{"id":90718,"date":"2025-02-21T21:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lahore-to-get-its-first-underground-metro-train-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T21:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:42:03","slug":"lahore-to-get-its-first-underground-metro-train-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lahore-to-get-its-first-underground-metro-train-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahore to get its first underground metro train | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"flex items-center text-center\"><figcaption class=\"text-3 font-sans uppercase mr-3 whitespace-no-wrap\"><span class=\"ls-art\">Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article<\/span><\/figcaption><audio class=\"h-5 w-60 sm:w-80 rounded-none\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"noplaybackrate nodownload\" id=\"tts\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/attachments\/speech_20250221185854547-Pa2Gi.mp3\"\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the launch of another mega project for Lahore. The Punjab government is set to introduce the province\u2019s first-ever fully underground Blue Line Metro Train service.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-kilometer-long project, which will run from Valencia Town to Babu Sabo Chowk, is scheduled for completion within the next three years. The estimated cost of the project is pegged at a whopping Rs600 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Sources reveal that the Punjab Transport Department has already begun working on the feasibility and design aspects of the Blue Line Metro Train project.<\/p>\n<p>The Punjab government is consistently working to provide affordable ways to commute across the province, with a key vision for a &#8220;Green Punjab&#8221; initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, CM Maryam inaugurated Lahore\u2019s first electric bus transport system, aiming to provide a more affordable commute.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, she confirmed that 27 electric buses had arrived, and set the fare at Rs20 to make public transport more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam further announced plans to introduce 500 more electric buses by August and expand the Metrobus service to Faisalabad and Gujranwala in the next financial year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the launch of another mega project for Lahore. The Punjab government is set to introduce the province\u2019s first-ever fully underground Blue Line Metro Train service. The 27-kilometer-long project, which will run from Valencia Town to Babu Sabo Chowk, is scheduled for completion within the next three years. 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