Lahore Metro Train Project | News and Updates

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Arch Shaped Orange Line Bridge Over Lahore Ring Road

 

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LAHORE: As many as 20 out of 27 trains for the Orange Line Metro Train Project will reach the provincial capital from China by December.

This was revealed by the OLMT Steering Committee Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hassaan, who recently returned home from China after attending the ceremony to dispatch rolling stock last week. He added the first rolling stock consignment for the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) was being shipped from China and will reach Lahore by first week July.

He was speaking to participants of the project’s weekly progress review meeting on Wednesday.

Ahmad showed the pictures of Chinese manufactured rolling stock to meeting participants and highlighted that international standard air-conditioned coaches were compatible with Pakistan’s environment and would provide safe, swift and reliable mode of transport to over 250,000 commuters daily.

He said laying of tracks for parking those carriages in depot at Dera Gujjaran has already commenced. The train would have an operation speed of 80 kilometres per hour and a total of 27 trains, each comprising of five coaches, would be operated at an interval of five to 10 minutes for catering the needs of the passengers, he added.

The meeting was informed that overall 68.25% civil work on the project has been completed. Progress on package-I (from Dera Gujjaran, GT Road to Chauburji) was 82.59%, on package-II (from Chauburji to Ali Town) was 50.50%, on depot near Dera Gujran was 73.05% while on stabling yard near Ali Town it was 66.97%.

He also called upon all the relevant departments as well as the contractors for getting their staff trained by Rescue 1122 for adopting safety measure in case of any untoward incident.

 

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Hi, this picture is of German Railway 'Deutsche Bahn' not of orange line locomotive.

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Orange Line Metro Train project gets a go ahead from Supreme Court of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan is hearing the case of Orange Line Metro Train project in Lahore.

During the case proceedings the Honourable Justice has given remarks about the Orange Line Metro Train Project construction status.

Supreme Court judge said on Thursday that though the Lahore Metro Train project could not be stopped, measures should be taken to protect the undamaged heritage buildings and sites.

“We must keep in mind those buildings which have not been destroyed and not those which have already been razed. We cannot stop the train project but the (unharmed) heritage structures must be conserved and protected,” observed Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, who is heading a five-member bench hearing appeals of NESPAK, the Lahore Development Authority, the Punjab Transit Authority and the Punjab government against Lahore High Court verdict that has restrained work on the project.

The judge passed the remarks, when Asma Jehangir, who represented Kamil Khan Mumtaz, an architect, objected that when the authorities were not allowed to carry out construction within 200 feet of the heritage sites why diligent approval through an NOC was given.

She said that the committee which had issued the NOC should have evaluated each aspect of the project. “This is the matter of committee’s credibility. There seems to be no application of mind,” she said.

She said that if the Punjab authorities were serious to protect the national heritage, they should have allowed a team of UNESCO World Heritage Committee to visit the sites selected for the under-construction rapid transit line.

According to media reports, the UNESCO team was denied visa in January and they again intended to visit in April but the provincial authorities were using delaying tactics to entertain their request.

Asma contended if the provincial authorities did not like to follow the laws why they have been made. “The law for keeping 200 feet distance between the heritage buildings and the construction site has been violated to run the train,” she argued.

The LHC had set aside the NOC issued by the Archaeology Department, restraining work on the project.

Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan said that there should be a permanent system for conservation and protection of the heritage. He said that local experts instead of UNESCO should be involved to protect the historical.

 

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It means now the construction will touch the full swing to meet the completion date

 

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The train is designed to run on 25.58 km Line and reach top speeds of around 80 km per hour and is due for delivery in July this year.
It has an energy-saving air-conditioning system to cope with constant high temperatures in Pakistan, and the country's unstable voltage supply.