Six additional train sets will arrive Lagos soon to strengthen the capacity of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue and Red Lines to deliver value to commuters and thereby increase the economic viability of the state. According to a statement on Thursday by the Head, Corporate Communication at Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mr. Kolawole Ojelabi, the six …

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) confirmed that the Blue Line Rail resumed operation on Sunday after a fire engulfed a section of the rail track on Saturday. The PUNCH reports that the Fire Service said there was no casualty following the inferno as emergency responders were quick to douse the fire which began around 4:12 pm on Saturday. …

Lagos State Government may be eyeing N438 million in the first year of operation of the Red Rail line, which began operation on 15 October. The Red Line is scheduled to run two shuttles in the morning and evening peak periods and this is expected to be expanded, as passenger traffic gets to its peak. The price schedule by the …

In January 2021, Barrister Nyesome Wike as governor of River State publicly applauded former President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for reimbursing the state to the tune of N78 billion hitherto spent on fixing federal roads in the state. Wike’s action was, however, not spared of backlash from his party men who berated him for lauding an opposition government. That went for …

The engine of the Lagos Red Line Rail revved off almost seamlessly, moving with such elegance akin to a handsome groom majestically approaching her beau! So smooth was the train ride such that, to say we were awestruck is to state the obvious as the few passengers on-board sucked in everything from the beautiful scenery of the landscape during the …

The Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line turns one year today (Wednesday) in passenger operations. In that period, it has moved about two million commuters and applied high resilience and hitch-free operations. The Blue Line infrastructure completion was commissioned by then President Muhammadu Buhari on 23 January 2023. It went through a time of testing before passenger operations were …

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 …

A few days ago, the Red Line rail project rolled off to great cheer. This is following delays caused by operational reasons relating to the rail tracks’ signalisation. Sharing the same tracks with the Nigeria Railway Corporation’s inter state service will mean that managers of the Red Line would have to align its operations with that if the federal government …

The Managing Director  (MD) of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Abimbola Akinajo, has encouraged passengers to report reckless drivers of state-owned buses. Akinajo, who said LAMATA had zero tolerance for misbehaviour among its drivers, said two had been jailed for defrauding passengers. The LAMATA MD stressed that payment of cash for bus fare had been scrapped, explaining that …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) has confirmed the death of a man trapped in an underground tunnel for five days around the Onipan area of the state. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. He said the man was rescued dead in …