After Metro Bus, Lahore to get Metro train: Punjab CM

26 stations will be constructed on the route, and more than 200,000 people will travel by the train daily


Ali Usman April 12, 2015
Shahbaz Sharif says the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train will be completed soon. PHOTO: pcq.com.pk

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on Sunday that a 27-kilometre-long Lahore Orange Line Metro Train project would be completed soon.

He was talking to a representative delegation of China Railways and Norinco International China that met him to discuss the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train project.

Talking to the delegation, the chief minister said the agreement between Pakistan and China over the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train project augurs well, and the project would be a masterpiece of Pak-China friendship.

Read: Good news on track: Lahore to get Pakistan’s first metro train

The project will result in speedy, comfortable and economical transport facilities to citizens and will revolutionise the transport system of the city.

Shahbaz said the metro train project was a unique project, adding that 26 stations would be constructed on its route, and more than 200,000 people would make of use of it daily.

Read: Karachi metro bus: Bahria Town offers Rs42b loan to Sindh govt

An agreement in this regard was signed between the Chinese company and the Punjab government in May 2014.

COMMENTS (16)

Hassan | 9 years ago | Reply Its really a great news. The whole nation is very happy with this news. Thanks to Shahbaz Sharif for the great project and Tribune.com.pk for providing us latest news.
Khurram Qureshi | 9 years ago | Reply Its really a great news. Nex project should be to improve CANAL of the city. it should be used for transportation purposes from Thoker Niaz Beg to Jallo. An excellent alternative available to avoid the Rush on the canal roads.... Well done CM.
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