Lagos Government issues warning to residents not to cross blue rail track

Gboyega Akosile, the governor’s chief press secretary, recommended the locals to use the overhead bridges instead of the electrified rail line.

The state administration in agos State has issued a warning to citizens not to step on the Blue Rail line’s track, which will begin operating in its entirety on Monday.

Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, issued a warning to the locals, advising them to utilise the overhead bridges instead of the electrified train line.

“Dear Lagosians, please be reminded that the rail line is electrified as we begin the commercial operations of the Lagos Blue Line Rail transport on Monday. Crossing the rail tracks is risky; refrain from doing so. Utilise the overhead bridges that the government has given. I’m grateful,” he wrote.

In a video clip that accompanied Akosile’s tweet, the general manager of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Abimbola Akinajo, voiced concern over the frequency with which people cut fences on the Blue Rail and cross it.

We all know that we have made it known that the Blue Line would be an electric rail system with regard to its operations in particular. Use the overhead bridges if you wish to move from one side to the other.

We put fences along the Blue Line’s alignment to make sure that no one crosses it because understanding this is essential for all of us. But what we repeatedly witness is that individuals enter the area, cut the fences, and cross.

“We bothered to install pedestrian crossings, and since there is access for those who have physical limitations, there is no need for us to cross the track. In order to avoid getting into a very precarious situation, we only ask that people respect this and the rails, she said.

Five stations are located in Marina, National Theatre, Iganmu, Alaba, and Orile along the first segment of the rail line, which runs from Marina to Mile 2.