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A batch of trains rolled off the production
line of China Railway Rolling Stock
Corporation (CRRC) Nanjing Puzhen Co.,
Ltd., on Sept. 12, and will be shipped to the
Port of Lagos on October, news site
thepaper.cn reported.
These 10 standard-gauge trains were
ordered by Nigerian Railway Corporation
(NRC) in May this year. They have adopted
Chinese standards, and will be the fastest
trains running in Africa, with a design
speed of 160 km/h. Operation speed could be as high as 150 km/h.
Gbenga Ashafa, chairman of the Nigerian
Senate Committee on Land Transport,
believes that the Chinese trains will
definitely improve the railway development
of the country.
He said Nigeria is a fertile land open to foreign direct investments
with a high return rate.