The long-awaited Blue Line Rail will begin its business on September 4 according to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
He made the announcement in a post on his social network platform X on Wednesday.
The Governor stated that it would start with partial passenger operations from 6:30 am to 10 am and afternoon peak from 4 pm to 9:30 pm.
Lagos residents will be able to board the train using their Lagos Cowry Card, according to Sanwo-Olu, who told them that the rail operations would begin with 12 trips for two weeks before scaling up to 76 trips/day.
He stated:
“The Blue Line Rail is one of the rail projects designed to make Lagos a fully interconnected city and it will transform our city’s transport system”.
“I am delighted to announce that the long-awaited Blue Line Rail will begin commercial operations on Monday, September 4, 2023, from Marina to Mile 2 as we put #LagosOnTrack.
“Join me at 9 am at Marina Station as we become the first passengers of this important project that will make daily commute easier for a lot of our residents.
“From Tuesday, partial passenger operations will begin from 6:30-10 am and afternoon peak from 4-9:30 pm.
“We’re starting with 12 trips for 2 weeks, ramping up to 76 trips/day and you would be able to board the train using your Lagos Cowry Card.”
cc: Daily Post Ng
