Orange Line Central Station will be Asia's largest Intra-city Metro underground station

Lord Mayor of Lahore Colonel (retd) Mubashir Javed visited GPO chowk, Mall road on 3rd January to examine the construction going on of Orange line metro train.

Orange line metro train track length is 27.12 km out of which 25.4 km is elevated while remaining 1.72 will be made underground by making cut and cover.

Supreme Court had put stay order against construction within 200 ft of 11 different historical sites given the reservations of civil societies some 22 months ago. But since the stay order has been lifted, work on all these sites including GPO chowk has started with full swing.

One of the two underground stations, Central station will also be built at GPO chowk which is the most critical part of the project since it is situated at one of the busiest places of Lahore, the heart of city and downtown, Mall road. While talking to media, Colonel (retd) Mubashir Javed revealed that Central station will be Asia's largest Intra-city Metro underground station covering a huge area of 10,000 square meters.

Traffic Diversion Plan for GPO chowk

In order to complete project on time and speed up the work, city traffic police has closed this intersection for 3 months from 1st January. Traffic diversion plans have also been setup to avoid traffic jams and choas.

• Traffic coming from Chairing Cross and Assembly hall and willing to go towards Lower Mall will have to take left turn at State Bank chowk towards Fane road. Then from Mozang Adda chowk, traffic will take turn towards right and go to Lower Mall road via AG office and Jain Mandir.
• Traffic coming from Data darbar, Town hall and Anarkali, and willing to go towards Chairing Cross will be diverted towards Napier road via Neela Gumbad. Then it can come on Mall road via Highcourt chowk.