Criticisms include the fact that tickets are not available online and only for cash payment, and that there are only three trips a day in each direction. There is praise for the punctuality and cleanliness of the trains. The Cape Gauge tracks, which continue to exist, are to be shared by the "Red Line" of the Lagos Light Rail, which is currently under construction. Modern station buildings have been constructed along all new standard gauge lines. The new main station of Lagos, Mobolaji Johnson, for example, offers air-conditioned waiting rooms, handicapped access to the tracks, airport-like display boards of departure times, clean toilets, trained personnel for medical emergencies, etc. The Nigerian government plans to replace most of the Western Line with the Lagos–Kano Standard Gauge Railway, which is being built in sections by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Two sections have been completed and put into operation: Abuja–Kaduna and Lagos–Ibadan. The Warri–Itakpe Railway connects the port city of Warri with Itakpe. It is fully operational for passenger and freight service, and construction is underway on an extension to Abuja. 762mm railways The gauge Bauchi Light Railway operated between Zaria and Bukuru over a distance and was opened in stages between 1912 and 1914. In 1927 the section between Jos and Bukuru was converted to becoming part of the Kafanchan to Jos branch line. The 2 ft 6in Zaria–Jos section continued to operate until 1957 when it was abandoned. There was also the short-lived gauge Wushishi Tramway which connected Wushishi with Zungeru () in 1901 and which was extended in 1902 from Wushishi to Bari-Juko (). It closed circa 1911 with its two Hunslet built 0-6-2T locomotives being transferred to the Bauchi Light Railway. Mention must also be made of the Lagos Steam Tramway (1902) and the Lagos Sanitary Tramway (1906), both of gauge. History Construction The construction of railways in Nigeria started from Lagos Colony to Ibadan in March 1896, by the British government. The Lagos Government Railway began operations in March 1901 and was extended to Minna in 1911, where it met the Baro–Kano Railway Station that was built by the government of Northern Nigeria between 1907 and 1911. The two lines were amalgamated in 1912 into the Government Department of Railways, the predecessor to the Nigerian Railway Corporation. The railway reached its northeastern terminus of Nguru in 1930. After coal was discovered at Udi, the Eastern Railway