The government will give annual subsidy of Rs5.62 billion to the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) service. Initially, the one-way train fare has been fixed at Rs40 for six months. The Orange Line train will consume electricity costing more than Rs1.9 billion annually. The Orange Line train service will be inaugurated on Sunday and citizens will be able to travel on it from October 26. The transport minister said the Orange Line train would initially run for 13 hours.

Source: The Express Tribune October 23, 2020 04:52 UTC