Lagos project shows train of thought

Its route will eventually extend 27 km from Okokomaiko, a densely populated area in the western part of Lagos, to Marina, a business district on Lagos Island. Consisting of two phases of construction, the second phase will run from Okokomaiko to Mile 2.

During the completion ceremony for the first phase last year, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, described the moment as "historic", saying that Lagos had become the first subnational government in West Africa to fund and deliver a rail system on its balance sheet.