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The Trains Are Finally Rolling in Nigeria

by Eric Olander

Say what you want about the Chinese but there’s no denying they are damned good at getting stuff done.

The sight of a big beautiful new train on freshly laid tracks in Lagos yesterday was something to behold. The Chinese-financed and constructed Lagos to Ibadan standard gauge railway made its maiden voyage and generated a huge amount of excitement that, after years of planning and delays, Nigeria finally has a modern railway of its own.

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