Railway stations in Nigeria
New train station Mobolaji Johnson
New Railway station Agege "Babatunde Fashola"
New railway station in Ibadan
New train station in Abeokuta along the standard gauge railway line Lagos-Ibadan
Kafanchan junction station
Lagos Oshodi station
Makurdi station
Railway stations in Nigeria include:
Maps[]
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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