Phase one of the Lagos Blue Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) scheme (Marina-Iganmu) is ready and was test run on Wednesday.

The train moved from the National Theatre Station in Iganmu to Marina and back.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu described it as a promise kept.

He, however, said the official opening will be in January 2023, when the second phase will also begin.

The second phase covers Mile 2 to Okokomaiko.
The Blue Rail Mass Transit line is a 27km project spanning Mile 2, Iganmu, Marina, Alaba and Okokomaiko.

The five stations have been completed, with 13km of the rail tracks laid in the first phase.

This first phase will transport 250,000 passengers daily and, when completed, the entire 27km will transport about 500,000 passengers daily.

Each train comprises four coaches and each coach can take up to 180 passengers conveniently.

Sanwo-Olu said: “This milestone in the development of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit is the culmination of several impactful reforms in the transport ecosystem of Lagos State, starting in 1999, the dawn of the fourth Republic, when Asiwaju Bola Tinubu assumed office as the governor."