Lahore Metro Train Project | News and Updates

[ADIL SHERDIL]

Orange train is such a wastage of our funds. It's not what we want . The agenda of our thug government is to make showpieces. In our entire country people are lacking basic human needs like clean water for drinking, sanitation and waste management , and our police simply wow. What about our education sector how many universities were opened for new students and what about hospitals like they really care for the poor. The amount spent on this useless project could have been utilised in better ways that would really helped the people. I don't why are people getting excited for this train when our railways are losing millions.

 

[Awan68]

I think the cost of Orange line is high due to import of labor from China as well as cost of security for these labor. The other lines should plan to use Pakistani labor completely so they can save $$ as well as gain some experience for future projects. The saved money should be enough to plan underground project.

I have few friends from Sialkot and they told me that Sialkot Airport was build by donations from local people, why don't Lahore and Karachi does the same. They can fund their projects this way instead of taking the burden of loans.

The labour is mostly pakistani, the specialist one's like engineers and some technitians are chinese, not a large num and secondly u are imagining a perfect Pakistan where there are no hungry politicians with their mouths open fr kick backs for taking loans instead of utilizing inhouse resources that go easy on national economy.

 

[Danish saleem]

Orange train is such a wastage of our funds. It's not what we want . The agenda of our thug government is to make showpieces. In our entire country people are lacking basic human needs like clean water for drinking, sanitation and waste management , and our police simply wow. What about our education sector how many universities were opened for new students and what about hospitals like they really care for the poor. The amount spent on this useless project could have been utilised in better ways that would really helped the people. I don't why are people getting excited for this train when our railways are losing millions.

do u know in how many cities of world these Metro's are running??
and do u know that, in just Peshawar METRO is under construction with the cost of Rs52Billion approx?

 

[Thanatos]

Orange train is such a wastage of our funds. It's not what we want . The agenda of our thug government is to make showpieces. In our entire country people are lacking basic human needs like clean water for drinking, sanitation and waste management , and our police simply wow. What about our education sector how many universities were opened for new students and what about hospitals like they really care for the poor. The amount spent on this useless project could have been utilised in better ways that would really helped the people. I don't why are people getting excited for this train when our railways are losing millions.

How can you say that its wastage of money? Imagine the amount of money saved interms of low Petrol and Diesel consumption . It will also improve the quality of life of low to middle income class people. Needless to mention improvement in Lahore traffic flow.

 

[Bashido]

Orange train is such a wastage of our funds. It's not what we want . The agenda of our thug government is to make showpieces. In our entire country people are lacking basic human needs like clean water for drinking, sanitation and waste management , and our police simply wow. What about our education sector how many universities were opened for new students and what about hospitals like they really care for the poor. The amount spent on this useless project could have been utilised in better ways that would really helped the people. I don't why are people getting excited for this train when our railways are losing millions.

really ?? are you comparing you comparing Metro transit system to Normal railways? how this is a show piece ??

 

[ghazi52]

Package 1 (cut and cover)

GPO Station U/C

Anarkali Station U/C

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Package 1 (elevated)

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[ghazi52]

Contractors lay OLMT’s 10km rail track

LAHORE: Contractors have laid over 10-kilometre rail track on elevated viaduct for the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT). They have also been directed to complete another four-kilometre by end of February that will complete track between Dera Gujjran and Mahmood Booti.

This was said by Chief Minister’s Adviser and OLMT Steering Committee Chairperson Khawaja Ahmad Hassaan, while addressing project’s weekly progress review meeting on Wednesday. LDA Chief Engineer Asrar Saeed, Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) Chief Engineer Saifur Rehman, senior officials of LESCO, WASA, PTCL, Sui Gas, traffic police, railways, Rescue 1122, civil defence and other officials were present.

He said development work near 11 historic sites was being run smoothly and all precautions advised by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) were being fully complied to protect heritage sites.

“Installation of u-tub girders will also be initiated soon to complete elevated track for the train,” he said. Hassaan maintained that pile works had also been completed near the General Post Office, Supreme Court Registry and Saint Andrew’s Church.

National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) General Manager Salman Hafeez said that 84.9% civil work, while 42.6% electrical and mechanical work on the project had been completed.

Similarly, he added 77.4% development work on package-I (from Dera Gujjaran, Grand Trunk (GT) Road to Chouburji) and package-2 (from Choburji to Ali Town) had been finalised.

Hafeez elaborated that 92% work on Dera Gujjran Metro Station, 96% on Islam Park, 95% each on Salamatpura and Mehmood Booti and 91% on Pakistan Mint Station had been completed. He said all possible measures were being taken to complete all five stations during the current month.

The 27-kilometre OLMT project is estimated to cost over Rs 165 billion, which is being funded through a loan by China’s Exim Bank. The project is part of the city metro network and when completed, it will connect Raiwind, Multan Road, Mcleod Road, Lahore Junction Railway Station and the Grand Trunk Road. It will be the first line of Lahore Metro and country’s first mass rapid transit train system.

 

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19 Orange Train sets reach Pakistan
February 10, 2018

LAHORE: 19 out of the 27 train sets for Lahore Orange Line Metro Train have so far arrived in Pakistan while the remaining 8 will soon be shipped to Karachi from Shanghai port of China.

Steering Committee for Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project (LOMTP) Chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hassan told this to reporters during a marathon inspection of the ongoing works at metro train project here on Friday. He also visited the depot at Dera Gujjran, four elevated metro stations on GT Road and the stabling yard at Ali Town, Raiwind Road.

He said that 11 train sets had reached Lahore, 9 of which had been parked in the depot and 2 in the stabling yard on Raiwind Road while 8 more sets were being dispatched from Karachi to Lahore very soon.

He said that efforts had been geared up for finishing the project at the earliest for providing a swift, safe and honourable mode of urban transport to the common man. More than 86 percent work of construction of depot at Dera Gujjran, spreading over 626 kanals, had been completed, he added. He said that 19 out of the 22 buildings being built at the depot had been handed over to CR-NORINCO, the Chinese contractor of the project, for carrying out electrical and mechanical works at the buildings which included Alkaline Battery & Air Compressor Building, Signal Building and Comprehensive Maintenance Centre.

 

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[ghazi52]

Lahore Orange Line Metro Salamat Pura Station

 

[ghazi52]

Locomotive imported from China Near Dera Gujjaran Station Lahore
This locomotive will be used to drag the Metro Train in case of emergency or breakdown

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[Imran Khan]

please relax do not make it hurry and waste money better they work slowly but good quality work

 

[ghazi52]