Impact of Lagos Blue Rail on Danfo Buses in Lagos

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00:00 The Lagos Blue Line Rail, which came into commercial operations on the 4th of September

00:08 2023 after the official launch on the 21st of December 2022, has brought so much relief

00:14 and so-called to commuters on the Marina Ojo Corridor.

00:18 The exciting development when fully operational is expected to carry 500,000 passengers daily.

00:26 Currently, the estimated daily passenger capacity is 175,000 passengers.

00:34 But has the coming of the Lagos Blue Rail impacted the city's popular yellow buses

00:39 also known as Danfo?

00:41 How are operators of commercial buses and passengers adjusting to their new reality?

00:46 The Guardian Nigeria went out today to see what commuters and commercial drivers think

00:51 about the latest means of transportation.

00:54 Here's how they felt.

00:56 The Blue Rail is very effective and it's very nice.

01:01 The Blue Rail you cannot compare it with other motor.

01:04 From here to my home, I have moved from here to my home so many times.

01:09 I appreciate the governor but the price is too much.

01:13 At least it can be 150 or 100 Naira.

01:18 It's okay, very affordable.

01:21 I entered the Blue Rail 200 Naira from here to my home.

01:25 I was able to park my motor.

01:28 I do go home with it and come back in the morning.

01:33 The people who are there, they cannot enter the train.

01:36 The people who are poor, they cannot enter the train.

01:39 From CMS to Olile, the 350 is too much.

01:43 Transport bus, some people they collect 200 Naira from here to CMS.

01:48 So government can help people to be 150 Naira.

01:53 It's a good thing.

01:56 This very train is good for us.

01:59 It's normal.

02:01 Nobody wants to see good things.

02:03 When they see good things, it's not good for them.

02:07 The train is working.

02:08 We are the commercial drivers.

02:11 We are working.

02:12 The train has no effect on my work.

02:14 I am working.

02:17 I do my own work.

02:19 If the train is working, the train will carry its own money.

02:22 I will carry my own money.

02:24 If you want to enter the train, you enter.

02:26 If you want to enter the commercial, you enter.

02:27 I would say it's not affecting us.

02:28 Because if you go to something like Kosho,

02:30 you will have something like a train there.

02:32 Where the train is going is not where we are going.

02:35 All of us are not going in the same direction.

02:37 You can see people are benefiting inside here.

02:38 Now it's people who are going to Aja.

02:41 In our own commercial bus, it's easier for us to go to Edimata.

02:45 We can go to CMS, Orwando and Aja Park.

02:49 They are stopping at different places.

02:50 So these trains are not disturbing us like that.

02:53 If you want to enter, you enter.

02:56 It's your choice.

02:58 It doesn't affect our business.

03:00 It doesn't affect their own business.

03:03 It's a matter of what choice.

03:05 We have been experiencing bad roads.

03:08 And also when we are on the bad road,

03:11 we consume a lot of fuel, a lot of diesel.

03:14 And in the process, we may not get enough passengers

03:16 because the road is not smooth.

03:19 People will not like to enter the train.

03:21 We are not seeing a lot of passengers

03:23 because nobody wishes to be on the traffic.

03:25 It was a good development.

03:27 It's supposed to have come on stream for long.

03:31 But God's time is the best.

03:35 The introduction of a modern rail transport system in Lagos

03:38 is not merely a transportation upgrade.

03:41 It symbolizes a leap into a brighter, more efficient future

03:45 for the city and its over 20 million residents

03:47 who are constantly on the move.

03:49 Upon the successful completion of the landmark Blue Rail

03:52 projects, it is anticipated that congestion will diminish,

03:56 accessibility will be improved, and the overall quality of life

04:00 in Lagos will be elevated.

04:01 How has the Blue Rail mass transit

04:03 affected commuting for you?

04:05 Do let us know in the comments.

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