Lagos Red Line to begin operation in September

The Lagos State government said on Wednesday the state’s Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line would begin operations in September.

The Managing Director of Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, disclosed this at a news conference organised by the Ministry of Transportation and its agencies on Tuesday in Lagos.

She said the Red Line rail was 99 percent ready and would begin operations in the last quarter of the year.

Akinajo, who was represented at the briefing by the agency’s Director for Rail, Mr. Olasukanmi Okusaga, said the technical test run for the Red Line system had commenced ahead of September.

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She said: “The train will be having four trips per day from Oyingbo to Agbado at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and this will run for four weeks.”

Also, the Managing Director of Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Mr. Idowu Oguntona, said the company had provided transportation to two million Lagos residents from May till date.

Oguntona added that the LBSL had a fully accredited high-capacity training school for drivers.

“We have also established a Sustainable Policy to decarbonise our fleet and this will help us to be environmentally responsible,” he said.

The Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) General Manager, Mr. Rasheed Muri-Okunola, noted that the authority had automated its system to ensure seamless service delivery.

“We are working to ensure seamless delivery of service, working to get one’s plate number has been reduced to 36 hours from 48 hours.

“The MVAA is working with the Lagos State Number Plate Production Authority to actualise this and we have a one-stop centre at Ikorodu, Lekki, Agbado, and others,” he said.

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