Ogun State Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Transportation == Ogun benefits from its proximity to the metropolis of [[Lagos]] and the new [[Lekki Port|deep-sea harbour]] and the new [[Dangote Refinery|Dangote refinery]] in Lekki (as of 2024). The planned airport Lagos-Epe will be located next to the border to the state of Ogun. === Railways === ==== Nigerian Railway Company ==== Ogun benefits from the Lagos-[[Abeokuta]]-[[Ibadan]] standard rail link since 2021. The planned ''Apapa-Kajola Express'' will connect the centre of the state with the Lagos port.<ref>{{Citation |title=Nigerian Railway Introduces New Express Train |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b58PXXT2dfY |access-date=2024-02-26 |language=en}}</ref> Abeokuta also is connected with Lagos by 77 km of the [[Nigerian Railways|Western Railway]] (built in 1899), which still is used for freight trains. ==== Lagos Mass Transit (Lamata) ==== The terminus of the "Red Line" of the Lagos suburban railway is located in Agbado, which is part of the Lagos agglomeration but belongs to the state of Ogun in administrative terms. This is why the trains and carriages of Lagos State will be parked, cleaned and maintained in Ogun.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lagos Redline Metro – First metro infrastructure limited |url=https://first-metro.com/lagos-redline-metro/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> === Roads === Federal Highways are: * [[A1 highway (Nigeria)|A1]] north from Lagos as part of the [[African Unity Road]] TAH2 [[Trans-African Highway network|Trans-African Highway]] 2, * E1 [[Lagos-Ibadan Expressway]] north to Oyo State, * [[A5 highway (Nigeria)|A5]] north from Lagos via Abeokuta and east to Oyo State at Omin Adio, * [[A121 highway (Nigeria)|A121]] east from A1 in [[Sagamu]] as the Benin-Sagamu Expressway via Ijebu-Ode to Ondo State at Kajola as part of the [[Trans-African Highway 8|Trans-African 8]] (TAH 8) Lagos-Mombasa Highway. Three roads to the Republic of [[Benin]]: * the Sango Ota-Idi-Iroko Rd at [[Idiroko]] as part of the Lagos-[[Badagry]]-[[Porto-Novo|Porto Novo]] highway west to RNIE 1, * the Oja-Odan Road from Ilaro at Obelle to RN3 in [[Pobè]], * F102 west from [[Sagamu]] via Abeokuta to Meko at Idofa to RNIE 4 to [[Kétou, Benin|Kétou]]. Other major roads include: * the Epe-Ijebu-Ode Rd south from [[Sagamu]] to Lagos State at Agboju, * the Iken-Sekungba Rd south from the Awa-Itokin Rd from [[Egbe]] to Lagos State at Omu, * the Agbara-Atan Rd south from Atan to Lagos State at Morogbo, * the Abeokuta-Igboora-Iseyin Rd north from the Ayetoro Rd at Rounda Roundabout to Oyo State as the Ibara-Orile-Ijeun Rd, * the Ibadan-Eruwa Rd west from A5 at Ilugun to Oyo State at Olokemeji, * the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Rd north from Ilaporu to Oyo State at Mamu, * the Ibadan-Ijebu-Igbo Rd northeast from Ilaporu to Oyo State at Olugbuyi. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page