Tag: train
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Warri-Itakpe train services still on hold – NRC
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Warri-Itakpe train service remains on hold. NRC Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.
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FG denies approving Lagos-Abuja bullet train project
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has refuted a story purporting an imminent launch of a “Lagos-Abuja High-Speed Bullet Train that will reduce travel time between both cities from 12 hours to just two to three hours”.
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Delta Blazes Trail In CNG Vehicles
…Signs Conversion MoU With NIPCO Delta State Government and NIPCO Gas Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion centre of vehicles in the state. The brief ceremony took place in Asaba on Thursday with the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu, the…
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Fire disrupts Lagos train operations
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says the Blue Line train operations will resume on Sunday morning after it was disrupted by fire. Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, Head, Corporate Communication, LAMATA, disclosed this in a statement.
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Lagos stops 25% rebate on bus, ferry, train fares
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says the 25 per cent rebate on fares for regulated public bus, ferry and train services ends on Sunday (June 2). LAMATA made this known on its official X handle.
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FG postpone start of Port Harcourt-Aba train service
The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Port Harcourt-Aba train service to April from the initially planned start date at the end of March. The Minister of Transportation, Sen. Saidu Alkali, disclosed this to journalists after
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FG announces date to commence PH-Aba train service
The Federal Government, on Saturday, says train services on Port Harcourt to Aba route will start operation by the end of March.
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Court refuses bail application of BRT driver who rammed into train
An Ikeja High Court has refused the bail application of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, who allegedly caused grievous harm and involuntary manslaughter by running into a moving train. Justice Oyindamola Ogala gave the ruling on Friday in Lagos.
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Pandemonium as dozens feared dead after train crash in India
Pandemonium as dozens of people were feared dead, 132 were injured after an express passenger train derailed in India’s eastern Odisha state on Friday.
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Lagos Train-bus accident: 66 patients out of hospital
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 66 patients involved in the train-bus collision accident have been treated and discharged from five state public health facilities. Abayomi disclosed this in a situation update about the accident on Wednesday in Lagos.