Lagos Ibadan Railway: How Fast Are The New Nigerian Trains Running? 

Train rides are exciting, more videos coming😊👍🏽

What is worth doing is worth doing better. Thanks for all the amazing comments 😊👍🏽

The trains can actually do a max speed of 150km/hr by design but emphasis has always been on safety first than speed. Aside the fact that people & animals (herdsmen) cross rail tracks with some children even known to play along the tracks, it'd be risky to hit full throttle on the trains. Anyone who has traveled on the Abuja-Kaduna train would've noticed the concrete walls built on both sides of the track to prevent human & animal incursion; that part of the project was eventually abandoned very likely due to paucity of funds. The initial idea was to build concrete fence along the rail tracks from both ends. You'll also agree that Nigerians are a "unique" set of humans. Imagine the train going on max speed only to get to a portion of the track & discover a stretch of it has been stripped by vandals? Normally, people shouldn't be so criminal/murderous as to go vandalize active rail tracks but this is where we are as a nation; people will vandalize public property not minding the repercussions which in this scenario could be fatal. The design isn't faulty except you want to claim superior knowledge to those who designed it. Nice content as always.

Wow! Good job my brother! I went with you on that trip and I enjoyed every minute of it. Your narration was pleasant and comforting. I like the way you referred to the train as "hugging the track", and" imminent" when approaching a bend on the track. All and all, you did a phenomenal job and I'm so happy to see you grow into your job. Keep it coming, my friend. We love 💝 you, and we love Nigeria. Peace ✌️.

Thanks for all those helpful Critical observations and informations. Let's hope and pray those in charge would take note.

Great video, very informative. Please keep it up. Nigeria is still worthy of celebration.

I love the voice behind this commentary... Always straight to the point... keep it up

I really like this channel o. The guy explains a lot of the technical details about the trains/tracks

I absolutely enjoyed it. Thank youuuuuu for bringing this into the limelight ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great Video and brilliant analysis once again. 👊🏾👊🏾💯🔥

good job

Used it from Agege to Ibadan few weeks ago whilst i was in 9ija, CONS & PROS...It was clean with a/c & less crowd on the vip section. But slow n you'll need too much money and time to travel back to Ibadan from the last stop. Had to traveled back to lagos via 89% completed lagos- ibadan highway, which was cost and time effective, won't do it again untill they can provide a line that will link ,redeem, ijebu and ibadan toll gate axis

Thank you!!

Good job reporting.

Thank you for yet another great content 👍🏽

I like it 😘👍👍👍👍👍👍

Impressive work, I'd add that the low speed has to do with captain behavior and management policies and their implementation.

I love your excitement and patriotism, God bless you. Keep the videos coming. The only observation I want to make here is how "Naturally dirty" most Nigerians are in their living habit. I noticed a lot of trash littering the rail sides. Some people will say it is poverty, I beg to disagree. I have lived in villages where 80 percent of the homes were mud huts and their only subsistence was fishing yet the compounds were clean, well swept and trash was buried or burned. Our government need to bring in Singaporean rules and implement strict personal cleanliness for the sake of us all. Today's covid may have come from Wuhan China, let us prevent the next pandemic from coming from Nigeria.

Thank you for your concern, the lagos - ibadan train has started this week carrying about 270 40fts container

Wow your train spotting video is really informative and well put together. Actually I have heard a lot of negative news about this intercity journey, but you give real time actual update here, so I will definitely go on this the next time I visit Nigeria as I have some family members In Ibadan. Thank you 👍🏾

The Abuja rail is the perfect speed for inner city.

There is not much going on Ibadan dry port because FG wants the Governor to construct the access road which he has not done. The location was also changed and the change in government is also a problem as well. Besides the governor does not see it as a priority. The Minister of Transport has threatened to move the location to Osun state.

