NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION

Brief History

The Nigerian Railway System pioneered the rapid opening up of the geographical area called Nigeria. The Railway System, therefore represents the oldest modern form of transportation in Nigeria.

Railway development in Nigeria was initiated by private interest. This was later taken over by the then Colonial Government as Government Railway for the purpose of easy and cheap movement of bulk goods from the hinterlands to the seaports and vice versa.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation is 112 years old and it runs a unilaterally designed track system of 1067mm cape gauge. Only 30km of its track distribution is in double track and that is within Lagos area. Nigerian Railway System actually commenced rail business activities with the construction of the first rail line from Lagos to Ibadan (193km) between 1898 and 1901. By 1964 when the construction of 640km kano – Maiduguri rail line, then known as Bornu extension, was completed, the present core of the railway network had been put in place.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RUN END-OF-THE-YEAR SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE

The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive through the Federal Ministry of Transportation, hereby inform the general public that the NRC shall operate end of the year special train services in commemoration of Christmas and New Year celebrations. […]

CCECC HANDS OVER THE COMPLETED PORT-HARCOURT – ABA TRACK AND OTHER SUPPORT MATERIALS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

CCECC HANDS OVER THE COMPLETED PORT-HARCOURT – ABA TRACK AND OTHER SUPPORT MATERIALS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The fully reconstructed 62.8km Port-Harcourt to Aba rail line has been handed over to the Federal Ministry of Transportation (the client) who in turn handed over to the Nigerian […]