Abuja 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! ==== Rail ==== Abuja is on the route of the planned [[Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway]], which has been completed between Abuja and [[Kaduna]]. Trains for [[Kaduna]] depart from the Idu Railway Station in Abuja. There is a car park at the train station for passengers traveling to the city centre.<ref name="agabi2016">{{cite news|last1=Agabi|first1=Chris|title=NRC begins Abuja-Kaduna daily free train service|url=http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/nrc-begins-abuja-kaduna-daily-free-train-service/152361.html|work=Daily Trust|date=23 June 2016|access-date=26 July 2016|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035720/https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/nrc-begins-abuja-kaduna-daily-free-train-service/152361.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Abuja light rail]] system served between 2018 and 2020 and became the first rapid transit in the country and in Western Africa. - However, Abuja's light rail system was shut down in 2020, after less than 2 years of operation, due to the COVID epidemic and has not been restarted to date (July 2023). In 2023 the US$800 million costly Abuja light rail system has been called the "worst mass transit project in the world",<ref name=":5">{{Citation |title=Why The Abuja Metro Failed |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Flt4AyL_EU |access-date=2023-07-10 |language=en}}</ref> never managing to get more than 400 people a day to use it during its time of operation. Data analyst Tonami Playman described this as "abysmal". Comparable metro networks in the world typically transport several million people daily, even in other African countries like Cairo, Tunis, Addis Abeba and Algiers.<ref name=":5" /> The COVID pandemic was reportedly a welcome excuse to end the unprofitable operation of the line. [[File:Idu Station Platform.jpg|thumb|Train at Idu Station Platform]] [[File:Abuja Rail Mass Transit.svg|thumb|Abuja Rail Mass Transit map]] 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