Railway stations in Nigeria
Railway stations in Nigeria include:
Maps
Cities served by rail
The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line.
West Line
- Apapa (W) - port ; flour mill ; oil terminals [1]
- Lagos (W) - Terminus station
- Agbado (W) - major bridge
- Ijoko (W) - terminus of suburban trains, 2013 [2]
- Abeokuta (W)
- Agege (W) - junction
- Ibadan (W)
- Oshogbo (W)
- Ilorin (W)
- Zungeru (W) - bridge
- Minna (W) - junction for Baro
- Kaduna (W) - junction for East Line; junction for Abuja
- Zaria (WX) - junction for Kaura Namoda (W)
- Kano (W)
- Nguru (W) - terminus near Niger border
- Zaria (W) - junction
- Funtua (W)
- Gusau (WN)
- Kaura Namoda (W) - branch terminus near Niger border
- Minna (W) - junction for Baro
- Baro (W) (branch terminus) on River Niger
Link line
- Kaduna (W) - junction for East Line cross country
- Idon (WE)
- Kafanchan (E) - junction to West Line cross country
Central Line 1435mm
This line is isolated from the East and West lines.
- Itakpe (C) - iron ore [10]
- Ajaokuta (C)
- Ovu (49m) (C)
- (incomplete 22 km)
- Warri (C) - A line to Warri was planned; contractor paid October 2009; completion unknown.[11][12][13][14]
- (gauge convertible sleepers)
- Port Harcourt
- Onne
East Line
- Port Harcourt (E)
- Aba (E)
- Enugu (E)
- Otukpo (E)
- Igumale (E)
- Makurdi (E) - major bridge
- Kafanchan (E) - junction to West Line
- Kuru (E) - junction for Jos
- Bauchi (E) - was 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) [15] and part of Bauchi Light Railway.
- (built 1961) [16]
- Gombe (E),
- Maiduguri (E) (terminus) - nearest railhead to Chad
- Lafia (E)
- Oshogbo (W)
- Umagha (E)
- Uyo (E)
- Umuahia (E)
- Chamo (E)
- Yenagoa (E) - the Bayelsa state capital since c1996
- Agbadi - (E) - river crossing
Rehabilitate
- Lagos (W)
- 488 km
- Jebba (W) - on River Niger [17]
Under Construction
Proposed
- (Coast Line)
- Lagos 0 km
- Benin City
- Calabar - 1402 km - near border with Cameroon [20]
Feasibility studies
- (2014)
- Lagos-Abuja (615 km);
- Ajaokuta-Obajana-Jakura-Boro-Abuja with an additional line from Otukpo;
- Anyinga-Ejule-Ida-Adoru-Nsuuka-Adani-Omor-Anaku-Aguleri-Nsugbe-Onitcha;
- Zaria-Kaura Namoda-Nnewi-Owerri-Illela-Birni to Konni in the Niger Republic (520 km);
- Benin City-Agbor-Onicha-Nnewi-Owerri-Aba
- Onitcha-Enugu-Abakaliki;
- Eganyi-Lokoja-Abaji-Abuja (280 km). * [21]
To Niger
- Kauran Namoda (0 km) railhead [22]
- Sokoto
- Birnin Kebbi
- (about 250 km) - border
- Birnin-N'konni
- Niamey
Nigerian Southern
- Lagos [23]
- Niger River Delta
- Port Harcourt
- Calabar
- (near Cameroon border)
Metro and Light Rail
Metro lines are proposed for the MegaCity of Lagos.[24]
Abuja Light Rail is expected to open in 2017.
Closed
- Bauchi Light Railway 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
- (open 1914-1927)
- (regauged about 1927 when 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) eastern main line reached Kuru)
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/09/23/nigerian-oil-sidings-contract/#comment-68555
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11361046-s200.htm
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/08/lagos-kano-and-abuja/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/12/09/abuja-kaduna-tracklaying-completed/
- ↑ http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news68211.html?WT.mc_id=DN_News&mxmroi=6219191/2295987/false
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2009/10/nigeria-approves-abuja-line-2/
- ↑ http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news68473.html?mxmroi=6219191/2315037/false
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1943218.htm#1943218
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/12/09/abuja-kaduna-tracklaying-completed/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2011/11/ore-from-agbara-in-nigeria/
- ↑ Railway Gazette International October 2009 page 11
- ↑ http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news69896.html?mxmroi=6219191/2376114/false
- ↑ http://www.teamengineering.it/field/transport/transport2/itakpedescrizione.htm
- ↑ http://www.icafrica.org/en/news/infrastructure-news/article/nigeria-rail-gets-boost-in-ajaokuta-warri-line-completion-802/
- ↑ Hansard
- ↑ http://www.trappco.de/trapp-website/services/9-railway-track-works.html
- ↑ http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news69270.html?mxmroi=6219191/2347725/false
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/03/25/zte-communications-nigerias-railway/
- ↑ http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1943218.htm#1943218
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/11/25/china-build-nigerian-coast-railway/
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/10/28/nigerian-feasibility-studies/
- ↑ http://www.informationng.com/2013/08/nigeria-to-link-niamey-niger-republic-with-rail-line-vp-sambo.html
- ↑ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/05/27/nigerian-southern-railway/
- ↑ Railway Gazette International October 2008, p817 (map)
External links
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