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Metro Report InternationalDiesel loco-hauled metro train carries first passengers on Lagos Blue Line
NIGERIA: State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated passenger services on the first section of the Lagos LRT Blue Line on September 4, with a limited diesel locomotive hauled service pending the commissioning of the power supply system.
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Metro Report InternationalLagos Governor launches Red Line works
NIGERIA: Construction of the long-planned Red Line in Lagos was launched on April 15 with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Ikeja station attended by the Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Transport Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. The north-south mass transit line ...
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Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT)
Single line serving 5 stations opened 2023. See Lagos network map. The first phase of the Blue Line running west from Marina to Mile 2 began test operation on December 21 2022 (12·7 km, 5 stations), with a commercial service beginning on September 4 2023, albeit initially with diesel traction ...
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Metro Report InternationalLagos Blue Line metro agreement
NIGERIA: Alstom has signed a letter of intent to work with Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority on the Blue Line metro project. The ‘head of agreement’ was signed when France’s President Macron visited the France-Nigeria Business Forum in the city on July 4, and a definitive contract is expected to ...
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NewsLagos metro train unveiled
NIGERIA: CRRC Dalian has unveiled its first metro train for Lagos. The Type B set is based on the design for Tianjin metro Line 2, but with four cars rather than six. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority ordered 15 trainsets from CRRC Dalian in January 2015 for ...