The 37-kilometer Lagos red line rail project was put into service by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday.
The 37-kilometer Red Line rail project would connect Agbado, Ogun State, with Marina. Along the way, there will be 13 stations along the way, including Agbado, Iju, Agege, Ikeja, MMIA International, MMIA Domestic, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, Ebute meta, Iddo, Ebute Ero, and Marina.
It is anticipated that it will enable 37 journeys every day, carrying about 500,000 passengers.
The Red Line will use a diesel-powered system called the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU), in contrast to the Blue Line’s electric power. Opening day for The Blue Line was September 4, 2023.
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is in charge of overseeing the rail system.
The Greater Lagos Urban Transportation Project’s initial cost estimates for the Red Line project were $135 million.But according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the total cost of the Blue and Red Lines would be more than N100 billion. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation was in charge of the project’s construction (CCECC).
Alhaji Lateef Jakande, during the Second Nigerian Republic, dreamt of the Lagos Metroline network in 1983, which marked the beginning of the notion of building fast transit in the state of Lagos.
At a cost to state taxpayers of more than $78 million, Muhammadu Buhari abandoned the original Metroline project in 1985.
Nonetheless, the rail system for Lagos State was revitalized in 2003 by then-governor Bola Tinubu, who made a public statement about its development.
Following the commissioning, Tinubu will leave Lagos at the invitation of His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, to embark on a two-day official visit.