Lagos State government has recorded another major milestone in its drive to deliver the operation of its red line rail system by the first quarter of 2023.
This is as it received the Talgo series 8 trains acquired for the red line rail.
The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, made this known on Tuesday in a statement.
He explained that each train had the capacity to carry 1500 passengers and was expected to run on the red line rail from Agbado to Oyingbo, with the journey taking less than 30minutes.
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His statement reads in full:
“Another major milestone in the drive by Lagos state to deliver the operation of the red line rail system by 1st quarter 2023.
“The Talgo series 8 Trains that were acquired for the red line have landed in Lagos. The 2 No. ten and Eleven car trains which were bought from Milwaukee are here.
“Each train has the capacity to carry 1500 passengers and is expected to run on the red line rail from Agbado to Oyingbo, with the journey taking less than 30minutes.
“The engineers will also train local engineers whilst they are here in order to equip our young people in the requisite skills. Once the recouping is complete, the testing and commissioning will commence followed by full passenger operations first quarter 2023.
“It was necessary to decouple the train to 21 individual cars for effective transportation to Lagos. The train will be recoupled with the help of rolling stock engineers from Talgo, the company that manufactured the trains.”
