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Abuja to Kaduna Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)
railway
Cities
Abuja
✸ Nigeria
Kaduna
Nigeria
Distance
186km
new
186kmrehabilitated
– kmexisting
– kmCost
$0.9b
$874,000,000
Phases
operational, 2014
Objective
The cargo trains, carrying 800 tons of goods, will take one and a half hours to travel between the two citiesDescription
The Abuja-Kaduna segment is the first to be implemented as part of the standard gauge project. The line features nine stations and a designed speed of 150km/h.History
The railway replaces the Cape gauge Western Line built by the British in 1896–1927, which has a lower design capacity and is in a deteriorated conditionFinance
$500000000 loan
Exim Bank of China
Development bank
$374000000 investment
Nigerian Government
Government
Contractors
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd
Construction company