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Expectations are high that the newly formed government of Nigeria under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will take steps for restarting container haulage on the US$1.5 billion Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line.
Expectations are high that the newly formed government of Nigeria under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will take steps for restarting container haulage on the US$1.5 billion Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line. Inaugurated on June 10, 2021, the 157 kilometers rail line started passenger services from Lagos to Moniya in Ibadan five days after the inauguration. But has failed to support cargo evacuation from Apapa, which was one of the major aims of building the rail network.
Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line was built at the peak of the protracted traffic congestion on the roads leading to Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos due to the long queue of trucks and tankers accessing Apapa Port and other private jetties in Apapa for the lifting of oil and gas products.
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Port users were hopeful that the construction and completion of the rail line will come with some measure of relief for the port industry if a greater percentage of the import and export cargo are moved via rail in and out of the port.
