Read Details As Lagos Govt Sets To Shuts Down Blue Rail Operations(Check Date Here)

The Lagos State Government has announced that it will temporarily shut down train services of the newly inaugurated Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line on Saturday, October 14, and Sunday, October 15, for switch from locomotive to electricity.

The government added that ahead of the increase in train trips, train services will run on Saturday 14th (morning peak only) while there would be no service on Saturday afternoon and the entire day on Sunday 15th of October 2023 to allow the complete change over to electricity.

According to a statement on Wednesday by the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, “We need to shut down train operations for passenger safety while the switch to electricity is on as well as ensure that the test is carried out in a safe manner.

Read Details As Lagos Govt Sets To Shuts Down Blue Line Rail Operations(Check Date Here)

“The practice worldwide is to suspend passenger operations whenever a huge change such as the one we want to carry out over the weekend is to take place. The switch will allow us to introduce more trips and carry more passengers.

“It is expected that by next Monday, the tracks would have been energized, thus allowing for the deployment of additional train sets for daily passenger operations.”

Passenger operation of the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line was launched by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on 4 September 2023 and has to date moved over 80,000 passengers.

It is projected that passenger movement between Marina and Mile 2 in the coming months will surpass 150,000 passengers daily.

BY IYABO AINA

Publisher Of News Rain Nigeria