President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Ikeja axis to commission the Lagos Red Line train.
In December 2023, when he opened the Lagos train Mass Transit Red Line Ikeja Overpass, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu pledged that Tinubu would present the train before the end of the first quarter of 2024.
He noted that once operating, the Red Line rail will transport around 500,000 passengers each day.
“The completion and formal commissioning of this safety infrastructure is a precursor to the commencement of passenger operations of the Red Line which will be commissioned by our dear President, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, in the first quarter of next year.
“In the last four and a half years of our administration, we have prioritised the implementation of our integrated transportation system under the traffic management and transportation pillar of the T.H.E.M.E.S.+ agenda. As a result, we have delivered life-enhancing transport infrastructures that are making life easier for the average Lagosian.
“The LRMT Red Line rail system, the first phase of which we project will move more than 500,000 passengers daily, stretches over a distance of 27 kilometres from Agbado to Oyingbo, with eight stations at Agbado, Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, and terminates at Oyingbo,” Sanwo-Olu said.
Details later…