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Tinubu : Commuters To Enjoy Free Train Rides On Abuja Metro Line Until The End Of 2024
President Tinubu says that commuters will enjoy free train rides on the Abuja Metro Line until the end of the year.
Tinubu said this while flagging off the official re-launch of commercial operations on the Abuja Light Rail.
Following the announcement, Tinubu took a 40-minute ride from the metro station to the airport station.
The Abuja Metro Line has 12 trains, with each having the capacity to carry 700 passengers, make 14 trips per day.
Lot 1 and 2 run two trips simultaneously per day, have a cumulative capacity of transporting 980,000 passengers per monthly.
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said that commuters would enjoy free train rides on the Abuja Metro Line until the end of the year while flagging off the official re-launch of commercial operations on the Abuja Light Rail.
The President announced the extension of free train rides from the initial two months period to six months before taking a 40-minute ride from the metro station to the airport station.
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“Our dear Landlord, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), I have heard you say there will be free train rides for two months. I want to appeal to you to make it until the end of the year. Let us give the people reasons to celebrate,” he said.
The Abuja Metro Line has 12 trains, with each having the capacity to carry at least 700 passengers while making 14 trips per day, according the FCT Mandate Secretary for Transportation, Chinedu Elechi.
He also said that Lot 1 and 2 of the metro line would run two trips simultaneously every day, thereby having a cumulative capacity of transporting 980,000 passengers monthly in the Federal Capital Territory.
“All the ancillary roads to the four train stations and car parks have been constructed and delivered, thereby making today’s launch of commercial operations of the metro line possible,” the Mandate Secretary added.
