agabaI23:
Wetin be ur dream job? You should have talked to me?

Okay...I never knew you could help, now I know!

Guess no time is late for anyone

These TANoids won't stop posting pictures of this same train. Na wa o. It is only fixing train this man could accomplish since he became president.
Moreover, this train has been a combined effort of past governments. He should not take the credit for it alone.

akaahs:
Clueless president wit old mentality. Mr president we need electric train not locomotive train. GMB 2015

Before now,when last did our trains and railway system function this well

#UWalkB4URun

Meanwhile on this family experience on the rehabilitated Enugu-Port Harcourt Train trip I saw the Amaechi scam monorail(1:49mins).

Kudos to GEJ!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6T9YPkKKO8

gej get vision for diz country buh enemies no wan allow am succeed

Defcon1:

Before now,when last did our trains and railway system function this well

#UWalkB4URun

In the late 80's as I can remember. IBB and Abacha crippled the NRC.

rickkid:

No it runs on dark matter! What sort of 5tupid question is that? Do you even know what the word "locomotive" means?

You Nigerians just love to confuse yourselves with terms you don't even understand. That's how some of you will be asking "Is the car assembled or manufactured?"

Please stop displaying illiteracy here. The same internet connection you use to post on Nairaland also has www.google.com and if you check it, you'll see that the word "locomotive" is a general rail term for a train engine, be it steam, diesel or whatever. Asking "is it electric or locomotive" is like asking "is it water or cup" - a thoroughly disgraceful and dense question to ask.

No wonder foreigners think Black people are dumb.

Perfect response for idiotic question

rickkid:

No it runs on dark matter! What sort of 5tupid question is that? Do you even know what the word "locomotive" means?

You Nigerians just love to confuse yourselves with terms you don't even understand. That's how some of you will be asking "Is the car assembled or manufactured?"

Please stop displaying illiteracy here. The same internet connection you use to post on Nairaland also has www.google.com and if you check it, you'll see that the word "locomotive" is a general rail term for a train engine, be it steam, diesel or whatever. Asking "is it electric or locomotive" is like asking "is it water or cup" - a thoroughly disgraceful and dense question to ask.

No wonder foreigners think Black people are dumb.

..and you are so smart that you can't explain that without insulting Nigerians and all black people?

cjrane:
I just feel uncomfortable with the cushion chairs in our train. Even though they are great now, i wonder how long they will last.

If you noticed, trains abroad have plastic seats, so that they can be easily cleaned out, even if someone vomits on it.

Anyhow, i thank our working President GEJ for providing Nigerians a functional train. Something the others simply failed to do.

The train in your pics are not inter-city trains. Inter-city trains come with cushion seats.

akaahs:
Clueless president wit old mentality. Mr president we need electric train not locomotive train. GMB 2015

BE CAREFUL WAT U WISH FOR..GMB CONSIDERS ALL THESE AS HARAM...IM NOT SURE HE WILL LOOK IN DIRECTIONS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IF EVER HE GETS ELECTED..HE HATES THOSE THINGS..U GUYS GONNA REAR CATTLES DIE IF HE BECOMES D PRESIDO..HE JUST DISCOVERED INTERNET ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO..2 weeks!!!!

cjrane:
I just feel uncomfortable with the cushion chairs in our train. Even though they are great now, i wonder how long they will last.

If you noticed, trains abroad have plastic seats, so that they can be easily cleaned out, even if someone vomits on it.

Anyhow, i thank our working President GEJ for providing Nigerians a functional train. Something the others simply failed to do.

Ive only seen plastic chairs in trams o.. i have not seen them in trains but im sure yankee trains would have plastic chairs. But in switzerland all train irrespective of the class is cushion

kayustones:
These TANoids won't stop posting pictures of this same train. Na wa o. It is only fixing train this man could accomplish since he became president.
Moreover, this train has been a combined effort of past governments. He should not take the credit for it alone.

