A NEW DAWN FOR RAIL TRANSPORT IN LAGOS STATE

Rail transportation offers much potential because of its relative safety, reliability,

lower cost to the users and being singularly capable of transforming the national

economy through mass movement of people, goods and services. ...
Within this context, the demand for an effective railway system, and the enormous potentials for profitable investment in rail infrastructure in Nigeria is indisputable.

The Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) network is a major component of the Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP) which has been developed to guide as a compass for the development of public transport infrastructures in the State. The STMP is a 30 year plan put together under series of intensive researches, studies and analyses of future transportation demands and needs of Lagos State as Nigeria's commercial and economic hub and one of the world's fastest growing mega cities.

The Lagos Urban Rail Network (LURN) is a network of urban rail-based systems covering seven major corridors of high commuter traffic demand within and beyond the metropolitan Lagos extending to border areas with States like Ogun and Oyo.

The Urban Rail Network will consists of seven (7) railway lines planned along priority and high commuter demand corridors within the Lagos metropolis and farther. The 7 lines link the major population and activity centres in the state, as well as taking advantage, where possible, of existing transport corridors. The network is fully integrated with planned and existing water transport and BRT routes. These lines are:

·         Blue Line - Okokomaiko to Marina

·    Red Line - Agbado to Marina via Iddo and Muritala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) .  (The Blue and Red Lines are priority routes, which are already at advanced stages for immediate development).

Other routes for development are:

·         Green Line -Marina to Lekki (Airport)

·         Yellow Line -Otta to Iddo

·         Purple Line- Redeem to Ojo

·         Orange Line- Redeem to Marina

·         Brown Line- Mile 12 to Marina

The North-South corridor between Agbado and Iddo along the Nigerian Railway corridor; the Eastern corridor to serve the emerging development along the Lekki to Epe axis; and the western corridor along the Mile2 - Okokomaiko axis.

Others are: Marina to Lekki axis, Redeem to Ojo, Otta to Iddo, Redeem to Marina and Mile 12 to Marina route. The seven corridors will be connected by a central ring road between Victoria Island and Lagos Island.

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