet and electric trains not to even talk about MAGLEVS? If yes, do you think Nigeria can afford some of these trains? Correct me if I'm wrong but the trains provided by this administration will be used for inter state transportation as obtainable in other countries unlike the electric and bullet trains which is for intra state transportation.

Then again, aren't most trains being uploaded here owned by the private investors in the various countries? Someone enlighten me please... Thanks

Cindino20:


Why spread lies.....look closely at the inscription on the front of the train u posted as kenyas'...you will see DB...meaning deutsche bahn(german train)..I could spot that because i reside in germany.....I do get ur point but please you dont need to post false pictures .

I think the Mod should try to curtail the spread of false information on this site...it is becoming alarming....Nairaland is not just a nigeria site...if you search for some info on google abt nigeria, 4 out 10 you will come across nairaland hence we shld take it upon ourselves nt to post false info here...




Edit that post.

Thank you

LoL this is getting serious. I schooled another guy spewing rubbish about the DB the other day.
The guy was too proud to be set straight

CosmoFab:


Eurostar is owned by Eurostar International Limited which is made of 3 countries/railway companies.

France SNCF - 55%
UK's EUKL a subsidiary of LCR - 40%
Belgium's SNCB/NMBS - 5%

Just like Thalys International is owned by

France's SNCF - 62%
Belgium's SNCB/NMBS - 28%
Germany's Deutsche Bahn - 10%

France National Train is SNCF/TGV

Where's that guy that was talking about wider windscreen? This and Ghana, which is wider?

Half bread is better than kuli kuli

kenex4ever:
what made nigeria so rich? Other con3s are producing cars, aircrafts, phones etc n u r saying a con3 dat depends on selling oil is so rich. Get education my dear

Stop comparing us with other countries world wide,compare us to other African countries,mismanagement and corruption is what is killing this country,we're wealthier than most African countries or all African countries,judging by the natural resources we're blessed with,i'm not judging with productivity

Feraz:
Where's that guy that was talking about wider windscreen? This and Ghana, which is wider?

Let me educate you.

The Eurostar trains are controlled electronically with intelligent network grids. They don't depend much on the view of the train driver as they're electric.

The Nigerian and Ghanaian trains (unlike South African and Moroccan trains) are manually controlled with the driver pushing all the levers and looking at his front for obstacles or condition s of the track. All he does with the station is to communicate the train location and status to by radio. The train drivers line of sight and area of view is a safety concern in this case.

You're welcome.

.

MrEverest:

You don't get what? He is telling you that if GEJ hasn't resurrected the Nigerian railway system, would you be comparing Nigeria with India that have always maintained there railway system since the colonial period. If you still don't get it, then you go and learn comprehension.

Now you made your point.

Initial post was incomprehensible

Chukwugekwu:
Some don't even the difference between metro and moving train

Honestly

LRNZH:


Let me educate you.

The Eurostar trains are controlled electronically with intelligent network grids. They don't depend much on the view of the train driver as they're electric.

The Nigerian and Ghanaian trains (unlike South African and Moroccan trains) are manually controlled with the driver pushing all the levers and looking at his front for obstacles or condition s of the track. All he does with the station is to communicate the train location and status to by radio. The train drivers line of sight and area of view is a safety concern in this case.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

iamrealdeji:

Stop comparing us with other countries world wide,compare us to other African countries,mismanagement and corruption is what is killing this country,we're wealthier than most African countries or all African countries,judging by the natural resources we're blessed with,i'm not judging with productivity

U see ur life? But u guys are comparing our rail way system with those rich con3s.

LRNZH:


That was GMB's best judgment at that time.
Remember, after Shagari in 1983, the economy was in shambles and they wanted us to borrow another $100Million or so to fund the Lagos Metroline.

GMB's focus was to stabilise the economy and weed out corruption first before grand capital projects will happen. This way we won't have to borrow to execute these capital projects.

GMB was getting there when Devil himself- IBB truncated all the good work in 1985.

Tell me why GEJ's godfather IBB didn't fund the Metroline in his 8 year tenure

Excuses....

