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 …

With the commercial launch of the Lagos Red Line project, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has solidified his legacy as the master of infrastructure and the superstructure upon which the modern transportation system in the city that never sleeps is built. There is no second-guessing the governor having delivered the Red Line in good time from beginning to the end, coming a …

At Agbado Station, the train decided to wait for several minutes before starting the return trip. While I hoped that memory would put less stress on me during the return ride, nostalgia ran haywire as we waited in Agbado. To others it was a 20 or so minutes rest, but, to me, the wait was like an eon based on …

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 Mass Transit Red Line Rail will begin partial operations today (Wednesday). This was announced by the spokesperson for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi, in a Tuesday statement. The trains will convey passengers freely and run four trips a day between Oyingbo and Agbado. The Red Line, according to LAMATA, is one of the six …

Penultimate week, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commissioned the last major infrastructure piece for the Lagos Red Line rail project. The infrastructure is the trademark over-pass or flyover at the Ogunmokun axis in Mushin – a densely populated city in the state. The bridge was built to ensure there is no vehicular or human interaction to the metro service. With this project, …

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 …

More coaches for the Blue and Red Rail lines in Lagos will be delivered by year-end, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday. He spoke in Beijing, China where he wrapped up a deal with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). According to him, the acquisition of rolling stocks will expand the transportation infrastructure in the state and bring more relief to …

The Lagos State Government has assured that its Rail Mass Transit Red Line is on course for the planned unveiling in March with all of its infrastructure nearing completion. Giving an update in a video on Monday, the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, said the agency was “confident and comfortable that we will …