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‘Spanish firm to submit feasibility report for bullet train’
CORDOBA: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday said a Spanish company will submit a feasibility report about running a bullet train between Rawalpindi and Lahore by October this year. In this regard, a contract has already been awarded to the company for undertaking the project, he said while talking to newsmen in this historic city of Spain.
He said the two sides will also cooperate in improving the overall railways structure in Pakistan. Rashid appreciated the operational standard of the bullet train on which President Gen Pervez Musharraf and members of his entourage traveled from Madrid to Cordoba.
Answering a question, the minister said a mass transit plan has already been prepared to expand the railways network with the support of international companies. "We are hoping for international investment in a big way in the railways sector in Pakistan," he said, adding ath foreign companies' participation in undertaking railway projects will be on a build-operate-and transfer basis.
Replying to another question, Rashid said work on laying a double track between Karachi and Lahore would be completed by the end of this year.
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‘Spanish firm to submit feasibility report for bullet train’
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We need a bullet train between Karachi and Lahore more then Lahore and Rawalpindi... but hey it's better then nothing.
w/salaam
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‘Spanish firm to submit feasibility report for bullet train’
CORDOBA: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday said a Spanish company will submit a feasibility repor... of this year.[/color]
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We need a bullet train between Karachi and Lahore more then Lahore and Rawalpindi... but hey it's better then nothing.
w/salaam
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We need a bullet train between Karachi and Lahore more then Lahore and Rawalpindi... but hey it's better then nothing.
True.
Personally I dont like the idea of a bullet train. A high speed train is good enough.
In terms of railways we shoul defintely follow the Japanese model.
They've got a massive nework linking the country, that's what we need a nationwide network between all towns and cities. You then have the local trains that travel between place to place that are of a normal speed, and they have express trains that travel really fast for certain routes too.
They've got a massive nework linking the country, that's what we need a nationwide network between all towns and cities. You then have the local trains that travel between place to place that are of a normal speed, and they have express trains that travel really fast for certain routes too.
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True.
Personally I dont like the idea of a bullet train. A high speed train is good enough.
I wont mind going to karachi from isloo in 3.5 hours..
Well considering the time duration , i guess it should bei between rawaplpindi and lahore , while faisalbad be \i also connected via a link so there fore there will bei enough people taking it , and taking the costs out of govt. ticky ..........BOT should bei the mode.
here we go again
n wa happnd to mass transit system for 5 pakistani cities........... i heard on geo last week bout lahore1 dt it will b underground n overground...... forgot the date of completion..... i fink it was 2016....nt sure........ any idea???
found this link........ its old (2006) ba still......
3 more mass rail transit lines proposed
Green Line will start from Shahdara, pass Ravi Road, Data Gunj Buksh shrine, Lower Mall, Upper Mall, Queens Road, Ferozepur Road near Kalma Chowk, Model Town I and II, General Hospital and will end at Kahna
By Khawaja Naseer
LAHORE: MVA Asia, a Hong Kong-based engineering company, has proposed constructing three more lines for the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) because of the constantly increasing traffic in the city, senior Punjab government sources told Daily Times on Monday.
Initially, MVA Asia was given the contract to prepare the technical feasibility of the transit system's Green Line whose construction cost was estimated at about $2 billion, sources said, adding that MVA Asia had planned to design the Green Line covering an area of 27 kilometres from Shahdara to Kahna.
The four lines that LRMTS planned were based on an elevated and underground system, which would connect all areas of the city, sources said.
The elevated portion of the Green Line would start from Shahdara, will pass through Ravi Road, Data Gunj Buksh shrine, Lower Mall, The Mall, Queens Road and Ferozepur Road near Kalma Chowk, sources said, adding that the underground portion would begin from Kalama Chowk, pass through Model Town I and II, General Hospital and end at Kahna.
Green Line's proposed design included 19 stops including Shahdara, Timber Market, Bhaati Gate, Lahore Museum, Regal Chowk, Ganga Ram Hospital, Mozang Chungi, Ichhra, Wahdat Road, Gaddafi Stadium, Kalma Chowk, Model Town I and II and Kahna, sources added.
Train stations on the elevated route would be designed like overhead bridges while train stations on the underground route would have two entranceways and two exits, sources said, adding that MVA Asia was studying the London and New Delhi underground systems.
They also said the engineering company had designed the other three proposed lines. According to the design, a second line would start from Thokar Niaz Baig and would end at Daroghanwala, covering about 22 kilometres, sources said.
From Thokar, the proposed line would be elevated and would pass through Mansoora, Multan Road, Lake Road, Lakshmi Chowk and Railway Station from where the line's underground portion would begin, passing through Tezab Ahatha, Bhagwanpura, University of Engineering and Technology, Shalimar Gardens and Daroghanwala, sources added.
The third line would start from Chauburji and end at College Road, sources said, adding that from Chauburji the line would pass through Mozang Chungi, Shadman Chowk, Jail Road, Mian Boulevard Gulberg, Mian Boulevard Garden Town, Faisal Town and end at College Road, sources said.
