Railway stations in Nigeria explained

Railway stations in Nigeria include:

Maps

• UN Map
• UNHCR Atlas Map

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
• Oshodi (W) - Lagos suburban railway
• Ikeja (W) - Lagos suburban railway
• Agege (W) - Lagos suburban railway
• Agbado (W) - Lagos suburban railway
• Ijoko (W) - terminus of suburban trains, 2013 ^[2]
• Abeokuta (W)

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• 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

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• Zaria (W) - junction
• Funtua (W)
• Gusau (WN)
• Kaura Namoda (W)
• Nigeria-Niger border
• Niamey

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• • • Bajoga Enugu Idogo (W) - branch terminus

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• • Minna (W) - junction for Baro (capital Niger state)
  • Baro (W) (branch terminus) on River Niger

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• Ikeja

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• • (Standard gauge) ^[3]
  • Kaduna (W) junction for Abuja (0 km) completed 2014, but not enough rolling stock ^{[4] [5]} (plan B)
  • Abuja (W) - national capital - 2016 (186 km) ^{[6] [7]} In August 2016, the new standard gauge line between Kaduna and Abuja was complete.^{[8] [9]}

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.

• Agbaja (C) - Iron ore
  • (proposed 2011)

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• 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.^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

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• (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
  • Bukuru (E) - tin
  • Jos (E) - tin
• Bauchi (E) - was ^[14] and part of Bauchi Light Railway.
  • (built 1961) ^[15]
• Gombe (E),
• Maiduguri (E) (terminus) - nearest railhead to Chad

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• 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^[16]

Under Construction

• (standard gauge) ^[17]
• (double track)
• Lagos (0 km)
• Kano (128 km)
• Ibadan (W) (156 km)

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Proposed

• (standard gauge)
• Lagos
• Abeokuta (W)
• Ibadan^{[18] [19]}

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• Ibadan
• Oshogbo(W)
• Ilorin

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• Nyanya
• Minna (W)

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• (Coast Line)
• Lagos 0 km
• Benin City
• Calabar - 1402 km - near border with Cameroon ^[20]

Feasibility studies

• (2014)
• Lagos-Abuja (615 km);
• Ajaokuta-Obajana-Jakura-Boro-Abuja with an additional line from Otukpo;
• Anyinga-Ejule-Ida-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

• Kauran Namoda (0 km) railhead^[21]
• Sokoto
  • Birnin Kebbi (about 250 km) - border
• Birnin-N'konni
• Niamey

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• Kano (SGR) ^[22]
• - border
• Maradi

Nigerian Southern

• Lagos
• Niger River Delta
• Port Harcourt
• Calabar
• (near Cameroon border)
• 

2010

• Port Harcourt and branches ^[23]
• Maiduguri
• Bonny, Nigeria
• Owerri
• Kafanchan
• Gombe, Gombe
• Damaturu
• Gashua

Metro and Light Rail

Metro lines are proposed for the MegaCity of Lagos.^[24]

The first phase of Abuja Light Rail opened in July 2018.

Closed

• • Bauchi Light Railway (open 1914-1927)
  • Zaria

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• (regauged about 1927 when eastern main line reached Kuru)
  • Jos - tin mines
  • Bukuru - tin mines
  • Kuru - future junction
  • Bauchi

See also

• Transport in Nigeria
• Rail transport in Nigeria
• Lagos Terminus
• Nigerian Railway Corporation
• Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway

Notes and References

1. Web site: NIGERIAN OIL SIDINGS CONTRACT. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-28. Railways Africa. en-ZA. 2020-03-08.
2. Web site: Railpage. Railpage. 2020-03-08.
3. Web site: LAGOS-KANO AND ABUJA. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-28. Railways Africa. en-ZA. 2020-03-08.
4. Web site: ABUJA-KADUNA TRACKLAYING COMPLETED. Africa. Railways. 2015-07-28. Railways Africa. en-ZA. 2020-03-08.
5. Web site: News Archives. Railway Technology. 19 October 2017. en-GB. 2020-03-08.
6. Web site: NIGERIA APPROVES ABUJA LINE | Railways Africa . www.railwaysafrica.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091017060017/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2009/10/nigeria-approves-abuja-line-2/ . 2009-10-17.
7. Web site: First Afghan Rail Project to Start This Year. 29 October 2009.
8. Web site: Railpage.
9. https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/abuja-kaduna-rail-line/ Abuja lines
10. [Railway Gazette International]
11. Web site: Deal Signed for Last Leg of Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail. 15 November 2009.
12. Web site: Itakp Ajaokuta . www.teamengineering.it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316234612/http://www.teamengineering.it/field/transport/transport2/itakpedescrizione.htm . 2012-03-16.
13. Web site: Nigeria rail gets boost in Ajaokuta-Warri line completion.
14. Web site: Hansard . 2008-10-03 . 2021-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210616042938/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1912/dec/04/bauchi-light-railway . . 4 December 1912 . live .
15. Web site: Railway and Track works TCI - Trapp Construction International GMBH . www.trappco.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209061630/http://www.trappco.de/trapp-website/services/9-railway-track-works.html . 2010-02-09.
16. Web site: Chinese Firm to Build Lagos-Jebba Railway. 8 November 2009.
17. Web site: ZTE COMMUNICATIONS FOR NIGERIA'S RAILWAY Railways AfricaRailways Africa . www.railwaysafrica.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232618/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/03/25/zte-communications-nigerias-railway/ . 2014-04-26.
18. Web site: Railpage.
19. Web site: New railway lines: Lagos bridges to be demolished - Vanguard News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003453/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/new-railway-lines-lagos-bridges-demolished/. 2017-11-07.
20. Web site: CHINA TO BUILD NIGERIAN COAST RAILWAY - Railways Africa . 2014-11-26 . 2014-11-26 . https://archive.today/20141126094357/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/11/25/china-build-nigerian-coast-railway/ . dead .
21. Web site: Nigeria to Link Niamey, Niger Republic with Rail Line – VP Sambo . 10 August 2013 .
22. https://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/ground-breaking-ceremony-of-the-kano-maradi-rail-line Kano-Maradi started2021
23. https://www.railwaysafrica.com/country-updates/nigeria-october-2020 Port Harcourt and branches
24. [Railway Gazette International]