El proyecto prevé conectar ciudades clave como Lagos, Abuja, Kano y Port Harcourt, cubriendo 1.600 km en su primera fase
El Gobierno Federal de Nigeria presentó oficialmente la prueba de fondos para la construcción de una línea ferroviaria de alta velocidad de 4.000 km que conectará seis estados de la federación. Así lo informó News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), socio de TV BRICS.
El proyecto prevé conectar ciudades clave como Lagos, Abuja, Kano y Port Harcourt, cubriendo 1.600 km en su primera fase, y se ejecutará por etapas con un calendario estimado de 36 meses.
Los responsables del proyecto destacaron que casi el 90 % de las autorizaciones ya han sido otorgadas y que la disponibilidad de gas será crucial para el suministro energético del sistema.
El secretario del Gobierno de la Federación, senador George Akume, aseguró que la prueba de fondos será verificada como parte del procedimiento estándar, mientras que los ministros de Transporte y de Estado de Recursos Petrolíferos garantizaron apoyo logístico y energético al proyecto.
Nigeria posee reservas probadas de 210 billones de pies cúbicos de gas, con 600 billones adicionales en yacimientos en aguas profundas, lo que asegura la viabilidad del suministro para la obra.
El director general de la Comisión Reguladora de Concesiones de Infraestructura señaló que la validación de los fondos es un requisito obligatorio y que el proyecto se alinea con la visión del presidente Bola Tinubu de atraer inversiones extranjeras serias y fomentar un transporte seguro y asequible.
An electric SGR train stops at Dar es Salaam Station in Tanzania on Aug. 1, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel Herman/Xinhua)
The
Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) has received 264 cargo wagons made
by China's CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co., Ltd for the standard gauge
railway (SGR) electric trains, the TRC said.
DAR
ES SALAAM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC)
said Wednesday that it had received 264 cargo wagons made by China's
CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co., Ltd for the standard gauge railway (SGR)
electric trains.
According
to a TRC statement Wednesday, the 264 cargo wagons, as part of 1,430
wagons manufactured by the CRRC for the TRC, arrived Tuesday in the port
of Dar es Salaam.
The TRC said that 200 of the delivered wagons will be for ferrying containers, with 64 for loose cargo.
After
offloading the cargo wagons, the corporation will undergo trial runs,
first without cargo and later on with cargo, between Dar es Salaam,
Morogoro and Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania.
Passengers
board the electric SGR train from Tanzania's Dar es Salaam to Dodoma at
Dar es Salaam Station in Tanzania on Aug. 1, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel
Herman/Xinhua)
Commercial
operations for the cargo wagons will start after the TRC and experts
from contractors have certified the wagons for use, the statement said.
It did not specify when the trial runs will begin.
On
Aug. 1, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan officially launched
commercial passenger operations of the SGR electric train service from
Dar es Salaam to Dodoma via Morogoro.
TRC
Director General Masanja Kadogosa said the entire SGR project will
cover 1,596 km from Dar es Salaam to the Mwanza region, and upon
completion, the modern rail link will cut travel time significantly and
boost economic development in Tanzania and across the region. ■
La Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) anunció la
llegada de tres locomotoras eléctricas y 27 vagones de pasajeros al
puerto de Dar es Salaam.
Las recién llegadas forman parte del equipamiento que se está adquiriendo para el Ferrocarril de Vía Estándar (SGR). Las locomotoras han sido diseñadas y fabricadas por Hyundai Rotem, mientras que el equipo eléctrico ha sido suministrado por el Grupo Škoda.
Según el Director en funciones de la TRC, Machibya M. Shiwa, ya hay en
Tanzania cuatro de las 17 locomotoras encargadas a Hyundai Rotem. La
primera locomotora se recibió antes y ya ha sido sometida a pruebas
exhaustivas.
Además de las locomotoras, TRC ha recibido 27 vagones de pasajeros, diseñados por Sung Shin Rolling Stock Technology (SSRST),
también de Corea del Sur. Este lote incluye 13 vagones de clase
preferente y 14 de clase turista. El número total de vagones recibidos
hasta ahora por TRC es de 56, de un pedido de 59 a SSRST.
La llegada de la primera de las diez unidades múltiples
eléctricas, que también se encargaron, está prevista para marzo, seguida
de otras entregas repartidas a lo largo del año, que culminarán en
octubre. Cada conjunto de estos trenes tendrá capacidad para transportar
640 pasajeros.
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