From Monday, 12 August, the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line will increase its daily trips from 54 to 72. Its operators, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) said that the current schedule for Sunday operations remained unchanged. LAMATA’s Managing Director, Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo said at the weekend that Blue Line train riders would now travel between Marina and …

Lagos State government yesterday gave a five-day quit notice to squatters under the Ijora Causeway bridge and Lagos Blue rail line overhead bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or risk demolition and removal. The quit notice was given by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo …

The Lagos State Government has warned residents to avoid crossing the track of the Blue Rail line as it is set to start full commercial operations on Monday (tomorrow). The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mr. Gboyega Akosile gave the warning on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Saturday, adding that citizens should instead use the overhead …

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has described as “obviously doctored” a video clip showing four people purportedly pushing one of the trains set to be deployed for passenger operations under the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line. According to a statement by LAMATA’s Corporate Communication Consultant, Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, investigation revealed that “the train was clearly moving, …

As 2023 gets off on a smooth sail, the reality of the Blue and Red railway lines have begun to hit home. Everywhere you turn along the two rail corridors, it is construction and more construction. If it is not overpasses, it is massive train stations. The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, created by the presidential candidate of the All …