The Daily Crucible | Wecnesday, September 28, 2022
The Talgo series 8 trains meant for Lagos State Government's red line train system have landed in Lagos ostensibly to deliver the operation by 1st quarter 2023.
The Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on his Facebook page stated that the 2 No. ten and Eleven car trains which were bought from Milwaukee have arrived.
Mr. Omotoso added that it was necessary to decouple the train to 21 individual cars for effective transportation to Lagos.
Describing it as another milestone of governor Banajode Sanwo-Olu, he stated that "each train has the capacity to carry 1,500 passengers and is expected to run on the red line rail from Agbada to Oyingbo, with the journey taking less than 30minutes."
"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 recouping is complete, the testing and commissioning will commence followed by full passenger operations first quarter 2023.
"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 30minutes."
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