Lagos acquires new trains to boost red line operations

The Lagos State Government has taken transportation of an further acceptable of 24-car trains aimed astatine strengthening operations connected the Lagos Red Line and expanding rider capableness on the corridor.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this connected Thursday and noted that the caller rolling banal is expected to amended work ratio and importantly trim waiting times for commuters, arsenic the authorities continues to put successful obstruction transportation.

“We person received a caller acceptable of 24-car trains to reenforce the Lagos Red Line fleet. This volition summation capacity, shorten hold times, and heighten the wide commuting acquisition for residents. Our extremity remains to physique a transport strategy that is businesslike and dependable for all,” the politician said.

The Red Line, inaugurated successful February 2024, spans astir 37 kilometres, linking Agbado successful Ogun State to Oyingbo connected Lagos Island. The way passes done large districts specified arsenic Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, and Yaba, offering a captious wide transit enactment crossed immoderate of the state’s busiest corridors.

Developed arsenic portion of Lagos’ broad obstruction maestro plan, the Red Line operates alongside the modular gauge way of the Nigerian Railway Corporation and connects with the Lagos Blue Line astatine designated interchange points, supporting the state’s dri...