The new £7.6bn railway line stretching 870 miles across Africa's most populated country

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is simply a 435 mile task that volition link 9 states (Image: Getty)

Also known arsenic West-East Coastal Rail Line, the Lagos-Calabar Railway is simply a monolithic operation that volition nexus the southwest of Nigeria to the Niger Delta.

The Niger Delta, besides known arsenic the Oil River,  is the delta of the Niger River  located wrong 9 coastal confederate Nigerian states.

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is simply a 435 mile task that volition link 9 states, including Ondo, Ogun, Ondo,, Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom. 

The immense task is intended to boost economical enactment successful Nigeria and amended connectivity.

Since time one, the task has been shrouded by uncertainty and contention with reactions from Nigerains wondering wherefore this task needs to beryllium made portion the state continues to endure successful an economical crisis. 

The immense task is intended to boost economical enactment successful Nigeria (Image: Getty)

The Lagos-Calabar Railway Line Project was projected backmost successful 2014, however, the task ne'er got disconnected the ground.

The obstruction enactment way was acceptable to dwell of 22 railway stations fitted with auxiliary amenities, level crossing and administrative space.

The Goodluck Jonathan medication conceived the task which was going to beryllium funded by the Exim Bank of China but they aboriginal backed retired of this.

In 2021, operation of the coastal obstruction entered into a backing statement with the  Federal Government and Standard Chartered Bank.

The Construction of the Lagos-Calabar Highway officially began successful March 2024. (Image: Getty)

What remains of the obstruction enactment is chartless nevertheless Punch media had reported that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, had disclosed that the authorities had approved the declaration for the archetypal signifier of the construction. 

The Construction of the Lagos-Calabar Highway officially began successful March 2024.

According to Umahi, erstwhile approvals, procurement and different indispensable processes are finalised past different aggregate sections of the enactment volition beryllium completed. 

The task was acceptable to tally successful phases with the archetypal being betwixt Port Harcourt and Calabar.

The 2nd signifier of Lagos-Calabar Railway was to tally betwixt Port Harcourt and Lagos done Onitsha.

Other tasks acceptable for this task see the iInstallation of information systems, lighting system, signalling system, electrical systems and the laying of tracks and energy lines, are among the different tasks.

According to Lai Muhammed, who served arsenic the curate of Information and Culture of Nigeria, said: TThe projected way alignment is to spell from Lagos to Shagamu, Shagamu to Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu-Ode to Ore, Ore to Benin City, Benin to Sapele, Sapele to Warri, Warri to Yenagoa, Yenagoa to Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt to Aba, Aba to Uyo, Uyo to Calabar, Calabar to Akamkpa to Ikom, to Obudu Ranch, with a subdivision enactment from Benin City to Asaba, Onitsha Bridge and past Port Harcourt to Onne Deep Seaport.”