NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION

Brief History

The Nigerian Railway System pioneered the rapid opening up of the geographical area called Nigeria. The Railway System, therefore represents the oldest modern form of transportation in Nigeria.

Railway development in Nigeria was initiated by private interest. This was later taken over by the then Colonial Government as Government Railway for the purpose of easy and cheap movement of bulk goods from the hinterlands to the seaports and vice versa.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation is over 112 years old and it runs a unilaterally designed track system of 1067mm cape gauge. Nigerian Railway System actually commenced rail business activities with the construction of the first rail line from Lagos to Ibadan (193km) between 1898 and 1901. By 1964 when the construction of 640km kano – Maiduguri rail line, then known as Bornu extension, was completed, the present core of the railway network had been put in place.

NRC Reviews Operational SOPs to Drive Safety, Efficiency and Service Delivery

Abeokuta, Ogun State | July 8, 2026 The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has reaffirmed the Corporation’s commitment to strengthening operational efficiency and delivering improved railway services to Nigerians through the institutionalisation of robust Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Dr. Opeifa […]

NRC GRANTS PERMANENT OPERATING LICENCE, TRACK ACCESS TO LAGOS TO OPERATE RAIL SERVICES IN NIGERIA

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has presented a permanent operating licence to the Lagos State Government, authorising it to operate the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line under the existing Track Sharing Agreement. The presentation makes Lagos State the first sub-national government licensed to operate […]