Pakistan's Orange Line metro train project under CPEC completed

The Orange Line Metro Train project in Lahore under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been completed and was delivered to the Pakistani side, it was announced. As an early-harvest project of the CPEC, the Orange Line is Pakistan's first-ever mass rapid urban transit train service, and the project is built by a joint venture of China State RaiThe Orange Line Metro Train project in Lahore under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been completed and was delivered to the Pakistani side, it was announced. Away Group Co., Ltd. and China North Industries Corporation, Xinhua news agency reported. With a total investment of around $1.6 billion, the construction work of the Orange Line project started in September 2015, and the project is expected to be put into commercial operation soon. Wang Yunlin, executive deputy general manager of the Orange Line project, told the media that despite the Covid-19 pandemic and tight construction schedule, the project was successfully completed and delivered. (IANS)

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