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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by ifyalways(f): 8:25am On Dec 16, 2017
Fastest train in Africa indeed. Stuff looks rusted and dusted cheesy

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by mmsen: 8:25am On Dec 16, 2017
okk4sure:
Wen some oda country like China are building undergrounscraper.UAE are are developing their own tourist attr.inside water.United state of America are using alien technolorgy to advance in their technology.Some this countries av planed far ahead into the future without making hell of a noise.Bt here we are in Nigeria,celebrating ordinary fast moving train.They sud go to USA & see hw a far moving train look like.May God open the eyes of our leader to see beta instead of embezlment.

American trains are no better.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by agarawu23(m): 8:25am On Dec 16, 2017
Nnamdiojukwu:
Jonathan buy how many?
i didn't ask how many he bought
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by dabossman(m): 8:27am On Dec 16, 2017
Everyone has now turned experts on trains. Even those who have never been on a train, whether high speed or snail speed, surface or underground. Nigerians and negativity are one of a kind.

The problem is that some lack comprehension. The report says Africa's fastest trains, not world's fastest.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by nototribalist: 8:27am On Dec 16, 2017
tsdarkside:


160 km/h is not fast enough..?....
who in his right sense want to be in this kind of old locomotive in a 160 km/h speed?

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Wiseandtrue(f): 8:27am On Dec 16, 2017
sleepyeyez:
these rubbish looking things?
probably worn out carriages that went out of use years back n got shipped down to Africa as usual.
naija the refuse dump. who knows how much d naija middle man got from this shoddy deal.
google high speed trains n see what they really look like.
You can imagine the difference undecided

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Narldon: 8:31am On Dec 16, 2017
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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by translux(m): 8:32am On Dec 16, 2017
This is called Locomotive Not high speed trains

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Bizibi(m): 8:33am On Dec 16, 2017
tsdarkside:


maybe....i dont know...am i the contractor....??...

its not my job to look at them and say they are refurbished...if you get okrika trains then blaim your corrupt authorities for that....
mtcheeeeeew!!!!!

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by bakynes(m): 8:36am On Dec 16, 2017
mmsen:


Outside of Europe how many countries use TGV?

Does Nigeria need to pay that premium now? Why not build up a viable network and then go from there?

In the same way that you wouldn't buy your daughter a Rolls Royce as a first vehicle it doesn't make sense for Nigeria to buy TGVs.
Exactly I just smh for some these people, we have been using 19th Century train that aren't working, now at least we have a 20th century train to kick start our rail transport that has been grounded for many years and they are still complaining they want the types they use in China, Japan and the rest developed countries.

I always use this type of trains in back in London from my house to school. So they are still in existence in modern societies just that they have routes they also use the high-speed modern ones.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Elfaris(m): 8:37am On Dec 16, 2017
I was waiting to see a bullet train o
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by GavelSlam: 8:38am On Dec 16, 2017
oldtime:
Nigerian government and lies, These are not current train system.

These are the train used and abandoned for better technology.

They ship it to Nigeria because the nigerian rail system has not been upgraded and that is well suited for the achaic rail road we have.

Please google to see latest train and the rail road.

Stop calling this fastest

No one cares about this in civilized society
No longer in use in most places

This is no different from the Gatwick express which is a high speed train.

I'm pretty sure you have never left the shores of your country.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by dabossman(m): 8:39am On Dec 16, 2017
mmsen:


Outside of Europe how many countries use TGV?

Does Nigeria need to pay that premium now? Why not build up a viable network and then go from there?

In the same way that you wouldn't buy your daughter a Rolls Royce as a first vehicle it doesn't make sense for Nigeria to buy TGVs.

Leave them. They want to jump from nothing to the highest form of technology, even when they don't have the necessary infrastructures or capacity to manage it effectively. That in itself is part of the Nigerian problem. Not knowing how to find tailor-made solutions to our problems. We just import anything and think it will work.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by mmsen: 8:41am On Dec 16, 2017
crisisexpert321:
We call all of thses a high moving training? OMG for naija shocked Everything we are backward check the latest version of aeroplane used by British airways you will ask or think we are doomed in this continent or country

Why are you bringing up aeroplanes when we are talking about trains?

