Orange Line Train Going Solar to Cut Electricity Costs
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The Punjab government has decided to switch all stations and stops of the Orange Line Metro Train to solar energy in an effort to cut operating costs and reduce reliance on traditional electricity sources.
According to officials from the Orange Line project, a 1.6-megawatt solar power plant will be installed to supply electricity to the train’s stations. The solar-generated power will be used for escalators, platforms, and other station-related operations.
Currently, the provincial government provides billions of rupees in subsidies each year to keep the Orange Line running. With the shift to solar energy, officials estimate savings of millions of rupees every month in electricity bills.
The initiative is expected to ease the financial burden on the government and make the train system more sustainable in the long term.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2025/08/05/orange-line-train-going-solar-to-cut-electricity-costs/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
