Lagos blue rail will begin commercial operations Sept 4 – LAMATA

Lagos blue rail will begin commercial operations Sept 4 – LAMATA

Lagos blue rail line will commence commercial operations on September 4, 2023.

Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo, announced this on Wednesday.

This is coming seven months after the new railway system was inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari.

In June, after an extensive free test ride, the agency said the commercial operation of the passenger train would start in August.

On Wednesday, Akinajo said, “The reason I’m talking to you today is that we said August (for the commencement of train service).

“We were supposed to be starting today. We decided that we will start on Monday.

“From LAMATA’s perspective, we will be starting commercial operations on September 4.

“For the inaugural ride, we will be hoping that the governor will come and ride with us.

“The first train ride will be at 9am. Mr governor will take the inaugural train ride with members of the public.”

The LAMATA MD said the train operations would start with 12 trips for two weeks, which will be increased to 76 trips per day.

Former President Buhari inaugurated the first phase of the blue line rail project in January this year.