The Lagos State Government has introduced plans to extend the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line to FESTAC, Alakija and Trade Fair, with three new stations scheduled to begin operations by the tip of February 2027.
The Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo, disclosed this on the 2026 Media Parley organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in accordance to a press release launched by the company on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
The further stations will improve the variety of operational stations on the Blue Line from 5 to eight, extending the prevailing Marina–Mile 2 rail service additional alongside the Lagos-Badagry hall.
LAMATA targets February 2027 growth
Akinajo defined that the deliberate growth would enhance entry to rail transportation for residents alongside the FESTAC–Alakija–Trade Fair hall, providing commuters another to highway journey and strengthening connectivity between communities.
The three stations are anticipated to change into operational within the first quarter of 2027, with the tip of February set because the opening deadline.
- Beyond the rail growth, Akinajo disclosed that 4 Quality Bus Corridors (QBCs) had been approaching completion.
- Construction of the Marina and Mile 2 Interchange Hubs has additionally recorded substantial progress.
- The tasks type a part of efforts to combine rail and bus transportation, permitting commuters to join extra simply between totally different public transport providers.
The developments are anticipated to strengthen public transport connectivity as Lagos expands its rail community and supporting infrastructure.
Blue Line Phase II provides six stations
The Lagos Blue Line is a 27-kilometre standard-gauge electrical railway being developed by the state authorities by means of LAMATA to present another to highway transportation in considered one of Nigeria’s busiest cities.
Its first section, masking roughly 13 kilometres between Marina and Mile 2, started business operations on September 4, 2023, with 5 stations at Marina, National Theatre, Iganmu, Alaba and Mile 2.
- The ongoing second section will add roughly 14 kilometres from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko, with six proposed stations at FESTAC, Alakija, Trade Fair, Volkswagen, Lagos State University (LASU) and Okokomaiko.
- The mission additionally supplies for a depot of roughly 400,000 sq. metres at Okokomaiko, meant to help practice upkeep and operations.
- The deliberate February 2027 opening will cowl the primary three stations on the extension, whereas the remaining stations type a part of the broader Phase II improvement.
The opening of the three stations will extend passenger rail providers past Mile 2 as work continues on the remaining sections of the Blue Line’s second section.
Blue Line data eight million passengers
The growth comes as Lagos continues to develop rail transportation to cut back dependence on highway journey and ease congestion alongside main commuter routes.
In July 2026, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the mission’s technical accomplice, disclosed that the Blue Line had transported over eight million passengers in more than 1,000 days of operation.
- CCECC additionally introduced the set up of the primary precast T-beam on Phase II, marking progress on the elevated constructions that may help the railway tracks.
- Beyond the Blue Line, Lagos State revised its Strategic Transport Master Plan in July 2026, rising the proposed rail community from six lines to 11 lines and one monorail.
- The expanded plan is meant to enhance mass transit protection and create a extra built-in public transportation community throughout the state.
The deliberate extension to FESTAC, Alakija and Trade Fair varieties a part of the state’s broader effort to increase rail connectivity and enhance public transportation throughout Lagos.
