Lagos State Government has suspended operations on its Red Line Mass Transit Train Service (LRMT) indefinitely.
It was gathered that last Monday, the train service operations had issues with mechanical failure on the morning belt of the train service.
On the same day, operators of the Red Line had in a chat posted on the LRMT WhatsApp channel created same day,stated that the break would affect only the morning belt, while the afternoon belt would still run.
“Please note that only the 5:20pm and 6:50pm train from Oyingbo and 6:40pm train from Agbado will run today,” it was stated on the Whatsapp Channel, which was deleted by the operator last Friday.
By 9:19pm same Tuesday, the operator confirmed it was not able to operate as promised when it sent the chat.
“We sincerely apologise for the cancellation of service this evening, which was due to mechanical faults. Kindly note that the train will not be operating tomorrow, and until further notice. We deeply regret this situation.”
The Red Line commenced commercial operation on October 15, eight months after it was commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on February 29.
The service took off with two services at the morning and two at evening peaks, resulting in four shuttles per day.
The Red Line, which started commercial operation on its 27km first phase, was operated by First Metro, under the guide of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA).
(Guardian)
