Sanwo-Olu commissions Lagos rail mass transit (VIDEO)

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Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has commissioned the completed infrastructure for the first phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit, LMRT, Blue Line operations to transit between Marina-Mile-2, axis of the state, as part of measures to decongest road traffic.

The project which was commissioned today, Wednesday, December 21, 2002, is being handled by the management of the Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA).

The completion of the infrastructure is in fulfilment of the promise made by Sanwo-Olu of completing the project in the last quarter of 2022, ahead of the commencement of passenger operations slated for the first quarter of 2023.

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The Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line is one of the six rail lines and monorail prescribed for Lagos in the state’s Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP).

The LRMT Blue Line is a 27-kilometer rail system from Marina to Okokomaiko. Construction, divided into phases for ease of implementation and is expected to move more than 500,000 passengers when the entire line is completed.

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Recall that Sanwo-Olu had, during the campaign period for the office, prior to 2019 guber polls, promised to complete the infrastructure for the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line and bring it to passenger operation.

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The first phase is a 13-kilometer stretch from Marina to Mile 2 and has five stations at Mile 2, Suru-Alaba, Orile Iganmu, National Theatre and Marina. It is expected to move about 200,000 passengers per day.

The rail system would be powered by electricity from an independent power plant to be purposely built for its operation.

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