We can't possibly use electric trains. We don't have enough electricity to run homes,businesses and industry and we are talking about rail? How will you feel if there is a power failure in the middle of nowhere in an electric train. Also, most countries with large land mass use diesel trains not electric. Borno,Yobe and Adamawa combined is larger than England.To lay up 1500Km of electric rail (e.g Lagos to maiduguri)will be too damn expensive,and the average Nigerian can't pay for it. This will lead to the collapse of the system.The electric rail system is meant for small countries with large GDP per capita or large countries with huge trade surplus,we are neither.

United Kingdom Phase 1 of High Speed 2 $173 million per km
California High speed rail $56 million/km
China High speed rail $17–21 million per km
Europe High speed rail $25–39 million per km
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail
At $20 million per km. Lagos to maiduguri would be $20 million x 1500 km =$30 Billion.
We have not even begun to talk about maintenance,who will pay for that ? and what about other routes?
Let us first get the capacity and capability of moving people and goods efficiently, quickly and safely.
Deal with the elephant in the room (Electricity and industry) before going towards luxuries that are at the reach of low pop high GDP nations.
The DMU (Diesel Trains) is the correct thing to buy for the vast majority of Nigerians who seek the opportunities rail provides.

akereconfi:



Please you guys should stop responding to this thing with low life. Someone that doesn't know the difference between TRAM and TRAIN.


And this bastard will still call GEJ clueless, dumb, when he himself knows next to nothing.

Quote me bastard

But come o... No be yab abeg.

Do you wash train toilets in Manchester? You look like a guy that was begging me for tips at the Mancunian train station when I visited recently. He was cleaning the station.
I'm linking that info to this early morning picture you took (captured below). You look like you had not slept overnight or even washed your face.

Like I said no be yab. I just dey ask. It is better to come back home and be reasonably employed by TAN or Railways. Just trying to help.

EmmyDe25:

So the ones wey u dey enter na like this e dey? *Referring to the pic you posted* The last time i dared enter a train, i swore never to again in my life. I was heading back to Lagos from Kwara during the festive period. I ended up spending 24hours on what would have been a four-hour journey in transit.

why are you speaking ignorantly. Rome wasn't built in a day the Apollo mission took years of preparation. the fg has laid the groundwork on which future developme t can take place. did us, france, Germany start with high speed trains are are u aware of the comatose situation of the NRC before now. please friend when theses new trains don't work then we can shout.

shakazuldadon:



why are you speaking ignorantly. Rome wasn't built in a day the Apollo mission took years of preparation. the fg has laid the groundwork on which future developme t can take place. did us, france, Germany start with high speed trains are are u aware of the comatose situation of the NRC before now. please friend when theses new trains don't work then we can shout.

My brother,based on the European definition of High Speed rail,the U.S. practically has no High Speed Rail for all intent and purposes.

jerry2015:

U r saying rubish...what is wot doing is wotdoin well at ones.thanks GEJ sld go..

I only respond to people who ask intelligent questions or quote me intellectually which quite obviously you are not.

dragon2:


My brother,based on the European definition of High Speed rail,the U.S. practically has no High Speed Rail for all intent and purposes.

I get your point.

But if you notice, the US focuses more on highways and car transport. Their road transport development has no rival in the world. They use trains more for cargo freight.

If I remember well, only NY has an advanced intra city rail network.

LRNZH:


You have spoken like a concerned gentleman and I will reply you as such.

The three most important priorities for Nigeria today are:
Security, Power and Refineries. I have not even included Checking Corruption.



Have you seen pictures of the stations? Nothing to write home about. Nothing integrated about the project.

I assure you if GEJ wins in 2015 all these projects will be abandoned and you will hear it's because of low oil prices.

Happy Holidays.

Bro, I will just wait till after February 14th and 2019 to check our nations progress with what you've pointed out.

Whether its GEJ that enters or GMB we will record our progress with these 3 points you just pointed out

ok we have just seen the train Jonathan brought for us here in Nigeria but can anyone show us picture of any single okada buhari brought to Nigeria when he came into power through military coup

Bro, u know dillo?

iyobs7:


Just keep quiet, I am in India and I can say this that Indian trains are like kabu kabu.. Stop posting what you Dont know... Most of the countries you posted did not start using train today... They improved overtime... Stop this your nonsensical rubbish