Eko Rail's Trains Begin Journey to Lagos
Governor Fashola inspecting the trains with Michael Schabas (Eko Rail) 27 Sep 2011 14:35 Africa/Lagos Eko Rail's Trains Begin Journey to Lagos PR Newswire LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 27, 2011 First of Toronto's Former Fleet Set for Refurbishment, Delivery LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first of hundreds of Toronto subway cars that will furnish a new surface rail line in Lagos, Nigeria, has left Canada for the last time, and is now en route to Africa's largest city. A Nigerian company, Eko Rail, has agreed to purchase 255 of the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) best-equipped subway cars for use in a much-needed Lagos Blue Line mass transit system. The TTC is in the process of purchasing larger "Rocket" trains to increase passenger capacity on their lines. As the electric-powered cars become surplus and are pulled offline in Toronto, they will be individually trucked to the United States for a rebuilding by a team of world-class rail...