June 23, (THEWILL) – The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), has said the blue line rail system will begin operations in August 2023.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on January 24, 2023, inaugurated the first phase of the blue line rail project in Lagos.
Speaking at the agency’s business/investor forum on Thursday, Managing Director of LAMATA, Abimbola Akinajo, disclosed that the rail system will begin operations in August.
Akinajo said the test run activities on the rail system would soon close for passenger operations to commence.
“I am happy to inform you that we are rounding off all testing processes for the commencement of full passenger operation in August this year. Details of the operations will be announced soon”, said Akinajo, adding that the first phase of the LRMT red line (Agbado to Oyingbo), is also nearing completion.
