Orange Line metro train will start in October

The Orange Line Train in Lahore is at long last set to hit the tracks in October after different postponements. The venture was begun in 2015.

The metro was initiated yet the trains were never opened for people in general.

The trains' mechanical and specialized preliminaries have been directed. The Mass Transit Authority has now given over the undertaking to the joint endeavor of NORINCO, the Guangzhou Metro Group, and the Pakistani Daewoo organization.

In the forthcoming three months, drivers will be given specific preparation and licenses.

The ticket expense for the metro is as yet getting looked at. Punjab Transport Minister Jahanzaib Khan disclosed to a TV channel that they are thinking about a ticket somewhere in the range of Rs50 and Rs60 for the present.

He said that the postponement in the venture's introduction was expected to the coronavirus pandemic. "I can guarantee you that all the work on the train has been finished and we are simply sitting tight for conclusive authorization and warnings from the wellbeing office," Khan included.

Then again, PML-N pioneer Ahsan Iqbal has accused the PTI government of the postponement in the task's finishing.

"The extra expenses acquired in the undertaking ought to be paid by the government," he included.

The Orange Line is the biggest metro venture under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Its track is spread out across 27 kilometers and it has a sum of 26 stations. The task has 27 trains brought from China. Each train has five intruders.

Each bogie will have 60 seats. For female explorers and individuals with uncommon necessities, unique seats have been allotted. The train will begin its excursion from Dera Gujran and end at Ali Town.