Izikhulu zasePakistan zimemezele ukuthi insizakalo yesitimela sokuqala kunazo zonke ezweni, eyakhiwe ngu I-China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. kanye neChina North Industries Corporation, isiqalile imisebenzi yayo yezentengiselwano.
Inkampani yezentengiselwano i-Orange Line ivulwe ngeSonto eLahore, inhlokodolobha yesifundazwe sasePunjab ePakistan, kuvulwa isigaba esisha sezwe laseNingizimu Asia emkhakheni wezokuthutha zomphakathi.
Njengephrojekthi yokuqala ngaphansi kweChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), i-Orange Line isetshenziswa yiGuangzhou Metro Group, iNorinco International kanye neDaewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service.
Phakathi neminyaka emihlanu yokwakhiwa, i-Orange Line idale amathuba emisebenzi angaphezu kwezi-7,000 kubantu bendawo futhi esikhathini sokusebenza nokunakekelwa kwayo, izodalela abantu bendawo imisebenzi engama-2,000 XNUMX.
UNgqongqoshe Omkhulu wasePunjab Sardar Usman Buzdar utshele umcimbi wokwethulwa komsebenzi wezentengiso ukuthi uhulumeni wesifundazwe wasePunjab ubonga iChina ngokuxhasa kwayo okungakaze kubonwe ekuphothulweni kwephrojekthi yezokuthutha ngobuningi, wengeza nokuthi ubungani phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kuzoqinisa ngokuqedwa kohlelo lwezitimela zikamasipala ongaphansi kweCPEC.
Ekhuluma kulo mcimbi, uLong Dingbin, inxusa jikelele laseChina eLahore, uthe i-Orange Line kungenye impumelelo efinyelelwe yi-CPEC futhi izothuthukisa kakhulu izimo zezimoto eLahore futhi ibe yindawo entsha yedolobha.
Wengeze nokuthi ukwethulwa kwe-Orange Line kuzothuthukisa kakhulu izimo zethrafikhi eLahore.
I-Orange Line ihlanganisa ingqikithi yamakhilomitha angama-27 futhi ineziteshi ezingama-26 ezibandakanya izitobhi eziphakeme ezingama-24 neziteshi ezimbili ezingaphansi komhlaba.
Izitimela ezingaba ngu-27 zezitimela ezonga ugesi, ngasinye siqukethe izinqola ezinomoya opholile, ezinesivinini sokusebenza esingama-80 km ngehora, zizohlinzeka ngendawo yokuhamba enethezekile, ephephile futhi eyonga abagibeli abangama-250,000 nsuku zonke.
