The Lagos State Government has announced that the first phase of the Blue Rail Line will commence operation on Monday, September 4.
The Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo noted that the first train ride would kick off by 9 am with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on board, along with other passengers, from Marina to Mile 2 Train Station.
Akinajo explains that for the first four weeks the rain will run only twelve trips with the locomotive system, after which LAMATA will commence electric powered train operation with 76 trips, also with an estimated passengers between 150,000 or 175,000, from 5.30am to 11pm on a daily basis.
According to her, the transport palliative announced by Governor Sanwo-Olu will also reflect on train transportation.
The LAMATA boss also appealed to residents not to cross the rail tracks because it is energised while promising to prosecute perpetrators of illegal activities at train stations.
