Aerial View of Yaba Bus Terminal

Lagos State commissions The Yaba Bus Terminal to Boost Public Transportation Services

Station to Connect to Red Line Rail Project

A new transportation infrastructure has been delivered in Yaba – a melting pot of commerce, technology and academic in Lagos State.

The terminal was, on Tuesday, commissioned by the Governor amid excitement by traders, commuters and transporters who thronged the venue for the formal opening of the facility. The bus station, built by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), is an ancillary infrastructure that will complement the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line currently being constructed by the Sanwo-Olu administration along Yaba corridor.

Aerial View of Yaba Bus Terminal
The Yaba Bus Terminal

The terminal will connect to the Red Metro station to facilitate an integrated mass transit and seamless connectivity among all means of land transportation. The project, which dragged for years due to funding issues, is part of the Bus Reform Initiative of the State Government.

“Yaba corridor is prominent feature in the Lagos State Transportation Master Plan, because of its peculiar nature as a melting pot of commercial, technological and academic activities. The city’s evolution over the years places enormous responsibility on the Government to ensure that its dynamism and growth are sustained through balanced development. The facility being commissioned today is a world-class terminal from which buses will originate and terminate. In the next 18 months, this bus terminal will be integrated with the Yaba station of the Red Metro Line that is being constructed close to the terminal. The Yaba Bus Terminal reflects our vision for regulated bus services, which the State Government currently champions through Traffic Management and Transportation pillar of our T.H.E.M.E.S agenda.”

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Govenor Lagos State

The terminal is one of the most modern of all bus termini in terms of design and physical attractiveness. The white teflon covering being a waterproof fabric gives the terminal a unique look and would complement our Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line rail infrastructure which are just on the horizon. The ongoing Yaba Train Station which would be integrated with this Yaba Bus terminal, thus making Yaba a major transport interchange.

The bus terminal has loading and off-loading bay for up to 15 midi and 4 high capacity buses per loading time, stable for 20 high capacity buses and public conveniences, water treatment plant. It has a generator house with 200KVA generator and 500KVA transformer, muster point in case of emergency, pedestrian walkway, external lighting, Traffic system management (TSM) and signage among others. Terminal Building also consists of:

  • Ticketing Area and sitting area
  • Restaurant area with kitchenette
  • Commercial stores:
  • Control room
  • Passenger information display board
  • Offices
  • ATM point
  • Sit out area on the first floor

Transportation services in the corridor would be supported by the recently launched First and Last Mile (FLM) Bus – a community-based transportation scheme that will take passengers from the inner routes to the major transit corridors to join either the rail or BRT buses to their destinations. The Yaba Bus Station is the third to be delivered by the administration, with three new terminals in Ojota, Ajah and Ifako-Ijaiye to be added to public transportation assets before the end of the year.

“We are providing bus services into communities that are far away from the main transit corridors to cushion the effects of restrictions of the operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in areas where they are banned by the Government,”

Dr. Frederic Oladehinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation
Lagos State Governor Commissioning Yaba Bus Terminal
L-R Onisabe of Igbobi-Sabe, Oba Owolabi Adeniyi; Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Abimbola Akinajo; Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde and CEO, Quattro Alchemy, Prince Aderoju Ademoroti during the cutting of the tape to commission the Yaba Bus Terminal, Yaba, on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
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