Lagos — Mr Jing Wenchang, Chief Engineer, China Civil Engineering Construct-ion Corporation (CCE-CC), has said work on the Lagos -Kano railway will start by November, this year.

Wenchang said this yesterday in Abuja, at a meeting with traditional rulers whose communities would be affected by the project.

The 1,315kilometre double track railway line will pass through Abuja, while a second single track line would run from Minna through Abuja, to Katsina State.

Wenchang said work on the two projects would start in November, adding that the designing stages would end in October., while work on the projects would be completed in four years.

He said the speed of passenger trains on the railway, when completed, would be 105kilometre per hour for single track and 150kilometre per hour for double track. and solicited support of traditional rulers.

Cost for the lines were put at $5.2billion for double lines and $8.3 billion for single lines.