• Train tracks at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line, which will run 27.5km from Marina to Okokomaiko with 13 stations. End-to-end journey time in the first of seven lines of the Lagos light rail system is approximately 35 minutes. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Train tracks at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line, which will run 27.5km from Marina to Okokomaiko with 13 stations. End-to-end journey time in the first of seven lines of the Lagos light rail system is approximately 35 minutes. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • A man works on a pastel drawing in front of the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos. The first test runs should start in 2015, according to an official at the National Arts Theatre work site. Joe Penney / Reuters
    A man works on a pastel drawing in front of the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos. The first test runs should start in 2015, according to an official at the National Arts Theatre work site. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • Men work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Men work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • Men work on a train track of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. The Blue Line costs $1.2 billion and is funded entirely by the Lagos state government. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Men work on a train track of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. The Blue Line costs $1.2 billion and is funded entirely by the Lagos state government. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • Men take a break from work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Men take a break from work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • Engineers survey work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Engineers survey work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • A Chinese worker jokes with his Nigerian counterpart at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. Joe Penney / Reuters
    A Chinese worker jokes with his Nigerian counterpart at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • Men work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction in Lagos. The first test runs of the 27km Blue Line should start in 2015. Joe Penney / Reuters
    Men work at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction in Lagos. The first test runs of the 27km Blue Line should start in 2015. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • A man works at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Joe Penney / Reuters
    A man works at the National Arts Theatre stop of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • A man works at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria, May 30, 2014. Started in 2009 to ease traffic, Lagos state government is building a rail system with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The first test runs should start in 2015, according to an official at the National Arts Theatre work site. Joe Penney / Reuters
    A man works at the National Arts Theatre stop of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria, May 30, 2014. Started in 2009 to ease traffic, Lagos state government is building a rail system with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The first test runs should start in 2015, according to an official at the National Arts Theatre work site. Joe Penney / Reuters
  • A man works on a train track of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. The Blue Line costs $1.2 billion and is funded entirely by the Lagos state government. Joe Penney / Reuters
    A man works on a train track of the Blue Line of the light rail system under construction in Lagos, Nigeria. The Blue Line costs $1.2 billion and is funded entirely by the Lagos state government. Joe Penney / Reuters

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In pictures: Lagos mass transit system rolls along after delays

Olive Obina

June 01, 2014

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Nigeria’s largest city Lagos is constructing a seven-line light rail system under a public private partnership, with first two lines expected to start test runs in 2015 after much delays.

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