Railway stations in Nigeria

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) - port ; flour mill ; oil terminals ^[1]
Lagos (W) - Terminus station
Agbado (W) - major bridge
Ijoko (W) - terminus of suburban trains, 2013 ^[2]
Abeokuta (W)

Agege (W) - junction
Ibadan (W)
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)
Nguru (W) - terminus near Niger border

Zaria (W) - junction
Funtua (W)
Gusau (WN)
Kaura Namoda (W) - branch terminus near Niger border

Bajoga
Enugu
Idogo (W) - branch terminus

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

Ikeja

- (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 - September, 2009 (186 km) ^[6]^[7] In August 2012, the new standard gauge line between Kaduna and Abuja was 35% complete.^[8]^[9]

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)

Itakpe (C) - iron ore ^[10]
Ajaokuta (C)
Ovu (49m) (C)
- (incomplete 22 km)
Warri (C) - A line to Warri was planned; contractor paid October 2009; completion unknown.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

(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 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) ^[15] and part of Bauchi Light Railway.
- (built 1961) ^[16]
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

Agbadi - (E) - river crossing

Rehabilitate

Lagos (W)
488 km
Jebba (W) - on River Niger ^[17]

Under Construction

(standard gauge) ^[18]
(double track)
Lagos (0 km)
Kano (128 km)

Proposed

(standard gauge)
Lagos
Abeokuta (W)
Ibadan ^[19]

Nyanya
Minna (W)

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

Metro and Light Rail

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

Abuja Light Rail is expected to open in 2017.

Closed

Bauchi Light Railway 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)
(open 1914-1927)
- Zaria
- Rahama

(regauged about 1927 when 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) eastern main line reached Kuru)
- Jos - tin mines
- Bukuru - tin mines
- Kuru - future junction
- Bauchi

References

External links

Media related to Train stations in Nigeria at Wikimedia Commons

Railway stations in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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