The Managing Director of the nigeria railway Corporation, Dr. Kayode Opeifa has said that the rail sector is growing rapidly.
According to him, “what we are also concerned with now, is the implementation of the roadmap”.
He said this while speaking in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, where he discussed the proposed national railway development roadmap.
“Let me say the rail sector is coming up gradually and fast. We are putting together a rail system that works for nigeria and Nigerians.”
The Proposed Railway Corridors includes:
- Lekki Port (Lagos) – Maiduguri Railway — Approximately 1,588 km.
- Itakpe (Kogi State) – Abuja Central Area Railway — Approximately 262 km.
- Lagos – Calabar Coastal Railway — Approximately 618 km.
- Port Harcourt – Maiduguri Railway — Approximately 1,443 km.
- Benin City – Agbor – Onitsha – Nnewi – Owerri – Aba Railway, with an additional branch line from Onitsha – Enugu – Abakaliki — Approximately 500 km.
- Lagos – Shagamu – Ijebu Ode – Ore – Benin City Railway — Approximately 300 km.
- Zaria – Funtua – Gusau – Kaura Namoda – Sokoto – Illela – Birnin Kebbi Railway — Approximately 520 km.
- Proposed High-Speed Lagos – Ibadan – Osogbo – Baro – Abuja Railway — Approximately
- 532 km.
