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Orange Line (Lahore Metro)

Orange Line
نارنجی خط
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status Under construction
Locale Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Termini Ali Town
Dera Gujjran
Stations 26 (24 elevated, 2 underground)
Operation
Planned opening 2019
Operator(s) Lahore Metro
Character Elevated & underground
Rolling stock Norinco
Technical
Line length 26.23 km (16.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification Third rail 750 V DC
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map
Ali Town
Niaz Baig
Canal View
Hanjarwal
Wahadat Road
Awan Town
Sabzazar
Shahnoor
Salahudin Road
Bund Road
Samanabad
Gulshan-e-Ravi
Chauburji
Lake Road
Central
Lakshmi Chowk
Lahore Railway Station
Sultanpura
UET Lahore
Baghbanpura
Shalimar Gardens
Pakistan Mint
Mahmood Booti
Salampura
Islam Park
Dera Gujran Terminal

Orange Line (Urdu: نارنجی خط‎) is an under-construction rapid transit line being built as part of the Lahore Metro, in Lahore, Pakistan. The Orange Line will be Pakistan's first modern rail-based mass rapid transit transit system, and will be a fully automated and driverless system. It will be Lahore's second rapid transit line, after the Lahore Metrobus, which was completed in 2013.

The Orange Line is the first of the three proposed rail lines of the proposed Lahore Metro. The line spans 26.23 km (16.3 mi). 24.38 km (15.1 mi) of the line is to be elevated, while 1.15 km (0.7 mi) km will be underground, and 0.7 km (0.4 mi) of track will be laid in the transition zone between elevated and underground sections.Riders will be served by 26 stations that in total are expected to handle 250,000 passenger daily.

Though the project is frequently mentioned as a part of the wider China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the project is financed separately from CPEC, and is being undertaken by the Government of Punjab.

The project was initiated with a signed a memorandum of understanding between the governments of Pakistan and China in May 2014. 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. Construction works on the project began in October 2015. This project is under construction and is expected to be completed by October 2019.

Habib Construction Services was awarded the first Phase of civil works in October 2015 for 21.49 billion rupees. In October 2016, Phase 2 of the project was awarded to ZKB Engineers and Constructors for civil works between Chauburji and Ali Town at a cost of 11.39 billion rupees. On 12 January 2017, 7 labourers perished at a makeshift residence for Orange Line construction workers.


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