Lagos State has begun offloading three new train sets comprising 24 coaches for its Red Line rail service, a move aimed at expanding passenger capacity and increasing service frequency along the busy Oyingbo–Agbado corridor.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the arrival on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, noting that each eight-coach train set can carry up to 2,000 passengers per trip. He added that the rolling stock was procured with support from the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu’s administration and is scheduled to enter passenger operations before the end of 2026.
The delivery aligns with an earlier plan by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to scale daily Red Line services from nine to 24 trips once additional trains became available. While LAMATA initially projected the new sets to arrive in the third quarter of 2026, the fourth-quarter arrival keeps the authority’s year-end service expansion on track.
Spanning 27 kilometres, the Red Line connects Agbado in Ogun State to Oyingbo in Lagos, passing through major residential and commercial hubs including Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, and Yaba.
Since commercial passenger operations began on October 15, 2024, the corridor has served as a critical alternative to road transit. Once deployed on a tighter schedule, the additional coaches are expected to shorten waiting times and offer more reliable journeys for daily commuters along the axis.
