PMA adds 64 new buses to metro system

48 more buses would arrive at Lahore metro bus depot by August 15.

LAHORE:

The Punjab Mass-transit Authority (PMA) will include 64 new buses in the provincial capital’s metro bus system by the end of August.

A spokesperson for the mass transit authority said on Sunday that 16 new buses had arrived at the Lahore metro bus depot while 48 more buses would arrive by August 15.

He claimed that the provincial government was taking practical steps for the upgradation of the public transport system to facilitate commuters in the best possible way.

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The PMA spokesperson further said that VEDA Transit Solutions was providing these buses, adding that under the new agreement, the provincial government would save Rs2 billion.

The PMA had submitted recommendations to the provincial government to increase ridership of the Orange Line train service and reduce subsidy being given to the mass transit system, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 19^th, 2021.