Lahore Metro
Metro railways of Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore Metro is a rapid transit system in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Four metro lines have been proposed, of which only the Orange Line is currently operational. It is also Pakistan's first and only metro line system.
History
The Lahore Metro was first proposed in 1991 and reviewed in 1993 by the Lahore Traffic & Transport Studies, funded by the World Bank. The project was subsequently shelved. In 2005, the Ministry of Transport revisited the project and carried out a feasibility study. In 2007, the Asian Development Bank provided Rs. 1 billion (US$3.6 million) to conduct a study on the project. The initial plan called for an 82-kilometre (51 mi) rail network with 60 stations to be constructed in four separate phases. The first phase involved the construction of a 27-kilometre (17 mi) rail line between Gajju Matta and Shahdara Bagh, with an 11.6-kilometre (7.2 mi) section underground.
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