Transportation
Lagos Opens Second Rail Line to Ease the World’s Worst Traffic
- The 23-mile Red Line runs from Agbado to Oyingbo near the CBD
- Numbeo database rates Nigerian city’s traffic as world’s worst
Guests and dignitaries onboard the the Red Line Train at the Ikeja train station during its inaguration in Lagos on Feb. 29.
Photographer: Samuel Alabi/AFP/Getty ImagesNigeria’s Lagos State opened a second light-rail line to ease gridlock in the nation’s commercial hub and most populous city that’s notorious for traffic jams.
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the 37-kilometer (23-mile) Red Line, which stretches from the northern suburb of Agbado down to the coastal area of Oyingbo, near the city’s central business district of Victoria Island.