The Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) a part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was inaugurated in Lahore on the 25th of October 2020. Addressing the inauguration ceremony CM Usman Buzdar said that OLMT was “a culmination of Pakistan-China friendship that began with CPEC”
Dr. Shahbaz Gill Special Assistant to Prime Minister on political Communication while declaring OLMT a “Failed project” tweeted that “(provincial) Govt will have to provide subsidy of Rs 12 Billion every year as the operating cost is Rs. 274 per ticket while the fare is set at Rs. 40 per ticket”
Under OLMT 27 sets of trains, each of five train cars/coaches will run between Dera Gujran (Near Quaid-i-Azam Interchange, GT Road) to Ali Town (Raiwind Road). Running at a 34.8km per hours speed, the trains, which have maximum speed of 80km per hour, will complete the end to end travel within 45 minutes. All trains will stop at all 26 stations at the 27.12km long route.
The stations of OLMT have been established at Ali Town, Thokar, Canal View, Hanjarwal, Wahdat Road, Awan Town, Sabzazar, Shahnoor, Salauddin Road, Bund Road, Samanabad, Gulshan Ravi, Chauburji, Anarkali, GPO, Lakshmi, Railway Station, Sultanpura, UET, Baghbanpura, Shalamar Gardens, Pakistan Mint, Mahmood Booti, Slamatpura, Islam Park and Dera Gujran.
