The Phase 1 of the Lagos Blue Line light rail, which began commercial operations on September 4, 2023, has transported over one million passengers in the 219 days that it has run safely.
This announcement was made by John Zhao, an official of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the company that constructed the first phase of the rail and currently operates the system, via a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday.
According to the CCECC official’s post, in the 219 days, over one million passengers were transported on 9,322 train rides.
The one million plus passengers moved by the Blue Line in 219 days show an increase in ridership. Earlier this year, on January 4 to be precise, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) announced that the Blue Line Metro Rail had moved 583,000 passengers between September 4, 2023, and January 4, 2024.