Why can't you stay on track?

And when you say backward in 'everything' are you willing to admit that that includes the thinking of the majority of the people, including yourself?

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Nobody: 8:41am On Dec 16, 2017
These kind of scraps are not used anywhere in the western world.

What have we done to deserve such injustice from our leaders?

And they brought scraps from China?

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by mmsen: 8:43am On Dec 16, 2017
GavelSlam:


This is no different from the Gatwick express which is a high speed train.

I'm pretty sure you have never left the shores of your country.

I haven't used the Gatwick Express but that Heathrow Express is a rip-off. Might as well get a taxi if you're traveling with a companion and some luggage.

And it isn't really 'high speed' - it just doesn't stop at all the stations in between Heathrow and Paddington.
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by GavelSlam: 8:43am On Dec 16, 2017
What's the difference between this and what is used in the UK today?

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Jaideyone(m): 8:44am On Dec 16, 2017
chiagozien:
you people should stop all this una foolish talk,
SO YOU PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE FOR PDP IN THAT LAST 16 YEARS.
Tell me the different between apc and pdp.
You think am in support of any of stupid party in the zoo called nigeria.
hahahaha clown.

Yorubas have been more of ACN/APC/AD in the last 16 years.

for presidency we voted AD in 1999, PDP in 2003, PDP in 2007, PDP in 2011 and APC in 2015. ibos have voted PDP in all the five presidential elections!!!

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by blingxx(m): 8:44am On Dec 16, 2017
shervydman:
Not the fastest in Africa, abeg.
The bullet trains in some sort s.africa is the fastest
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by mmsen: 8:44am On Dec 16, 2017
dabossman:


Leave them. They want to jump from nothing to the highest form of technology, even when they don't have the necessary infrastructures or capacity to manage it effectively. That in itself is part of the Nigerian problem. Not knowing how to find tailor-made solutions to our problems. We just import anything and think it will work.

Well thankfully the Nigerian government has not listened to the senseless wailing of these idiots.

They actually have a good plan, let the government execute first. Then Nigerians can do what they know how to do - shout abuse and cry about nothing.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Coolboi05(m): 8:46am On Dec 16, 2017
Actually they are not as bad as most people here think. The ones already here are more convenient than travelling by road using public transport. Air conditioner, t.v, right on time, no hold up.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by GavelSlam: 8:46am On Dec 16, 2017
mmsen:


I haven't used the Gatwick Express but that Heathrow Express is a rip-off. Might as well get a taxi if you're traveling with a companion and some luggage.

And it isn't really 'high speed' - it just doesn't stop at all the stations in between Heathrow and Paddington.

What exactly is wrong with it?

Nigeria is a country in which we can't even make the spoke of a bicycle wheel and yet we condemn a service that is used worldwide.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by GavelSlam: 8:48am On Dec 16, 2017
FrancisDiote:
These kind of scraps are not used anywhere in the western world.

What have we done to deserve such injustice from our leaders?

And they brought scraps from China?

It is not crap.

It is still the standard in the UK today.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Nobody: 8:48am On Dec 16, 2017
Nnamdiojukwu:
But if the train are modern one's, you guys will say is gej project abi?

Thats your major problem.. Youre so blinded with hatred that you think whoever dont align with you support the other side.

GEJ, Buhari are all failures...Nigeria is almost become a failed state, the harsh economic realities hit us hard.. And if the only alternative weve got is Atiku, then we are in for a long thing.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Reference(m): 8:49am On Dec 16, 2017
OP, 160 kph is not high speed in the world of trains but as a fan of rail transport am excited Nigeria is showing sustained interest in this direction and commend the government for backing this up with concrete steps.

