Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has revealed that Lagosians will be charged a maximum of N250 per trip on the intra-city trains.
Sanwo-Olu made this known on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme.
WuzupNigeria had reported earlier in January that the governor acquired two 10-car Talgo 330kmph speed trains for its Red Line rail project from the Milwaukee facilities of Spanish train manufacturer, Talgo Incorporated, in the U. S.
The Talgo Intra-City Ten Coach metropolitan trains which will move passengers from Agbado to Oyingbo is expected to start operations by the last quarter of 2022.
Although the state will cough out N150bn to complete the Red and Blue Lines, the governor noted that the investment would be worth it for the movement of over 22 million Lagosians with the belief that it would help in decongesting traffic on the road.
While disclosing the ticket price range, Sanwo-Olu 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.”
