Times of Islamabad

27 KM Orange Line Metro Train Project finally inaugurated in Lahore

27 KM Orange Line Metro Train Project finally inaugurated in Lahore

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar inaugurated Orange Line MetroTrain project in Lahore today (Sunday).

This project comprises twenty six stations and tracks spanning over27.12km.This is the first electricity-run public transport project throughwhich around two lac fifty thousand commuters will travel daily.

This train service will start for general public from tomorrow.

This project would lessen transport load on Multan Road and would provide aworld-class public transport facility to the citizens.

Orange Line Metro Train is the first transport project under CPEC which isalso a symbol of Pakistan-China friendship and a gift for the people ofLahore.

Later, addressing the inaugural ceremony, Punjab Chief Minister SardarUsman Buzdar said CPEC will further strengthen Pak China bilateralrelations.

He thanked Chinese Government for extending support to provide world classtransport facilities to the people of Lahore.

The Chief Minister invited Chinese companies and investors to invest indifferent sectors of the province.