The Lagos State Metro Blueline rail which officially started to run about a month and about 8 days, announced making an update to their operations, effective from the 16th of October, 2023.
The railway line initially started with taking only 12 trips daily, but now wants to increase the number of daily trips to 54. With plans of getting to 74 by the end of the year.
To make this happen, there will be a shutdown of services on the 14th of October after the morning peak services as well as the whole of the 15th of October, to enable them to switch to electricity.
This momentary pause is aimed at ensuring safety is our top priority, as suspending passenger operations is a global practice to effect major changes. This switch to electricity will help introduce more trips and help serve more passengers safely.
The first phase of the Blue Line Railway launched on September 4, 2023, and we have since then moved over 80,000 passengers. This upgrade has a goal is of surpassing 150,000 daily passengers between Marina and Mile 2 in the coming months.