Lagos Blue Line Rail To Commence Full Passenger Operations In August – LAMATA

Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line rail to commence full passenger operations in August 2023, says LAMATA boss.

LAMATA boss also revealed that the first phase of LRMT Red Line (Agbado to Oyingbo) is nearing completion.

Say opportunities exist for investors in Bus/rail advertising as well as in infrastructure such as pedestrian bridges, bus shelters.

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has revealed that the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line rail system will commence full passenger operations in August 2023.

The Managing Director of LAMATA, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, made this known in a keynote address at the first-ever LAMATA business/investors forum held in Lagos on Thursday.

“I am happy to inform you that we are rounding off all testing processes for the commencement of full passenger operations in August this year. Details of the operations will be announced soon,” Akinajo said in a statement released by the agency on Thursday.

She added that :

“The first phase of LRMT Red Line (Agbado to Oyingbo) is also nearing completion and we intend to commence testing and passenger operations about August 2023.”

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Akinajo said that the forum was held to call attention of the business community to the need for a sustainable partnership on the use of transport infrastructure for the prosperity of their businesses and for government to earn income.

According to LAMATA boss :

“Opportunities exist for investors
in Bus and rail advertising as well as in infrastructure such as pedestrian bridges, bus shelters, bus terminals, interchanges, and megacity bus terminals.”

In a presentation at the forum, the Technical Adviser, Corporate and Investment Planning of LAMATA, Osa Konyeha, noted that:

“The state government was seeking investors in the development of the Abule Egba-Sango Tollgate Bus Rapid Transit corridor, a 7.6-kilometre bus route with a daily projected ridership of over 63,000 passengers.

“Also available is the Oworonsoki-Apapa BRT, a 28-kilometre route with a projected daily ridership of about 430,000 passengers.”

He further noted that the government was ready to partner with investors in the refurbishment of 300 buses that are currently non-operational and the decarbonisation of existing fleet and transition to cleaner energy.

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