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Amaechi Embarks On Inspection Of Lagos-Ibadan Railway, Inspects, Test Run Apapa Port Rail (Photos)
In preparatory for the official commissioning of the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi embarked on an inspection tour of the facilities on the rail corridor.
First point of call is the Ebute-Metta terminal which is at its 90% completion stage. The minister took time to inspect all the facilities which include the toilet, walkway, waiting area among others to see the level of works done.
Also, the minister embarked on the Apapa-Tincan route, this route leads directly to the port.
The minister who tweeted on his verified handled disclosed that he had a test run of the rail line project linking Lagos-Ibadan to the Apapa port.
The Transport Minister also announced that linking Apapa to Tincan by rail was the next on the government’s agenda.
He disclosed that it has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Amaechi said, “We rode the train to the Apapa Port today, following the completion of track laying in that axis. Work is progressing well at the Station – the last to begin in the Lagos-Ibadan project.
“Also in the works is- linking Apapa to Tincan by rail, approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The China Civil Engineering Construction Company in charge of linking the Lagos-Ibadan rail tracks to the busy Apapa port in Lagos had said the connection was done on January 25.
CCECC in a tweet said it connected the rail tracks to the port with the successful pouring of the last 25-meter monolithic track bed superstructure of Apapa Port Break Bulk Line.
Apapa Port Rail Inspection
Ebute-Metta Railway Terminal
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