FOR OTHER THREAD U WILL SAY.."is it only fixing road dt ds man has achieved since bla bla.." is it only fixing power blah blah..." is it only fixing agric blah bla"..IF COMMENTS WERE GUNS..U JUST SHOT URSELF IN THE HEAD..

deji68:
3hrs is Not bad for a distance of 236km

Lol. It is..the trains are not fast but one thing you would be certain of is that you wont die on the road

bushdoc9919:
Well it is all well and good....but thanks to the fall in oil prices....we might not be able to maintain it for long.

And I know this sounds trite....but Ajaokuta has to be working again so that (to cut a long story short)....costs of expanding/maintaining the railways would be cheap.

And 3 hrs for a 236km? We could make that faster.(How's about cutting it to 1 hr.....and then linking it up with Port Harcourt Airport.....sounds good.!)

And this isn't the first time the railways have been revived....Abacha did it, as did Obj in the 70's (failed India led attempt). And the current project was envisioned and commenced by Obasanjo(2007), and renegotiated by Yaradua .

You lived in japan for too long...most trains would take 1 hr 20mins to complete thar journey

ceejhay:
is the train locomotive or electrical

see question o.
Open your dictionary and look up the meaning of 'locomotive'

justwise:
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..and you are so smart that you can't explain that without insulting Nigerians and all black people?

Brother, I am sorry for coming across that way but I feel personally disturbed that aat this crucial stage in our development, there are so many ignorant and under-productive people wasting space and air, parading themselves as "Nigerians".
We are now on the cusp of becoming this century's China. We are literally one 1000km standard gauge international railway line and a further 10,000MW of power away from seeing our economic growth rate hit double figures. That railway line is CURRENTLY under construction in stages if you're familiar with the national rail plan and will link Accra to Katsina when complete. The additional 10GW of power is not more than 6 years away as well if you've been keeping up with developments since the privatisation.
Nigeria is about to become a HUGE global player and Africa's premier and undisputed power house and the people inhabiting this country simply don't seem to know! They have no idea!!!!
Brother, how do you want me to respond when a Nigerian is watching the rail system come back to life under his nose and is busy asking "Is it locomotive or electrical?" What do you say to such cluelessness?!
Nigeria needs productive, informed people right now! Nigeria does not need ignorant people to drag it back now! Not now!

redcliff:


You lived in japan for too long...most trains would take 1 hr 20mins to complete thar journey

I have never been to Japan.

seangy4konji:
I guess they will be changing the seats every 1 month or else it will be looking like a molue seat soon or Danfo.

And who's fault will that be? That of you, the same Nigerians who will be sitting on it. Nigerians have been clamouring and crying for change day and night. My question to you is: Have you changed yourselves?

bushdoc9919:


I have never been to Japan.

its an expression!

slimfit1:
Locomotive not dmc abeg make ena comot for road complete foolishness to come here and brag jeg till 2019 my ass. Gmb 2015 I say.

My friend shut the f***k up and learn to appreciate your own thing. That same locomotive trains are what great Russians are still using for interstate transportation.
Criticise logically before I start looking for your a$$$..

Johnpaul88:
Foolish trains for foolish Nigerians!! I'll rather trek to Enugu than enter some rickty old and abandoned locomotives . Calling those locomotives, train, is even an embarrassment to Gautrain of Johannesburg. Go there and see what they call train

dude I live in joburg and there is also metrorail. Which costs a lot less than gautrain. And gautrain came to joburg in 2010 and its not yet in any other city but I'm sure dat gradually they'll get to other cities. Yesterday rail service was dead in naija, today its alive and working. Isn't dat a good thing for now? I'm no fan of gej but he has done extremely well here.

It's imperative to note that you have to be going from Port hacourt to Enugu or anywhere else to use that plane. If you live in Owerri, you have to take a bus back to PH to board the train. Sometimes, our leaders just reason in reverse. It's obvious this project is a perception one. One that we're supposed to see pictures such as this and say "WOW, this is pretty good". A project becomes a project when it touches at least 50% of the population not when a sprinkle of people make use of it. I want to see these trains constantly in every city in the country to applaud. Until, then i'll have to sit on my hand.

