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Intra-City Train Tickets In Lagos Would Not Exceed N250 – Sanwo-Olu
The tickets for the intra-city trains, which are anticipated to begin operations in the last quarter of 2022, will not cost more than N250 each journey, according to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The governor stated this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ program, on Friday.
According to Sanwo-Olu, the state recently purchased Talgo Intra-City Ten Coach metropolitan trains for the Lagos Red Line Metro project, which is part of the state’s multimodal transportation plan.
According to him, once completed, the 37-kilometer Red Line will run through eight stops and transport passengers from Agbado to Oyingbo.
The governor stated that his government is accelerating the building of ancillary infrastructure such as train stations in order to begin intra-city train operations by the end of 2022.
He estimated that completing the Red and Blue Lines would cost the state up to N150 billion, but that the expenditure would be worthwhile for the movement of over 22 million Lagos residents.
The intra-city trains, according to Sanwo-Olu, will help to relieve traffic congestion on the roads and will be affordable to Lagos residents.
“N200, N250, it (train ticket) definitely won’t be more than that,” he stated when asked for a price range. The fare structure will be decided by where you join and depart, although it will normally be no more than what you are already paying for BRT (Bus Rapid Transit).”
Affordability is crucial for individuals to want to make it a better alternative, thus it must be available. You could say it’s faster; instead of spending an hour on the road, you’ll only spend 20 minutes.”
As a result, affordability is crucial. It will not be in the thousands, as in the case of utilizing N5,000 on.
“For it to be accessible, affordability is really critical for people to want to make it a better option. You can say it is quicker, instead of you staying one hour on the road, it is going to take you 20 minutes.
“So, affordability is very critical. It is certainly not going to be in thousands, like using N5,000 on. A train journey, it is nothing close that, it is still going to be in the regular N200, that is what we are looking at.”