Why are we Nigerians so dirty? Filthy everywhere, I think the government should make it mandatory for all traders, sellers , landlords to keep up to three square meters around them clean. The drivers on the roads should be made aware of their driving etiquettes too. Thank you 🙏👍🏾👏🏿🇳🇬

One of the primary reasons for slow speed is the stops at stations between Lagos and Ibadan. Get an express train running at 8 am 12 noon and 4 pm and you will see speeds increase on average

Oh, by the way! Thanks for emphasizing maintenance which should become a priority in all new projects in Nigeria from now on. The culture of maintenance should be driven home during every orientation before employees are deployed to their various posts. Very good ☺️ observation my man.

Good job my brother, keep it up. there are two types of trains, the high speed train and the low speed train. High speed trains are never deployed for journeys less than 300km, High speed trains will come later for longer journeys (trans zonal) longer journeys like lagos to kano or ph to abuja. These fast trains usually have fewer stops, take for example if there is a fast train from lagos to kano, it may only have 4/5 stops at ibadan, illorin, abuja, kaduna and kano. SLOW trains are not used for such distances, they are usually zonal, just like this one that runs from lagos to ibadan having almost 5 stops between both stations. Another reason the train is slow is that the tracks are not secured, they should be secured on both sides with pedestrian/vehicular bridges grossing the tracks. design of curved or straight track are not the reason the train is not as fast as u want BECAUSE IT HAS TO CONNECT THE CITIES IT OUGHT TO CONNECT. Also I want to encourage transport companies like GIG, efex, GUO or even smaller companies or EVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MONEY can come into train business, they can buy trains and put in on the tracks all regulated by NRC under one pricing and standard of service. Good job bro.

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We are a giant and we deserve high speed trains with speeds up to 350+ km/h. Nice insightful interesting mocumentary, I almost finished my data watching🇳🇬❤️

I believe all what you said sir

Wow

Close the toilets 🚽 inside all the train for maximum comfort, exciting ride and good experience, real time.

How did you get the speed distance time of the train. And how did you add it to the video.

0:00 the horn at the start sounds like a horn from my country. WDP/WDG 4 horn im guessing

Why will you want the train to go faster than 100kph? Anyway, amazing content as usual. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍

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You don’t need to worry whether they are straight. Superelevation can produce a line round a fair tight bend at 160kmpph. Our trains can go round bends at 200kph. What you really need to do is clean up. The area. Stop people trespassing on track. No driver wants to run over them. The amount if time wasted slowing down abd driving slowly through area where people have goods spread all over the railway will show it in a bad like abs add hours to journeys. Lastly. Keep very tight control on where money goes. Cut theft and corruption. If you don’t do that then you have no chance. If you save up the money that normally gets channeled into corrupt hands you can maintain a project that will build cheap but nonetheless robust fencing all along all railways. There is no reason then why you cannot run at 210mph ;125mph with trains you already have. And you do have them having bought the HST (High Speed Train sets from the UK

Nice..Nigeria needs to build it infrastructures capability being largest African and black nation. We can't have the trains of Morocco just yet..

they should buid barricade arond the rail track to prevent people from putting diet or trading on the track.

You always do your home work and give proper information, but it is not the case in this one. The train max speed is 150km/hr, which they cannot cover due to the trading on the rail. Some people and animals are crossing the rail line. Don't deviate from what has been working for you by doing your proper research. Search for the Lagos/Ibadan train from the cabin. You will see the problem for yourself.

NedMedia, please note these facts about the speed of the train. 1. The train are designed for maximum speed of 150km. 2. When new train tracks are constructed, speed are encouraged. The soil will be allowed to compact very well. 3. The slow speed is deliberate for now bcos of the safety of human being. If the speed is increased, it will be killing people randomly. Government is trying to build barricade to shield human access to the rail. 4. The Lagos - Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail is a new rail line and NOT In the same direction that of Old Narrow gauge. The best straight was achieved there. If you see any curve they deliberately bypassed an important area best known to both State and FG. In conclusion, according to NRC, when the soil is fully compacted and human being are restricted from the rail lines through barricade and several bypass or overpass, the speed will be increased. So, there is nothing to fear at all.

