Railway stations in Nigeria
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Railway stations in Nigeria include:
Maps
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)
- Template:Flagicon Kano (W) (1124 km) (capital Kano state)
- Template:Flagicon Nguru (W) - terminus near Niger border
- Template:Flagicon Zaria (W) - junction
- Template:Flagicon Funtua (W)
- Template:Flagicon Gusau (WN)
- Template:Flagicon Kaura Namoda (W)
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Nigeria-Niger border
- Template:Flagicon Niamey
- Minna (W) - junction for Baro (capital Niger state)
- Baro (W) (branch terminus) on River Niger
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
- Ajaokuta (C)
- Ovu (49m) (C)
- (incomplete 22 km)
- Warri (C) - A line to Warri was planned; contractor paid October 2009; completion unknown.[13][14][15][16]
- (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 Template:RailGauge [17] and part of Bauchi Light Railway.
- (built 1961) [18]
- Gombe (E),
- Maiduguri (E) (terminus) - nearest railhead to Chad
- Lafia (E)
- Oshogbo (W)
- Umagha (E)
- Uyo (E)
- Umuahia (E)
- Chamo (E)
- Yenagoa (E) - the Bayelsa state capital since c1996
Rehabilitate
- Lagos (W)
- 488 km
- Jebba (W) - on River Niger[19]
Under Construction
Proposed
- (standard gauge)
- Template:Flagicon Lagos
- Template:Flagicon Abeokuta (W)
- Template:Flagicon Ibadan[21][22]
- (Coast Line)
- Lagos 0 km
- Benin City
- Calabar - 1402 km - near border with Cameroon [23]
Feasibility studies
- (2014)
- Lagos-Abuja (615 km);
- Ajaokuta-Obajana-Jakura-Boro-Abuja with an additional line from Otukpo;
- Anyinga-Ejule-Idah-Adoru-Nsuuka-Adani-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;
- Eganyi-Lokoja-Abaji-Abuja (280 km).
To Niger
- Template:Flagicon Kauran Namoda (0 km) railhead[24]
- Template:Flagicon Sokoto
- Template:Flagicon Birnin Kebbi
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (about 250 km) - border
- Template:Flagicon Birnin-N'konni
- Template:Flagicon Niamey
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- Template:Flagicon Kano (SGR) [25]
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon - border
- Template:Flagicon Maradi
Nigerian Southern
- Template:Flagicon Lagos
- Template:Flagicon Niger River Delta
- Template:Flagicon Port Harcourt
- Template:FlagiconCalabar
- (near Cameroon border)
- Template:Flagicon
2010
- Port Harcourt and branches [26]
- Maiduguri
- Bonny, Nigeria
- Owerri
- Kafanchan
- Gombe, Gombe
- Damaturu
- Gashua
Metro and Light Rail
Metro lines are proposed for the MegaCity of Lagos.[27]
The first phase of Abuja Light Rail opened in July 2018.
Closed
- Bauchi Light Railway Template:RailGauge
- (open 1914-1927)
- (regauged about 1927 when Template:RailGauge eastern main line reached Kuru)
See also
- Template:Flagicon Transport in Nigeria
- Template:Flagicon Rail transport in Nigeria
- Template:Flagicon Lagos Terminus
- Template:Flagicon Nigerian Railway Corporation
- Template:Flagicon Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway
References
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- ↑ Abuja lines
- ↑ Railway Gazette International October 2009 page 11
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- ↑ Kano-Maradi started2021
- ↑ Port Harcourt and branches
- ↑ Railway Gazette International October 2008, p817 (map)
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