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Primero May launch Oshodi -Abule-Egba BRT route August 15

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Commuters ready to use the new Oshodi-Abule-Egba Bus Rapid Transit , BRT route may start buying their tickets on the Primero line this week as the company is set to deploy not less than 50 buses when it launches its service on the route August 15.

 

Managing Director of Primero, Mr. Fola Tinubu confirmed to Echonews that the company, which currently runs the Ikorodu-Mike 12 BRT,  is one of the three companies approved so far to run the BRT route.

 

He said the company will be deploying 50 of the 150 buses released by the Lagos State government under the Lagos Bus Reform project to service fhe route promising a pleasant journey on board.

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To persuade users of private vehicles to switch, the vehicles are fitted with camera, USB ports to charge phones, television for entertainment and WiFi for users of mobile devices.

 

Other companies expected on the route are TSL and TJ Motors although insiders in the transport industry believe that LAMATA is set to licence two more to make the licensees five.

 

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Expected to be on board is a transportation firm that would represent the stake of the National Union of Road Transport Workers whose interest to participate has been recognised until the condition that it must form a company or appoint a representative as a Union is not meant to run private business.

 

But industry stakeholders are keeping their fingers crossed on the exact date that Lagos State Governor Mr.Babajide Sanwo-olu will commission the BRT this August.

 

The new Oshodi-Abule-Egba BRT has 11 pedestrian bridges, two bus terminals at Iyana-Ipaja and Abule-Egba along the 13.68 median route as originally advertised by the Lagos State Metropolitan Authority in January 2017.

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The take-off point of the buses will be the second terminal at the Oshodi Transport Interchange.

Built over a year ago, the terminal provides generous parking and ticketing facilities for transport companies.

 

Planet Projects, managers of the Oshodi Transport Interchange, hosted officials of the newly licensed BRT firms to the facility recently.

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Managing Director, Planet Projects, Mr. Biodun Otunola said the officials were impressed by the facilities available at the interchange and said it would spur them to get ready to launch their services earlier than expected.

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