Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday inaugurated the commercial operation of the Lagos Redline with a ceremonial ride from the Oyingbo Station to the last station at Agbado ahead of its commercial activities beginning on Tuesday October 16.
The ride started at exactly 5:20pm with the first stop-over at Yaba lasting seven minutes and stopped for three minutes for passengers to alight. From Yaba, the train stopped at Mushin, Oshodi and arrived Ikeja at 5:55pm. From Ikeja, it moved to Agege and Iju stations before it ended at Agbado at 6:27pm.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged Lagosians to keep the train safe and clean by not vandalising it.
“The people have the responsibility to keep it safe and clean. The train is for the people so they should avoid vandalising it, ” he said.
On the job creation, the governor said the train would provide jobs to thousands of Lagosians.
“Its a mass transportation. We cannot feel up the space inside the train with people because we need to keep the inside as free as possible. There will be jobs for people. There are people that will be working to keep the inside clean and doing other things.
Governor Sanwo-Olu further said more brand new coaches for the blue line and red line will arrive next year. He added that the RedLine will convey 500,000 passengers daily.
From Oyingbo to Agbado, the ride will cost is N1,500 while Iju to Agege is N500 On daily basis,the train will begin operation at 06:17am and close by 9:17pm.
It is recalled the construction of.the redline started in 2021 and was commissioned by President Bola Tinubu in January 2024
