Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the tickets
of the intra-city trains which is expected to start operations by the last
quarter of 2022 won’t be more than N250 per trip.
The governor made this known on Friday while featuring on
Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme.
Sanwo-Olu said the state newly acquired Talgo Intra-City Ten
Coach metropolitan trains for the Lagos Red Line Metro project in line with the
intermodal transport plan of the state.
According to him, the 37 km Red Line on completion, will traverse eight stations and move passengers from Agbado through Oyingbo.
The governor said his government is ramping up the
completion of the ancillary infrastructure like the train stations ahead of the
planned start of the intra-city train operations by end of 2022.
He said it would cost the state up to N150bn to complete the
Red and Blue Lines, adding that the investment would be worth it for the
movement of over 22 million Lagosians.
Sanwo-Olu said the intra-city trains would help in
decongesting traffic on the road, adding that it would be affordable for
Lagosians.
When asked to give a price range, he said, “N200, N250, it
(train ticket) probably won’t be more than that. The fare structure will be
(determined by) where you are joining and taking off but typically it won’t be
more than what you are running on your regular BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) today.
“For it to be accessible, affordability is really critical
for people to want to make it a better option. You can say it is quicker,
instead of you staying one hour on the road, it is going to take you 20
minutes.
“So, affordability is very critical. It is certainly not
going to be in thousands, like using N5,000 on. A train journey, it is nothing
close that, it is still going to be in the regular N200, that is what we are
looking at.”
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