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Rail Project: Lagos takes delivery of new trains

Talgo Series 8 Trains for Lagos State Red Line Rail Project

*The Lagos State Government announces arrival of the twin Talgo intracity 10-coach Metropolitan trains for activation of the state’s ongoing Red Line Rail project

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

In actualising the rail line project in the transportation node of the state’s T.H.E.M.E.S development agenda, the Lagos State Government (LASG) has taken delivery of new trains from Milwaukee, in the United States (US) for its Red Line Rail project.

ConsumerConnect reports Mr. Gbenga Omotoso,  Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, disclosed this development in a statement made available via his verified Facebook page Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

Omotoso said the delivery of the new trains was ahead of the rail system, scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023.

The Commissioner stated: “Another major milestone in the drive by Lagos state to deliver the operation of the red line rail system by first quarter 2023.

“The Talgo series 8 Trains that were acquired for the Red Line have landed in Lagos.”

He noted the “2 No. Ten and Eleven car trains which were bought from Milwaukee are here.

“It was necessary to decouple the train to 21 individual cars for effective transportation to Lagos.”

Omotoso also stated that “the train will be recoupled with the help of rolling stock engineers from Talgo, the company that manufactured the trains.

“The engineers will also train local engineers whilst they are here in order to equip our young people in the requisite skills.

“Once the recoupling is complete, the testing and commissioning will commence followed by full passenger operations first quarter 2023.”

According to Lagos Information and Strategy Commissioner, “each train has the capacity to carry 1500 passengers and is expected to run on the red line rail from Agbada to Oyingbo, with the journey taking less than 30 minutes.”

When announcing the arrival of the new trains from the US, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, tweeted, “On 15th April, 2021, when I performed the ground breaking ceremony of our Red Line Metro Project, I announced that we would hit major milestones quickly.

“I am excited to announce that the twin Talgo intra city ten coach Metropolitan trains for the project have arrived in Lagos!”

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