The Lagos State Government has announced that the Blue Line Rail will start commercial operations on Monday, September 4th 2023.
Jubril Gawat, the Senior Special Assistant to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed the development in a statement on social media on Wednesday.
According to Gawat, the Blue Line Rail will move from Marina to Mile 2.
He said Sanwo-Olu is expected to be the first passenger at exactly 9am at the Marina Station.
The Lagos Blue Line Rail station
“From Tuesday, Partial passenger Operations will start from 6:30am to 10am. (Morning peak) the afternoon Peak, from 4pm to 9:30pm,” the governor’s spokesperson said.
“This Operations will start with 12 trips for 2 weeks which will be ramped up to 76 trips per day.”
Recall that former President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the rail in January and the state government commenced test-running in February.
More to follow…