Full passenger operations on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit, LRMT, Red Line will commence on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo, has affirmed.
Consultant, Corporate Communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Mr. Kolawole Ojelabi, made this known on Thursday in a press statement.
He said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu would lead his executive council members and other dignitaries on the passenger operations launch and ride with commuters on the first fee-paying passenger trip.
Engr. Akinajo stated that train services will commence daily from Agbado at 6.00 am.
Consequently, the schedule for the train service has been adjusted with passenger movement commencing from 6.00 a.m. from Agbado.
Before now, trips have emanated from Oyingbo at 9.00 a.m.
The first train therefore got to Agbado at 10.07 a.m.
The adjusted timetable foreshadows upcoming commercial passenger operations commencing on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
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Managing Director of LAMATA, Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, explained that the new timetable was the outcome of data gathered through the series of tests, including that for the non-fee-paying passengers.
According to Engr. Akinajo, the new timetable gives priority to the origin trips from Agbado where riders live and work at Ikeja, Oshodi, and Lagos Island.
For passengers whose journeys terminate on Lagos Island, buses will be available at Oyingbo bus terminal for them to complete their journeys.
It would be recalled that infrastructure for the Red Line was commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on February 29, 2024.
The Red Line’s first phase spanning 27 kilometres has eight stations at Oyingbo, Yaba, Mushin, Oshodi, Ikeja, Agege, Iju and Agbado.
