Talking about reducing the price. You all forget that money is not just being used to refuel but to maintain train engines as well. In Nigeria the way we compare things is unrealistic. Taking a bus and taking the train might be the same price but not the same experience. The Lagos Ibadan express is notorious for long hours of traffic. Asking for fare reduction is as if we don't want to pay for anything. You all should probably travel out and compare the cost of train rides to that of Nigeria. The rail infrastructure is an expensive one. You can't build it and then sit back. You need to kee improving it, get more trains, maintain engines, pay staffs and even expand the rail corridor. I get irritated when people talk about reduction. It's a welcome idea but do you know that the entire rail service can shut down due to loss? The service depends on income to keep operating or you expect the government to fund the construction and then continue to set aside funds to maintain the rail after construction? If patronage is as low as you claim this service would have shut down but it's four years and it's still active which means the pricing is actually regulated to sustain the system and prevent loss. I personally believe that the low patronage is because the trains are only doing four trips per day. There are some of us who would want to travel mid day but the train doesn't move then. Another reason is that people do not know about the service yet, this is still a surprise to me because whenever I say I'm traveling to Ibadan via train some people are like "Trains are dangerous because people sit on it" and all that, they are referring to the old trains they don't know about the new trains. Pricing is not the issue, it's the number of trips. I can't go to Ibadàn for a 4pm meeting and be rushing to get on the 8am train. I'd rather go by road around 12pm.
You said more than everything I would have love to say. How can a modern train with high cost be cheaper than rickety busses without comfort and guaranteed security. Train fair is 3k while rickety bus is #4.500. We have choices in how we travel. How does governments maintain infrastructure if Everything is subsidized. Even investor wouldn't consider such economic environment.
Nigerians always looking for reduction every time. Train travel is one of the best way to travel. The train needs to come every 1 or 2 hours and faster.
@@oluwaseunaderibigbe2465 the funny thing is the trains are not being used to their full capacity yet in terms of speed. They are designed for 150-160km per hour but they are still traveling at 60 - 90km per hour for safety reasons because like someone in the comments said, old habits die hard and people are used to walking and sitting on the tracks, they even vandalize barricades put in place to keep them away from the track. A two hours journey to Ibadan can be achieved especially once the talgo (which has top speed of 330km) has being transferred to NRC by LAG government to ply that corridor
There is no direct train from lagos to abuja and the is no train from ibadan to abuja. We only have three federal train routes in the country. 1. Lagos to ibadan route. 2. Delta state ( warri) to kogi state ( Ajaokuta) 3. Kaduna to abuja Those are the available routes at the moment sir.
Reduce the price? Nigerians are wholly unconcerned with sustainability. It's give me more for less and nothing else. The train has low patronage because old habits die hard.
Well done good job
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Talking about reducing the price. You all forget that money is not just being used to refuel but to maintain train engines as well. In Nigeria the way we compare things is unrealistic. Taking a bus and taking the train might be the same price but not the same experience. The Lagos Ibadan express is notorious for long hours of traffic. Asking for fare reduction is as if we don't want to pay for anything. You all should probably travel out and compare the cost of train rides to that of Nigeria.
The rail infrastructure is an expensive one. You can't build it and then sit back. You need to kee improving it, get more trains, maintain engines, pay staffs and even expand the rail corridor. I get irritated when people talk about reduction. It's a welcome idea but do you know that the entire rail service can shut down due to loss? The service depends on income to keep operating or you expect the government to fund the construction and then continue to set aside funds to maintain the rail after construction? If patronage is as low as you claim this service would have shut down but it's four years and it's still active which means the pricing is actually regulated to sustain the system and prevent loss.
I personally believe that the low patronage is because the trains are only doing four trips per day. There are some of us who would want to travel mid day but the train doesn't move then. Another reason is that people do not know about the service yet, this is still a surprise to me because whenever I say I'm traveling to Ibadan via train some people are like "Trains are dangerous because people sit on it" and all that, they are referring to the old trains they don't know about the new trains. Pricing is not the issue, it's the number of trips. I can't go to Ibadàn for a 4pm meeting and be rushing to get on the 8am train. I'd rather go by road around 12pm.
You said more than everything I would have love to say. How can a modern train with high cost be cheaper than rickety busses without comfort and guaranteed security. Train fair is 3k while rickety bus is #4.500. We have choices in how we travel. How does governments maintain infrastructure if Everything is subsidized. Even investor wouldn't consider such economic environment.
you are spot on jare, also what about the staff , who will pay them a decent wage/salary when people want to pay pittance for a world class service
Is that babajide otitoju you are talking with
Oga the train is cheap for 3k to buy those locomotive is expensive hundred liter of diesel can take you on two trips
Nigerians always looking for reduction every time.
Train travel is one of the best way to travel.
The train needs to come every 1 or 2 hours and faster.
@@oluwaseunaderibigbe2465 the funny thing is the trains are not being used to their full capacity yet in terms of speed. They are designed for 150-160km per hour but they are still traveling at 60 - 90km per hour for safety reasons because like someone in the comments said, old habits die hard and people are used to walking and sitting on the tracks, they even vandalize barricades put in place to keep them away from the track. A two hours journey to Ibadan can be achieved especially once the talgo (which has top speed of 330km) has being transferred to NRC by LAG government to ply that corridor
@@emmanuelogundipe3328Very correct.
I was surprised that Lagos - ABK- IB city took 2 hrs. That journey should only be 1 hr max
Can i get a train ride from lagos to abuja or do i have to get to ibadan first?
There is no direct train from lagos to abuja and the is no train from ibadan to abuja. We only have three federal train routes in the country.
1. Lagos to ibadan route.
2. Delta state ( warri) to kogi state ( Ajaokuta)
3. Kaduna to abuja
Those are the available routes at the moment sir.
Reduce the price? Nigerians are wholly unconcerned with sustainability. It's give me more for less and nothing else.
The train has low patronage because old habits die hard.