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The Lagos State Government has announced that construction of the $3 billion Green Line rail project, connecting Marina to the Lekki corridor, is scheduled to begin in December 2025.

The announcement was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement posted on the official X account of the Lagos State Government on Monday.

Osiyemi noted that extensive feasibility studies and stakeholder consultations have been carried out along the Lekki-Epe corridor in preparation for the project.

The rail project is expected to take two to three years to complete and will be implemented in phases. The first phase will cover the stretch from Lekki First Tollgate to Epe, while the second phase, starting from Marina, will feature an on-water segment.

“The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Seun Osiyemi remarked that the government had done a lot of stakeholder engagements as well as a lot of feasibility studies along the Lekki-Epe Expressway Corridor because the Green Line project will commence in December.

“He explained that the Green Line project would take about two to three years and would begin from Marina all the way to Epe, saying the projects would come in phases, with the first phase from Lekki First Tollgate to Epe and the second Phase from Marina would be on the water,” the statement read in part.

The announcement follows intensified enforcement along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, where authorities have cleared encroachments and restored wetlands essential to the Green Line’s right-of-way.

What you should know
The 70-kilometre Green Line will run from Marina to the Lekki Free Trade Zone, featuring 17 stations along a mix of elevated and at-grade tracks. The line begins at Marina, passes through Victoria Island, joins the Lekki-Epe Expressway, and continues through Ajah, Sangotedo, and Lekki Free Zone.

Stations will have modern designs with pedestrian bridges, elevators, escalators, and a depot near Sangotedo, alongside a 15-hectare parking facility at the Lekki Free Zone. Trains will operate in eight-car B-type sets, reaching speeds up to 100 km/h and a minimum headway of three minutes, with a projected capacity of 35,000 passengers per hour per direction.

On April 9, 2025, a video released by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) announced the estimated $3 billion cost of the project, detailing the alignments, design elements, and overall cost of the Green Line project.

Nairametrics had earlier reported the partial federal counterpart funding of N146.14 billion included in the 2025 budget, as well as the tripartite agreement signed with China Harbour Engineering Company to design, finance, and operate the line.

The project is estimated at $3 billion, with partial federal counterpart funding of N146.14 billion included in the 2025 budget and a tripartite agreement signed with China Harbour Engineering Company to design, finance, and operate the line.

Experts have raised concerns over station spacing and operational capacity. Sparse coverage in Victoria Island and wide gaps along Lekki could limit ridership, while eight-car trains may be insufficient for long-term demand. Adding stations in high-traffic zones and aligning operations with existing lines were suggested to enhance accessibility and efficiency.

Ebubu:
Anambra people will cry !!!!!

Anambra does not have any single rail, or cruise boat on the river niger, nothing !

Na why them dey jealousy Lagos

Ebubu:
Anambra people will cry !!!!!

Anambra does not have any single rail, or cruise boat on the river niger, nothing !

Na why them dey jealousy Lagos

AMINDA:
2.5 billion dollars was borrowed by the FG to finance this project, by the way. Where is the equity, inclusion and fairness?

ryloy:
https://nairametrics.com/2025/10/13/lagos-to-commence-3-billion-green-line-project-linking-marina-to-lekki-by-december/

SmartPolician:
Wait a moment, if Lagos State government is borrowing money to build this project, what's Governor Sanwo-Olu doing with the state allocations?

AMINDA:
2.5 billion dollars was borrowed by the FG to finance this project, by the way. Where is the equity, inclusion and fairness?

Ebubu:
Anambra people will cry !!!!!

Anambra does not have any single rail, or cruise boat on the river niger, nothing !

Na why them dey jealousy Lagos

ryloy:
https://nairametrics.com/2025/10/13/lagos-to-commence-3-billion-green-line-project-linking-marina-to-lekki-by-december/

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.”

While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk and added that treatment of waste water would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.

He said, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’

https://punchng.com/video-everyone-digging-borehole-in-lekki-is-probably-drinking-shit-water-lagos-govt/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMABDJjbGNrAwAEK2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEewOd7728C0FSKQJNWar4yKRxNpNKt1owSlw47y57FKAux2QxvQL24Iu18rtw_aem_3kB5Sd2GjpdqjN6zFuIs7w

SmartPolician:
Wait a moment, if Lagos State government is borrowing money to build this project, what's Governor Sanwo-Olu doing with the state allocations?

SmartPolician:
Wait a moment, if Lagos State government is borrowing money to build this project, what's Governor Sanwo-Olu doing with the state allocations?

TimeManager:
The Federal Government has revealed that the elimination of the petrol subsidy under President Bola Tinubu has resulted in savings of over $84 billion, which are now being channelled into the construction and rehabilitation of 40 key road projects across the country over the past two years.

This was disclosed in a policy brief released by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), titled “Two Years Later: Key Benefits of Subsidy Removal,” and made available to journalists over the weekend in Abuja.

The report, which reviewed the outcomes of the subsidy removal since May 29, 2023, noted that the policy averted a looming economic crisis.

It also enabled the Tinubu administration to clear long-standing financial liabilities, increase capital investments, and support the financial stability of state governments.

https://businessday.ng/news/article/84bn-saved-from-petrol-subsidy-now-financing-40-key-roads-report/?amp

beemedia1:
lagos leads others follow. the pace setter for a reqson. kudos to this administration.

anonimi:
Ratio of public to private schools in Lagos State is one to 22 ― Commissioner
September 4, 2022

The Lagos State government has said the ratio of public to private schools at both primary and secondary school levels in the state is one to 22.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the revelation in her remark at the 2022 edition of the Total School Support Seminar Exhibition (TOSSE) held at Oregun in Ikeja between Thursday and Friday.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ratio-of-public-to-private-schools-in-lagos-state-is-one-to-22-%E2%80%95-commissioner/

APCNig:
Lagos has used all rainbow colours to name railways, yet they say Tinubu is stealing Lagos money. Where are the railways that Rotimi Amaechi and Peter Obi budgeted billions of Naira for in Ruvers and Anambra states respectively?