LAHORE: Six tracks, each measuring 125 metres, have been laid at near Dera Gujjran for parking coaches being imported from China for Orange Line Metro Train, the first consignment of which is scheduled to reach Lahore by the end of next month.
This was informed by Khawaja Ahmad Hassan who is the chairman of the steering committee for the Orange Line Metro Train Project. He told that one complete train set, comprising of five cars, could be parked on a single track.
The meeting was informed that for operating the train with electricity, two high voltage substations were being built along the track of Lahore Orange Line Metro Train. Pakistan Railways has provided land to LDA for construction of one such sub-station at GT Road near University of Engineering & Technology while the other substation was being built near Shah Noor Studio at Multan Road. Both these installations will also be fully functional by the next month, he added.