NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION TO TEST RUN LAGOS-ABEOKUTA RAIL LINE EARLY FEBRUARY
“They have done a lot in laying of tracks between Abeokuta, Itori, Papalanto, Kajola, Ijoko towards Lagos corridor. Within seven days the track laying will reach Iju towards Agege corridor of Lagos State; he disclosed.
He also added that, “from here to Iju is 10 kilometres, and we are laying 1.5 kilometres on daily basis and by the first week of February, we will do a test run to Abeokuta from Lagos. All the formations have been put in place to expedite the tracks laying,”
Penpushing further reports that, the Managing Director said work had been completed between Kajola and Abeokuta, while in similar vein, the corporation, District Manager, Jerry Oche, said that when completed, the trains would be travelling at 150 kilometres per hour.
Hear him, “with the new standard gauge, you can reside in Ibadan and be working in Lagos which is a very good development to people and for our economy,.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on his own part said in 2018 that the completion of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge would also ease off the Apapa gridlock, adding, “as you can see, the narrow gauge is existing but it’s not efficient, but the moment we fix this project, then those goods will be transferred to the rail and the lock jam will disappear on the road’.
