Jubril Gawat, senior special assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Lagos Metro Red Line trial will run between four to six months.
He announced this, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that the trial runs for the Red Line project will take four to six weeks.
According to him, there will be four trips per day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. During the morning peak period, the train will depart from Oyingbo Station (Ebute Metta) at 8:30 am and arrive at Agbado Station in Ogun State by 9:37 am. The second-morning trip will leave Agbado at 10:30 am and return to Oyingbo by 11:37 am.
According to her, in the afternoon, the third trip will start at 12:40 pm from Oyingbo Station, reaching Agbado by 1:47 pm. The final trip of the day will depart Agbado at 2:50 pm and arrive back at Oyingbo Station by 3:50 pm.
Gawat also mentioned that during the testing period, the trains will carry different groups of passengers to gather feedback from their experiences.
He confirmed that passenger operations are expected to start in the last quarter of the year, with 20 trips scheduled per day.
“The trains will carry different groups of passengers for the testing period with the hope of getting feedback from their experience.
“Passenger operations expected to start by the last quarter of the year, with 20 trips per day,” Gawat’s post read in part.
Yesterday(Tuesday), the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) initiated the trial run for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line, gearing up for passenger operations slated to begin in the last quarter of the year.
According to Kolawole Ojelabi, Head of Corporate Communications for LAMATA, the test run involved the British rail class 43 HST train and came after extensive engineering, speed, and weight tests.
The statement noted that the successful simulation on Tuesday showcased a track-sharing arrangement with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), involving all relevant station officers and officials.
“Today, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority commenced the trial run for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line in preparations, after weeks of engineering, speed and weight tests,” the statement read in part.
It further added, “The test run was carried out with the British rail set class 43 HST train.”
The statement highlighted that the British rail class 43 HST train features flexible seating arrangements, comfortably seating 60 passengers per coach for shorter trips and accommodating up to 150 people, including standing passengers, for intracity commutes.
LAMATA also noted that the train can be configured with five or six carriages. Although it can exceed speeds of 120 kilometres per hour, its operational speed is capped at 50 mph due to regulations set by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).
The statement also emphasized that the Red Line metro rail will significantly reduce travel time between Agbado in Ogun State and Oyingbo in Lagos, cutting it down to just 55 minutes from nearly three hours.
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