Operations on Red Line train project to commence first quarter 2023 – Sanwo-Olu

…trains to carry first passengers from January

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday assured residents of the state that operations on the Red Line rail project will commence in the first quarter of 2023.
Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance during an inspection tour of Red Line projects.
“We can ensure that we won’t exceed the promise that the operations will start first quarter 2023.
“We want to ensure that physical infrastructure is completed by December latest; all stations, bridges, all walk-ways, all pedestrian bridges so that they can start testing.
“Operationally, they will take two to three months; they need to check signalling, all the signallisations. “So we hope that operations will start within the first quarter of 2023. They will start carrying first passengers from January.
“Operationally, we should start in the first quarter next year and this was the promise we give Lagosians that before the end of this administration, we will have passenger movement on the Red Line,” Sanwo-Olu said.
The inspection commenced from Agege NRC Station where passengers from Ibadan join the Intercity train service to Ikeja. The governor assured that the iconic station on the Red Line will be completed soon.
“Work is ongoing and at the roof level and going into completion by end of October,” he added.
During the inspection, which moved to Mushin train station linking bridge from Kayode Road in Onipanu-Ogunmokun Road, Mushin, Sanwo-Olu said that several demolitions done by the state government have been extensively paid for.
At the Yaba train station, he said that work is at the roof level, adding that contractor can meet the October deadline.
The inspection continued at the Ebute- Meta (Apapa Road/ Muritala Muhammed), where the governor said that civil works on the station are completed and will also be handled over in October.
The Red Line project, which was conceived by the present administration will be delivered by the end of this year.