The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has boosted daily trips on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line from 90 to 94. They have also changed the weekday and Saturday start time to 6:00 a.m.
In a statement on Monday, Kolawole Ojelabi, LAMATA’s Head of Corporate Communications, said the new timetable will start on Monday, 15 June.
Ojelabi explained that this change aims to make things easier for passengers, cut down waiting times, and help with congestion as more people are using the rail service.
“Trains will now start running at 6:00 a.m. from Monday to Saturday, which will help commuters travel earlier and miss peak-hour traffic,” Mr Ojelabi said. “The jump to 94 daily trips will also make the service better and cut down crowding on platforms.”
He mentioned that Sunday trips have also gone up from 22 to 24, with trains running every 30 minutes throughout the day.
According to him, this upgrade shows how more people are using the Blue Line since it started commercial operations on 4 September 2023. He noted that the service has already carried over six million passengers.
The Blue Line is now a major part of the urban transport changes led by the Lagos State Government. The government is working hard to ease traffic on the roads and provide more mass transit options. LAMATA had earlier reported that the line carried about 3.5 million passengers in 2025, with daily ridership still increasing.
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