Red line begins operations in Lagos on October 15

Full passenger operations on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line will commence on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo, has said in a statement released on October 10, 2024.

It would be recalled that infrastructure for the Red Line was commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on February 29, 2024. The Red Line’s first phase, spanning 27 kilometres, has eight stations, including Oyingbo, Yaba, Mushin, Oshodi, Ikeja, Agege, Iju, and Agbado.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide 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, 2024.

Managing Director of LAMATA, Abimbola 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 Akinajo, 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.