Railway stations in Nigeria
![Main railway station Lagos](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Train_station_Mobolaji_Johnson.jpg/250px-Train_station_Mobolaji_Johnson.jpg)
New train station Mobolaji Johnson
![Train station Agege, standard gauge railway](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Agege_railway_station.jpg/250px-Agege_railway_station.jpg)
New Railway station Agege "Babatunde Fashola"
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ibadan_railway_station.jpg/250px-Ibadan_railway_station.jpg)
New railway station in Ibadan
![Railway station Abeokuta](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Abeokuta_station.jpg/250px-Abeokuta_station.jpg)
New train station in Abeokuta along the standard gauge railway line Lagos-Ibadan
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kafanchan_train_station_1.jpg/250px-Kafanchan_train_station_1.jpg)
Kafanchan junction station
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Train_Stations_in_Oshodi%2C_Lagos%2C_Nigeria_Photo_Taken_by_Mr._Olusola_D%2C_Ayibiowu_Date_13th_January_2017.jpg/250px-Train_Stations_in_Oshodi%2C_Lagos%2C_Nigeria_Photo_Taken_by_Mr._Olusola_D%2C_Ayibiowu_Date_13th_January_2017.jpg)
Lagos Oshodi station
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/North_South_Railway_at_Makurdi%2C_Central_Nigeria._-_panoramio.jpg/250px-North_South_Railway_at_Makurdi%2C_Central_Nigeria._-_panoramio.jpg)
Makurdi station
Railway stations in Nigeria include:
Maps[]
![Railway system Nigeria, under construction and in use](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Railway_system_Nigeria_2021_english.jpg/400px-Railway_system_Nigeria_2021_english.jpg)
Railway network of Nigeria 2021
Cities served by rail[]
The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line.
West Line[]
- Apapa (W) - Lagos. Port ; flour mill ; oil terminals [1]
- Lagos (W) (0 km) - Terminus station
- Yaba (W) - Lagos suburban railway[2]
- Oshodi (W) - Lagos suburban railway
- Ikeja (W) - Lagos suburban railway
- Agege (W) - Lagos suburban railway[3]
- Agbado (W) - Lagos suburban railway[4]
- Ijoko (W) - terminus of suburban trains, 2013 [5]
- Abeokuta (W)
- Agege (W) - junction
- Ibadan (W) (156 km)
- 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) (1124 km) (capital Kano state)
Nguru (W) - terminus near Niger border
Zaria (W) - junction
Funtua (W)
Gusau (WN)
Kaura Namoda (W)
Nigeria-Niger border
Niamey
Coast Line[]
- proposed standard gauge
- Lagos
- Benin City (capital Edo state) (300 km)
- Port Harcourt (capital Rivers state)
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[14]
- Ajaokuta (C)
- Ovu (49m) (C)
- (incomplete 22 km)
- Warri (C) - A line to Warri was planned; contractor paid October 2009; completion unknown.[15][16][17][18]
- (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) [19] and part of Bauchi Light Railway.
- (built 1961) [20]
- Gombe (E),
- Maiduguri (E) (terminus) - nearest railhead to Chad
- Lafia (E)
- Oshogbo (W)
- (E)
- Uyo (E)
- Umuahia (E)
- Chamo (E)
- Yenagoa (E) - the Bayelsa state capital since c1996
Rehabilitate[]
Under Construction[]
Proposed[]
- Nyanya
- Minna (W)
- (Coast Line)
- Lagos 0 km
- Benin City
- Calabar - 1402 km - near border with Cameroon [25]
Feasibility studies[]
- (2014)
- Lagos-Abuja (615 km);
- Ajaokuta-Obajana---Abuja with an additional line from Otukpo;
- -Ejule-----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;
- -Lokoja-Abaji-Abuja (280 km). * [26]
To Niger[]
Kauran Namoda (0 km) railhead[27]
Sokoto
Birnin Kebbi
(about 250 km) - border
Birnin-N'konni
Niamey
--
Nigerian Southern[]
Lagos[29]
Niger River Delta
Port Harcourt
Calabar
- (near Cameroon border)
2010[]
- Port Harcourt and branches [30]
- Maiduguri
- Bonny, Nigeria
- Owerri
- Kafanchan
- Gombe, Gombe
- Damaturu
- Gashua
Metro and Light Rail[]
Metro lines are proposed for the MegaCity of Lagos.[31]
The first phase of Abuja Light Rail opened in July 2018.
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[]
Transport in Nigeria
Rail transport in Nigeria
Lagos Terminus
Nigerian Railway Corporation
Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway
References[]
- ^ Africa, Railways (2015-07-28). "NIGERIAN OIL SIDINGS CONTRACT". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Google. "Yaba railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ Google. "Agege railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ Google. "Agbado railway station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ "Railpage". Railpage. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Africa, Railways (2015-07-28). "LAGOS-KANO AND ABUJA". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Africa, Railways (2015-07-28). "ABUJA-KADUNA TRACKLAYING COMPLETED". Railways Africa. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "News Archives". Railway Technology. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ 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/
- ^ Abuja lines
- ^ 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
- ^ "New railway lines: Lagos bridges to be demolished - Vanguard News". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
- ^ 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
- ^ Kano-Maradi started2021
- ^ http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/05/27/nigerian-southern-railway/
- ^ Port Harcourt and branches
- ^ Railway Gazette International October 2008, p817 (map)
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