PHOTO / WORLD
Daily operation of Chinese-built light rail in Lagos, Nigeria
By Xinhua Published: Dec 04, 2024 10:25 AM
Passengers are pictured inside a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)

Passengers are pictured inside a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Passengers are pictured inside a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)

Passengers are pictured inside a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
A driver operates a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)

A driver operates a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Passengers disembark a train at a station of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 2, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)

Passengers disembark a train at a station of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 2, 2024. Started in July 2010 and accomplished in December 2022, the first phase of the LRMT Blue Line corridor project contracted by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is the first electrified railroad and cross-sea light rail project in West Africa. Spaning 13 km and covering five stations, this line kicked off its commercial operation in September 2023, and has been reckoned a symbolic project of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo: Xinhua)