Six additional train sets will be in Lagos very 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.
Head, Corporate Communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Mr. Kola Ojelabi, made this known in a press statement.
The six trains sets, which he said had scaled the factory acceptance test hurdle, were scheduled for shipment to Lagos from China.
The addition of the train sets to the Blue Line rolling stock, according to Ojelabi, would increase the number of train trips along the corridor and would be deployed for passenger operation to Okokomaiko when phase two of the Blue Line is completed.
It is projected that the construction of phase two from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko, about 14 kilometres in length, will be completed within the first quarter of 2027 and passenger operations extended to Okokomaiko shortly after.
The completion of infrastructure for the first phase of the Blue Line, a 13-kilometre rail route from Marina to Mile 2, was launched by former President Muhammadu Buhari on 23 January 2023 and passenger operation opened on 4th September 2023 by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The Blue Line currently runs 72 trips per day and with the procurement of three additional rolling stock, the trips are expected to increase.
