Orange Line Metro Train project all set to start operation

(Karachi) Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar will inaugurate the much-awaited Lahore’s Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) today (Sunday).

As per media reports, the Punjab chief minister will visit Dera Gujran Orange Line Metro station today and formally launch the project.

Orange Line is an automated rapid transit system in Lahore and is Pakistan's first metro in the entire country. It spans 27.1 km with 25.4 km elevated and 1.72 km underground.

The line will be served by 26 stations and is expected to handle 250,000 passengers daily. It is a part of the wider China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project and is being financed by both the Government of Pakistan and Government of China.

The project was initiated in May 2014 while financing for the project was secured in December 2015 when China's Exim Bank agreed to provide a soft loan of $1.55 billion for the project. The construction works on the project began in October 2015.