The Lagos State Government has announced plans to flag off the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) made the announcement on Monday morning in a post it shared on its official X account.
According to the post, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will flag off passenger operations of the first phase of the LRMT Red Line.
LAMATA added that the Red Line is the second rail system to become operational in less than two years in the state.
“The Red Line’s first phase is a 27-kilometre railroad from Oyingbo in Lagos to Agbada in Ogun State,” LAMATA explained.
It stated that there are eight stations at Oyingbo, Yaba, Mushin, Oshodi, Ikeja, Agege, Iju and Agbado.
The Managing Director of LAMATA, Abimbola Akinajo had announced in a statement released last Thursday, October 10 that full passenger operations on the LRMT Red Line would soon commence.
President Bola Tinubu had commissioned the infrastructure for the Red Line earlier this year and that was precisely on February 29.
Sanwo-Olu will lead his executive council members and other dignitaries at the passenger operations launch and ride with commuters on the first passenger trip.
Akinajo stated that train services will commence daily from Agbado at 6 a.m.
Consequently, the schedule for the train service has been adjusted with passenger movement commencing at 6:00 a.m from Agbado.
Previously, trips had started from Oyingbo at 9:00 a.m with the first train reaching Agbado at 10:07 a.m.
The adjusted timetable foreshadows upcoming commercial passenger operations commencing on Tuesday, October 15.
Akinajo explained that the new timetable was based on data gathered through a series of tests, including those for non-fee-paying passengers.
According to her, the new timetable gives priority to trips originating 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.
