A batch of trains rolled off the production line of China
Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd., on
Sept. 12, and will be shipped to the Port of Lagos in Nigeria a month
later, news site thepaper.cn reported. .
These
10 standard-gauge trains were ordered by Nigerian Railway Corporation
(NRC) 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. .
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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