We donot need to start with high speed trains and we donot need to start with passenger traffic. The government should invest more into cargo traffic where the problem lies and where the money is to further expand investment.

It breaks my heart to see what we transport cross cou try on our roads, cargoes that are not worth the roads they pass on. Roads are built primarily to be 'soft' for comfort travel and to to ease the wear on tyres. They have load limits and when this is exceeded the normally elastic bituminous infusion gives way. Rail lines on the other hand are made from high strength corrosion resistant alloyed steel which is near indestructible. The load limits are tens of times more than roads and maintenance is just a fraction of the cost. So when we use our highways to haul such heavy loads as cement, stones, steel products and such worth less cargoes as farm produce we are eroding the resources with which to expamd and deepen our infrastructure foot print. Not surprising that we have not launched or comissioned any major, meaningful piece of transportation infrastructure in the last decade and a half. We are just battling to maintain the ones we have and losing that battle.

If the government can provide a carrot in reliable cross country rail services and a stick in heavy tolling of articulated vehicles on the highway we can save huge amounts off our annual budget. The roads will be safer, last longer and enable us to focus on building newer, more efficient ones.

Thus is what investors both local and foreign look out for, cost and efficiency of transport. Rail transport is known world wide to be the safest, cheapest and most reliable. When government has satisfied commerce and industry it can then focus on passenger transport. As a matter of fact this is best done by states which should invest in city to city linkages where the bulk of traffic resides. There are a lot more people travelling from parts of Ogun or Oyo to Lagos or Rivers to Abia or Anambra to Imo or Kano to Kaduna than there are folks travelling from say Kano to Lagos or Abuja to Portharcourt. States can do even more in this regards.

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by mmsen: 8:49am On Dec 16, 2017
GavelSlam:


What exactly is wrong with it?

Nigeria is a country in which we can't even make the spoke of a bicycle wheel and yet we condemn a service that is used worldwide.

Compared to rail services in most other countries it's more expensive and slower.

And that is a general issue with British rail services in general - hence why people have been clamoring for the state to take over rail services again, prices have gone up but service has gotten worse.

There's nothing wrong with it if it's priced accordingly but in the UK it isn't.
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by victorioushands: 8:50am On Dec 16, 2017
That is no high speed train. And they are the overused old CONVERTED locomotives of China. ONE DAY, THE LIGHT WILL SHINE ON US AND WE WILL BEGIN TO BEHAVE LIKE TRUE HUMANS.
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by erico2k2(m): 8:52am On Dec 16, 2017
sleepyeyez:
these rubbish looking things?
worn out carriages that went out of use years back n got shipped down to Africa as usual.
naija the refuse dump. who knows how much d naija middle man got from this shoddy deal.
google high speed trains n see what they really look like.
I should have thought by now we could build carriage for trains . The looks like one of them southern rails.they did not even include the tractor which is the pulling force
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by erico2k2(m): 8:54am On Dec 16, 2017
mmsen:


Compared to rail services in most other countries it's more expensive and slower.

And that is a general issue with British rail services in general - hence why people have been clamoring for the state to take over rail services again, prices have gone up but service has gotten worse.

There's nothing wrong with it if it's priced accordingly but in the UK it isn't.
The problem the UK Rail have is capacity not slow service . The population is increasing faster then services could cope hence Brexit .

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by Teeboi56: 8:54am On Dec 16, 2017
Good too hear ,
Sai Baba all d way

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Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by erico2k2(m): 8:55am On Dec 16, 2017
GavelSlam:


It is not crap.

It is still the standard in the UK today.

These two are different though as the one in the UK o's electric we can't ha e that . We use diesel
Re: High Speed Trains Arrive Nigeria Months After Inspection In China (Photos) by erico2k2(m): 8:56am On Dec 16, 2017
Coolboi05:
Actually they are not as bad as most people here think. The ones already here are more convenient than travelling by road using public transport. Air conditioner, t.v, right on time, no hold up.
Anything either than road transport is a plus to Nigeria for that I say bravo

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