Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that the Lagos Red Line rail will be officially flagged off by the end of February. He made this announcement during his visit to the headquarters of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Dalian, China.
“We are ready for the flag off of the Red Line. We are waiting for Mr. President. The President is still promising us this month February for us to formally flag it off. We have started doing a lot of testing,” stated Sanwo-Olu in a Monday statement released by the Lagos State Government.
“We have some rolling stocks already. We have started doing some bit of testing and if the President is able to check his calendar and give us last week in February, we are waiting for him. And thereafter, we would probably cross the ‘t’ and dot the ‘i’ to ensure that we have enough safety to begin to carry passengers.”
During his trip to China, the governor finalized transactions for the purchase of rolling stock for both the Blue and Red rail lines in the State.
“We are at the Dalian train manufacturing plant. They are manufacturers of the existing Blue Line trains. We have also come here to order new rolling stock for both the Red Line and additional rolling stock for the Blue Line,” added the governor.
“It is a very impressive facility. They have been in this business for over 100 years. And they are indeed one of the foremost and known train coaches manufacturers in the world. As you can see, these are all finished products that have been done for other cities. And I am sure, like you have seen the red ones, the ones for Lagos too, will be on this track very soon.”
