Metro train Lahore, a gift from China
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Pakistan s first ever metro train service, the Orange Line, starts its commercial operation in Lahore on October 26.
South Asia s first electric train is up and running in Lahore, Pakistan, bringing hi-tech rail travel to the city of more than 12 million people. The Orange Line Metro Train, (OLMT Lahore project) is a gift from the Chinese to the Pakistani people, Chinese Consul General Lahore, Long Dingbin, told China Today.
OLMT Lahore, constructed and operated with Chinese technology, was put into operation on October 25, as a project of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an iconic and mega-funded development venture of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Inaugural ceremonies for Pakistan s first ever metro train service took place simultaneously in Lahore and Beijing.