Lagos Airport monorail approved, to have five stations

The Lagos Airport monorail will have five stations/stops along the way when it is completed. The stations are Ikeja Station, Domestic Airport Station, Beesam Station, Toll Gate Station and MMI Airport Station.

The monorail will take commuters and the flying public from the Ikeja Railway Station (where the Lagos Redline terminates) to the terminal point at the new Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal 1 that is now being reconstructed.

On Monday, October 19, 2026, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo, along with the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Aviation, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, and the engineering teams from both the Ministry and FAAN appraised and approved the design of the Lagos Airport monorail.

In a post on X, the minister disclosed this development, stating thus “Yesterday (Monday), I was joined by the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Aviation, the MD of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the engineering teams from both the Ministry and FAAN. We appraised and approved the design of the Lagos Airport monorail that would take commuters and the flying public from the Ikeja Railway Station (where the Lagos Redline terminates) to the terminal point at the new Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal 1 that is now being reconstructed.

“There would be 5 stations/stops along the way, namely, Ikeja Station, Domestic Airport Station, Beesam Station, Toll Gate Station and MMI Airport Station.”

“The monorail is an integral part of the reconstruction of the nation’s major gateway at the MMIA in Lagos.”