The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is set to take delivery of a batch of trains rolled off the production line of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd., on September 12.
The trains will reportedly be shipped to the Port of Lagos in Nigeria a month later.
NRC ordered the 10 standard-gauge trains in May this year.
They have adopted Chinese standards, and will be the fastest trains running in Africa, with a design speed of 160 km/h.
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Operation speed could be as high as 150 km/h. Gbenga Ashafa, chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Land Transport, believes that the Chinese trains will definitely improve the railway development of the country.
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