Lagos gets a new elevated rail network
BIRD STORY AGENCY THE first phase of a light rail system that is set to transform commuting in Nigeria's economic capital, has been commissioned. The Blue Line project in Lagos is a 27-kilometre rail system that upon completion is expected to carry more than 500,000 passengers. The first phase traverses five stations covering a distance of 13 kilometres and has the capacity to move 250,000 passengers daily. The state government said that it had taken delivery of three sets of wagons that will be used forpassenger operations. “Over the last two decades, that masterplan has been faithfully implemented by successive…