The Orange Line of Lahore Metro is an under construction eleveted line of the Lahore Metro in Lahore, Pakistan. Once completed, it will connect Riwind, Multan Road, Mcleod Road, Lahore Junction and the Grand Trunk Road.
It will be the first line of the Lahore Metro, which is country's first mass Rapid Transit train system. The 27-kilometer metro train is expected to cost $500 million out of which $300 million would come from the Federal Government of Pakistan, the rest is financed through Soft loan 's by the Government of Punjab as a part of the China Pakistan economic corridor through the Export-Import bank of China. These loans would be paid back by Punjab Government in installments over a 20-year period.
The corridor will be capable of accommodating two trains running both up and down the track, ferrying up to 30,000 passengers per hour. According to reports, the design speed of the proposed train is 70 km/hr but the scheduled speed while it will be stationed by 26 train stations of, two will be constructed underground. The project has been subject to criticism on charges of transparency, while envoirmental groups have been critical of the environmental sustainability of the project. The construction of this project has been fraught with accidents and deaths.
The Orange Line Metro will run on a 27.1-kilometer track, of which 25.4 kilometers will be elevated. The service will initially benefit around 250,000 passengers a day. The capacity will be increased to 500,000 passengers a day by 2025. Shehbaz Sharif on the occasion said that the Metro Bus Service, the metro train would also be implemented in other cities after Lahore. “The metro train will revolutionize the way people travel as it will make the commute trouble-free,” project implementation is well underway.
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