The fourth line would start from Bhaati Chowk and end at Allama Iqbal International Airport. The line would pass through Bhaati Chowk, Brandreth Road, Railway Station, Allama Iqbal Road, Dharampura, Ghazi Road and end at Allama Iqbal International Airport, sources added. The Green Line would facilitate about 350,000 people, sources said, adding that the project's technical study would be completed by the end of May 2006. They said that to facilitate Lahoris the Punjab government had also started the Ring Road project.
The Punjab Transport Department is supervising the project while NESPAK is providing technical help on the Ring Road project. The Punjab Communications and Works Department is managing the Ring Road project.
Sources said that to avoid technical differences between both projects Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi had asked the Punjab Planning and Development Department to coordinate between the C&W and Transport Departments.
A mass transit system for Lahore has been the focus of discussion in government circles for many years. The feasibility of a light rail transit system was made by Japanese development organisation JICA in 1991 during Nawaz Sharif's term as prime minister. It had proposed a 13-kilometre-long system. The study was reviewed and updated as part of the World Bank funded "Lahore traffic and transport studies" in 1993.
The system's cost was estimated at about $400 million, but with better network coverage. In 1995 Japan proposed financing the original scheme with grants and loans of about $495 million, but the project could not be implemented due to many reasons.
Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...4-3-2006_pg7_20
found this link........ its old (2006) ba still......
3 more mass rail transit lines proposed
Green Line will start from Shahdara, pass Ravi Road, Data Gunj Buksh shrine, Lower Mall, Upper Mall, Queens Road, Ferozepur Road near Kalma Chowk, Model Town I and II, General Hospital and will end at Kahna
By Khawaja Naseer
LAHORE: MVA Asia, a Hong Kong-based engineering company, has proposed constructing three more lines for the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) because of the constantly increasing traffic in the city, senior Punjab government sources told Daily Times on Monday.
Initially, MVA Asia was given the contract to prepare the technical feasibility of the transit system's Green Line whose construction cost was estimated at about $2 billion, sources said, adding that MVA Asia had planned to design the Green Line covering an area of 27 kilometres from Shahdara to Kahna.
The four lines that LRMTS planned were based on an elevated and underground system, which would connect all areas of the city, sources said.
The elevated portion of the Green Line would start from Shahdara, will pass through Ravi Road, Data Gunj Buksh shrine, Lower Mall, The Mall, Queens Road and Ferozepur Road near Kalma Chowk, sources said, adding that the underground portion would begin from Kalama Chowk, pass through Model Town I and II, General Hospital and end at Kahna.
Green Line's proposed design included 19 stops including Shahdara, Timber Market, Bhaati Gate, Lahore Museum, Regal Chowk, Ganga Ram Hospital, Mozang Chungi, Ichhra, Wahdat Road, Gaddafi Stadium, Kalma Chowk, Model Town I and II and Kahna, sources added.
Train stations on the elevated route would be designed like overhead bridges while train stations on the underground route would have two entranceways and two exits, sources said, adding that MVA Asia was studying the London and New Delhi underground systems.
They also said the engineering company had designed the other three proposed lines. According to the design, a second line would start from Thokar Niaz Baig and would end at Daroghanwala, covering about 22 kilometres, sources said.
From Thokar, the proposed line would be elevated and would pass through Mansoora, Multan Road, Lake Road, Lakshmi Chowk and Railway Station from where the line's underground portion would begin, passing through Tezab Ahatha, Bhagwanpura, University of Engineering and Technology, Shalimar Gardens and Daroghanwala, sources added.
The third line would start from Chauburji and end at College Road, sources said, adding that from Chauburji the line would pass through Mozang Chungi, Shadman Chowk, Jail Road, Mian Boulevard Gulberg, Mian Boulevard Garden Town, Faisal Town and end at College Road, sources said.
The fourth line would start from Bhaati Chowk and end at Allama Iqbal International Airport. The line would pass through Bhaati Chowk, Brandreth Road, Railway Station, Allama Iqbal Road, Dharampura, Ghazi Road and end at Allama Iqbal International Airport, sources added. The Green Line would facilitate about 350,000 people, sources said, adding that the project's technical study would be completed by the end of May 2006. They said that to facilitate Lahoris the Punjab government had also started the Ring Road project.
The Punjab Transport Department is supervising the project while NESPAK is providing technical help on the Ring Road project. The Punjab Communications and Works Department is managing the Ring Road project.
Sources said that to avoid technical differences between both projects Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi had asked the Punjab Planning and Development Department to coordinate between the C&W and Transport Departments.
A mass transit system for Lahore has been the focus of discussion in government circles for many years. The feasibility of a light rail transit system was made by Japanese development organisation JICA in 1991 during Nawaz Sharif's term as prime minister. It had proposed a 13-kilometre-long system. The study was reviewed and updated as part of the World Bank funded "Lahore traffic and transport studies" in 1993.
The system's cost was estimated at about $400 million, but with better network coverage. In 1995 Japan proposed financing the original scheme with grants and loans of about $495 million, but the project could not be implemented due to many reasons.
Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...4-3-2006_pg7_20
show me the money
seen enough romours, untill we see it, it is not worth spending time arguing
seen enough romours, untill we see it, it is not worth spending time arguing
Lets first get the widely advertised Islamabad airport made first, it keep getting delayed because of raining weather.
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