Nigeria’s “High-Speed” Rail: A Personal Experience 18 Months Later
Nigeria’s first ever high speed train service which open for service in March 2016. A double-track, standard gauge between Abuja and Kaduna that runs at 120 Km and 150 Km an hour. Come March, travellers will be able to journey from Abuja to Kaduna (and vice-versa) in less than an hour. The Nigerian government made huge strides towards diversifying transportation when it announced that the first ever high-speed train service in the country, as reported by Techpoint . A project that caused the Federal government $849 million. The China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Nanjing Puzhen, who was commission the project has finished 10 orders for six African countries so far, including Nigeria, Sudan, Cameroon, and Kenya. The first time I saw the train, it was a beauty, new, orderly and an amazing sight, all you just want to do is jump right in but the orderly has turned irregularities, and system malfunction. I went back to re-evaluate Nigeria’s “high-spee...