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Next stop, Nigeria

As Toronto trainspotters gleefully take maiden rides on the TTC’s Rocket , commuters in Lagos, Nigeria may be about to get some new trains of their own. Our old ones. 

A TTC spokesperson has confirmed that the commission is negotiating with a private group to sell up to 260 used train cars to the West African megacity’s new transit project. 

“I can confirm that the TTC is in discussion with a third party that wants to purchase trains for Lagos,” said commission spokesperson Brad Ross. “Over a period of time, they will be taken out of service and then transported over to Nigeria.” 

The cars being considered for sale are the TTC’s old H-5 and H-6 models , which will be decommissioned as the TTC rolls out its new fleet of Rockets. Ross predicts the earliest they could be shipped to Nigeria is sometime in 2012. 

Traffic snarls are already a major economic problem in the Nigerian capital, a booming city that will reach an estimated population of 25 million by 2015. A new above-ground rail system designed to carry 1.5 million people a day has already broken ground, and Lagos Governor Babtunde Fashola has said it “will be the most multi-dimensional and most impactful” of the government’s efforts to reduce traffic congestion. 

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $15,000 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is “significantly more” than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars. 

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.  

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on “tokundo,” or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

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Start Your Own Buy and Sell Toronto Items Business

In these hard times, one has to find ways to make extra money to supplement their monthly income. The buying power of your money is now considerably lesser than what it used to be. This is the reason why most people have two jobs these days, even with those it is still difficult to make ends meet. There must be a better method to make money. Fortunately, there is.

If you’re living in the metropolitan Toronto area or near it then you can try to buy and sell Toronto used items. And the best way you can do this is through the free online Toronto classified ads.

You can find almost anything in the Toronto classifieds; anyone who wants to buy and sell Toronto items can use this service for free. All you need to do is create an account and then you can start posting your ads online.

From electric appliances, furniture, pets, and even houses, they’re all in store; if you can’t find it here it’s unlikely that you can find them anywhere else. With all these options available to you, it is very easy to start your very own buy and sell business. How do you start making money using the classifieds, you ask?

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You first need to find items that you can make a profit from. You can find some pretty good bargains online. A lot of the sellers there actually have no idea how much they should put on their items so a lot of them go for a lot of times lower than their actual price. These items are there for the taking if you just look for them hard enough. If you do find them then you can resell them and make up to 50 percent in profits.

If you want to make even more money then you should try restoring items you buy online. Look for items that need a little repair done and then you can sell them for a large profit. Just make sure that the items you buy do not cost too much in repairs and restoration. Do not take on projects that would require too much money and time to restore, if the costs get too high then you will have a hard time making up for them. You should also take note on who you sell them to. Usually, if you buy and sell Toronto items, you would want to keep close to your local area to avoid large shipping costs.

You should first start small in the business of buy and sell Toronto items; try restoring small pieces of furniture first, and then as your profits pile up you can then go on to bigger things. A lot of entrepreneurs start out this way and now most of them are buying and selling used cars and real estate properties. With a little discipline and diligence not only will you add to your monthly income, you can someday rely solely on you buy and sell business for all your financial needs.

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