BY YUNUSA BUNU, JANUARY 20, 2023 | 12:01 PM
All is set for President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the 13 kilometers first phase of the Lagos Blue Rail Line.
The rail line is expected to be commissioned by the president on Tuesday at the Marina Train Station, Outer Marina area of the state.
According to a report by PREMIUM Times, The Blue Line is expected to be 27 km long, connecting Okokomaiko to Marina.
The elevated train network will transit between Marina and Mile 2 axis of the state as part of measures to ease road congestion.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of the state said: 'the rail project would move no less than 250,000 passengers daily, while the entire line when completed would move more than 500,000 passengers.'
It has five stations at Mile 2, Suru-Alaba, Orile Iganmu, National Theatre and Marina and is being handled by the state’s Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA.
The project was flagged off in 1999 during the administration of the then governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
LAMATA initially planned to establish a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, to run from Mile 12 to Lagos Island. However, in 2008, the agency chose to focus on a seven-line network codenamed Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, Brown and Orange lines.
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22 November 2021