Loved that is if the train aren't the "bottleneck".

Lovely and God bless Nigeria.

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Well the speed is not that great, considering the fact that trucks are doing 80-90 km/h . I have entered train MADRID-BARCELONA 2hrs30 mins for a journey of 700km. the train top speed on straight line was 310km/h. We can improve our speed to at least to 200km/h for Lagos-ibadan. That would be great.

The Soutwest is seriously under-developed and everyone is cramping in Lagos. Hopefully these trains bring development outside mega city Lagos.

You need trains from Germany UK Japan takes yourba tribe to ibo tribe state which a good thing it can bring people around the world?

Tokyo to Osaka used to be about 3 hours in those days. All aspects of development in Nigeria are entrenched in Corrupt practices.

I would rather the train drivers keep to a moderate speed and be safe. People still walk on parts of the tracks which is very dangerous if the trains are moving at high speed. Great video.

have to do a study on how many road kill (train kill ) free feed then lol

Railway in the north railway in the south west but no one in the south east

Ask the governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde.

They rid those people from selling anywhere.

Why are the seats covered in red rags?

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How many hours from lagos to ibadan?

The problem is that can Nigeria 🇳🇬 mentian the train 🚊 ? I’m from Nigeria I base in Canada 🇨🇦

Not sure how you are measuring your speed. If you are using a GPS based phone app, they tend to be anywhere from 3-5 mph / 4-8 kph slower than actual speed.

The rail fares are definitely cheaper than what we have here in England. Only difference is trains here are more frequent, and high speed means high speed i.e over 200km/hr.

O.pat

Saw some where that the lagos ibadan train stopped in the middle of no where. Do you know the story behind this ? Whilst it is great to get new technology or means of transportation we must also understand the logistics involved in running such infrastructure

How long is the ride?

What about Eastan part of Nigeria

Dirty and stinky environment. Shame to all Nigeria politicians

Is this standard

Was it's not the train that stopped at dangerous place for the short of fuel?

I'm proud of Naija, but the trains could go faster than that. It looks pretty. However, a car is faster. My people are in W. Afrika are trying. 👍

But I think the Kaduna abuja track is straight

so is it quicker by car or train this trip ??

100 km/h equals 62 mph which is very slow, that’s not a high-speed train. I live in California and the subway go 80 miles an hour

Lagos Ibadan is 3hours now why not trek which tren you show us which tren we dey see

Nice try but nt to good for me..

Your analysis is just funny. The train dosen't run more than 90km/hr people who ride on the train told me that so just stop hyping what you don't know. Beside you don't have a visual speed meter so try it with your phone. Nice job

Train from Lagos to Ibadan three times a day?? Whaaat?? And you say that is impressive? If you are not doing at least three times per hour, you need to go back to the drawing board. And why are there no trains from Lagos to any towns in Ondo and Ekiti states even if they are snail speed like the one you boarded from Moniya to Lagos??

This is was when you used to be positive, now you are all negative and depresive

Please remove all those bogus red seat covers with immediate effect, if there is nothing you are covering up! The seat covers are additional traps for bacteria and viruses and microorganisms. I have never seen any place where they wear cloth for seats on a train, except in nigeria. train seats are manufactured with soft posh materials , so please commot those ugly looking seat covers asap.

This is pathetic. A motorcycle ride will be faster

21st century and Nigeria is celebrating a technology funded, built and owned by the Chinese. These are no Nigerian trains until we finish paying the Chinese for them😣

First this trains are TOKUNBO and here in Europe their train is 220km inter state.

Chinese made railways 😅🤣😆🇨🇳

NIGERIA GOVERNMENT ALWAYS THINK BACKWARD , HOW CAN THEY DESIGN TRACK TO SUCH SPEED, FOR INTERCITY., WHEN THE WORLD IS MOVING FARWAD TO OVER 250KMh

O.pat