Lagos State Government, on Thursday, performed the ground-breaking of the red rail line, which is a replica of late Alhaji Lateef Jakande’s metro line project abandoned 35 years ago.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated that the the standard gauge will share tracks with the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects and the construction phase is divided into two.
While giving specifics, the governor said, “The Red Line is a 37-kilometre railroad with 12 proposed stations. The first phase will cover Oyingbo to Agbado with nine stations. Three of the stations will be constructed with the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects by the Federal Government at Agbado, Agege, and Ebute Metta Junction.
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The remaining six would be constructed as independent stations at Iju, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, and Oyingbo.
The phase two, which would be mostly elevated, would have stations at Iddo and Ebute-Ero before terminating at Marina where a huge interchange is planned to manage commuters on the Red, Green, and Blue rail lines’ BRT buses and those using the waterways.
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He stated further, “This plan is founded on a number of imperatives which includes increasing transport choices for all users, making the transit system integrated, attractive, convenient, affordable and accessible, as well as reducing urban transportation-induced emissions, optimising usage of the current road network, integrating land use development (urban physical planning) and urban transport planning and securing long-term financing of the investment plan.
He noted that the state government will seek for available source of funding to ensure that the Red Rail Line is completed by the end of 2022. By that time, Sanwo-Olu added, there would be two rail lines operational and another two will be initiated in partnership with the private sector.
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