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==Metro== {{Main|List of rapid transit systems in Pakistan}} ===Train=== [[File:CNS Orange Line of Lahore Metro 1.jpg|thumb|[[Orange Line (Lahore Metro)|Orange Line Metro Train]], [[Lahore]]]] *The [[Orange Line (Lahore Metro)|Orange Line Metro Train]] is an automated [[rapid transit]] system in [[Lahore]].<ref>[http://tribune.com.pk/story/711864/good-news-on-track-lahore-to-get-pakistans-first-metro-train/ "Good news on track: Lahore to get Pakistan’s first metro train"], ''[[Express Tribune]]'', Lahore, 23 March 2014. Retrieved on 20 October 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/886037/development-agenda-lahore-metro-train-gets-green-signal |title=Development agenda: Lahore metro train gets green signal |date=14 May 2015 |work=[[Express Tribune]] }}</ref> The Orange line is the first of the three proposed rail lines proposed for the [[Lahore Metro]]. The line spans {{convert|27.1|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} with {{convert|25.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} elevated and {{convert|1.72|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} underground and have a cost of 251.06 billion Rupees ($1.6 billion).<ref name="Norinco">{{cite web|title=Norinco Technical Proposal|url=http://www.lahoremetroauraap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Norinco-Technical-Proposal.pdf|access-date=25 January 2017|date=January 2016|page=12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022759/http://www.lahoremetroauraap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Norinco-Technical-Proposal.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The line consists of 26 subway stations and is designed to carry over 250,000 passengers daily. ===Bus=== [[File:Islamabad Metro Bus.JPG|thumb|Track of [[Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metrobus]] with adjoining station]] *[[Lahore Metrobus]] is a [[bus rapid transit]] service operating in the city of [[Lahore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pakvisit.com/pakistan/metrobus.html|title=Metro Bus Lahore Pakistan -Rapid Bus Transport|website=pakvisit.com|access-date=2018-06-09|archive-date=9 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609002127/http://www.pakvisit.com/pakistan/metrobus.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Metrobus network's first phase was opened in February, 2013. *[[Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus]] is a {{convert|83.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} [[bus rapid transit]] system operating in the [[Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area]]. The Metrobus network's first phase was opened on June 4, 2015, and stretches 22 kilometres between [[Pak Secretariat]], in [[Islamabad]], and [[Saddar, Rawalpindi|Saddar]] in [[Rawalpindi]]. The system uses e-ticketing and an [[Intelligent Transportation System]] and is managed by the [[Punjab Mass Transit Authority]]. *[[Multan Metrobus]] is a [[bus rapid transit]] (BRT) system in [[Multan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/national/06-Jun-2014/work-on-multan-metro-bus-to-begin-on-august-14 |title= Work on Multan Metro Bus to Begin on August 14|newspaper= The Nation|access-date= January 30, 2018}}</ref> Construction on the line began in May 2015, while operations commenced on 24 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1310439/this-is-naya-pakistan-pm-inaugurates-rs29bn-metro-bus-project-in-multan|title= Prime Minister inaugurates Multan Metrobus|newspaper= Dawn News|date= 24 January 2017|access-date= January 24, 2018}}</ref> *[[Peshawar Metrobus|Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit]] (Peshawar BRT) is a [[bus rapid transit]] system by the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) in [[Peshawar]], capital of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province. The construction of the project was started in October 2017 and became operational on 13 August 2020. *[[Karachi Metrobus|Green Line Metrobus]] is the first phase of [[Karachi Metrobus]] that is operational in [[Karachi]]. The [[Government of Pakistan]] is financing the majority of the project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1055243/ground-breaking-ceremony-green-line-brt-finally-gets-go-ahead/|title=Ground-breaking ceremony: Green Line BRT finally gets go-ahead - The Express Tribune|date=2016-02-26|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref> Construction of the Green Line began on February 26, 2016, and became operational on 25 December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1241849|title=Karachi's Green Line bus will be more beautiful than Lahore metro: PM Nawaz|last=Dawn.com|date=2016-02-26|website=www.dawn.com|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref> *Faisalabad shuttle train service and [[Faisalabad Metrobus]] are the proposed rapid transit projects in the city of [[Faisalabad]]. These projects are the part of a mega-project of [[China–Pakistan Economic Corridor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/542890/special-shuttle-train-service-to-be-launched-for-workers-of-cpec-sez/|title=Special shuttle train service to be launched for workers of CPEC SEZ|date=20 January 2020|website=Daily Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/17091/cm-to-take-metro-bus-to-faisalabad/|title=CM to take metro bus to Faisalabad - Daily Times|date=2017-04-15|work=Daily Times|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref> ===Tram=== *A [[Mohamedali Tramways Company|tramway service]] was started in 1884 in [[Karachi]] but was closed in 1975.<ref name="Adnan, Imran">{{cite news|title=OLMT project to face further delay|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1941286/1-olmt-project-face-delay/|access-date=2 April 2019|agency=[[The Express Tribune]]|author=Adnan, Imran|date=1 April 2019|quote=As per the direction of the apex court, he said, the civil works of the project will be completed by end of July 2019. But the project will not enter into commercial operations by August or November 2019.}}</ref><ref name="thenews.com.pk">{{cite news|title=Manufacturing of orange trains starts, says Kh Hassan|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/122738-Manufacturing-of-orange-trains-starts-says-Kh-Hassan|access-date=24 January 2017|agency=The News|date=26 May 2016|quote=Latest technology will be employed for fabricating these trains and the rolling-stock will be fully computerised, automatic and driverless.}}</ref> [[Sindh Government]] is planning to restart the tramway services in the city by the collaboration of Austrian experts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://propakistani.pk/2019/01/02/karachi-is-planning-to-restart-tram-services/amp/|title=Karachi is Planning to Restart Tram Services|website=propakistani.pk|date=2 January 2019}}</ref> *In October 2019, a project for the construction of tramway service in [[Lahore]] has also been signed by the [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab Government]]. This project will be launched under public-private partnership in a joint venture of European and Chinese companies along with the Punjab transport department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1511430|title=MoU signed for tram service in Lahore|first=Khalid|last=Hasnain|date=18 October 2019|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref> ===Monorail=== *The [[Government of Pakistan]] is proposing plans to start a [[Monorail]] system in the federal capital [[Islamabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2267881/chinese-firm-sees-monorail-service-feasible|title=Chinese firm sees monorail service feasible|first=|last=|date=10 October 2020|website=Express Tribune}}</ref>
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