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2018: After an Alstom review of the project, Phase I (the Blue Line from Marina to Mile 2) is now set to open in 2021. 2021: CCECC commences construction on the Red Line. [5] January 2022: LAMATA purchases two Talgo VIII trains. On January 24, 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the first phase of the Lagos Mass Transit Blue Line Rail ...
The Blue Line is an electric rapid transit line that runs in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] It is part of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit system run by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority . The first phase with five stations and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) of track opened on 4 September 2023. [ 2 ]
A recent development has resulted in the Red Line project sharing Nigeria Railway Corporation’s (NRC) rail track from Agbado to EBJ and then proceeded across the Lagoon to Marina via Iddo, with the Marina Station sharing the hub with the Blue line station and integrated with other transport modes.
2009: Construction commences on the Blue Line. [8] 2010: Lagos Rail Mass Transit to proceed. [citation needed] 2016: Phase I (the Blue Line from Marina to Mile 2) planned to open in December 2016. 2018: After an Alstom review of the project, Phase I (the Blue Line from Marina to Mile 2) is now set to open in 2021.
The first line, The Lagos Blue Line, officially began operation on September 4,2023 and the next line, The Lagos Red Line is 95% complete. A much more ambitious project was launched in 2009 for "Lite-Rail", Nigeria is currently focused on developing two lines, estimated to carry 500,000 passengers daily. [18]
The 13-kilometre-long (8-mile) first phase of the metro rail service in Lagos carried its first passengers on Monday, Sept 4, 2023. The Blue Line – built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corp – links the mainland part of the city where most people live with the more affluent Lagos Island, where many businesses are headquartered. [31]
Talks about the high-speed rail project began when I was a child – I remember them as early as 1989 – with proposals of magnetic levitating trains and estimated costs of $2bn (£1.6bn) in ...
The country has two major Cape gauge rail lines: The Western Line connects Lagos on the Bight of Benin to Nguru in the northern state of Yobe, over a distance of 1,126 kilometers (700 mi). [5] The Eastern Line connects Port Harcourt in the Southeast to Maiduguri in the northeastern state of Borno, near the border with Chad.