Nice one!

redcliff:

its an expression!

No, I was not offended....I actually like the country. It is an example of what Nigeria should be,but isn't because we think we can import our way to success with our oil money which we think is going to last for a million years........which is a flawed idea.!

But are there not passengers in the train apart from this people... paid to do the job.com

Afam4eva:
It's imperative to note that you have to be going from Port hacourt to Enugu or anywhere else to use that plane. If you live in Owerri, you have to take a bus back to PH to board the train. Sometimes, our leaders just reason in reverse. It's obvious this project is a perception one. One that we're supposed to see pictures such as this and say "WOW, this is pretty good". A project becomes a project when it touches at least 50% of the population not when a sprinkle of people make use of it. I want to see these trains constantly in every city in the country to applaud. Until, then i'll have to sit on my hand.

First of all, it's a train, not a plane. Were you thinking at all while you typed?

Second, the route of the train is not anyone's fault. That was the existing line route. This project was refurbishment not a new build. There is however, an ongoing project to link the entire South East and Niger Delta by standard gauge rail. That is the real "perception project" not the refurbishment of existing colonial rail tracks. Blame the british for the route.

I used to think you were one of the few posters here who knew a little. Now you've just destroyed your entire credibility. What a shame.

rickkid:



First of all, it's a train, not a plane. Were you thinking at all while you typed?

Second, the route of the train is not anyone's fault. That was the existing line route. This project was refurbishment not a new build. There is however, an ongoing project to link the entire South East and Niger Delta by standard gauge rail. That is the real "perception project" not the refurbishment of existing colonial rail tracks. Blame the british for the route.

I used to think you were one of the few posters here who knew a little. Now you've just destroyed your entire credibility. What a shame.

It's because of statement like yours that millions of jews were killed. next time you want to engage me in an argument, don't play coy with me. So, because the british built a rail line from PH to Enugu due to coal transportation, must it remain like that? Are there no rails in those other states. Can't they create a station in those places that can carry people from their desired take off point and not the one the government chooses for them? if they can do what they were elected to do then they should take a hike.

rickkid:



First of all, it's a train, not a plane. Were you thinking at all while you typed?

Second, the route of the train is not anyone's fault. That was the existing line route. This project was refurbishment not a new build. There is however, an ongoing project to link the entire South East and Niger Delta by standard gauge rail. That is the real "perception project" not the refurbishment of existing colonial rail tracks. Blame the british for the route.

I used to think you were one of the few posters here who knew a little. Now you've just destroyed your entire credibility. What a shame.

Lol

Stupidity comes in shades

PAINGAIN:
dude I live in joburg and there is also metrorail. Which costs a lot less than gautrain. And gautrain came to joburg in 2010 and its not yet in any other city but I'm sure dat gradually they'll get to other cities. Yesterday rail service was dead in naija, today its alive and working. Isn't dat a good thing for now? I'm no fan of gej but he has done extremely well here.

I don't really know why Nigerian government can never look at the big picture. They will rather spend billions to resuscitate an outdated locomotives like GEJ have done than trying to add more money to those billions and deliver a world class facilities like what we see in South Africa. Who in their right mind uses locomotives when they can easily upgrade to something more standard!

Afam4eva:

It's because of statement like yours that millions of jews were killed. next time you want to engage me in an argument, don't play coy with me. So, because the british built a rail line from PH to Enugu due to coal transportation, must it remain like that? Are there no rails in those other states. Can't they create a station in those places that can carry people from their desired take off point and not the one the government chooses for them? if they can do what they were elected to do then they should take a hike.

Bro stop making a mince meat of Urself here ..development comes in phases

We have Abuja Kano rail also and we have the one that links Lagos and Ogun

What do you really want

What the hell is damn wrong with people

MilitaryMinded:


LOL.....funny....it is not a requirement for every politician to be stinkingly rich...#JustSaying

A man, former leader with his entire medical, travels, security and kitchen staff bills , taken care of by the state and yet remains a debtor is not good enough