Construction of Metro Train ProjectLahore orange line metro train project, Lahore

RASHID IQBAL SALEEMI

2011-CT-15

B.S.C CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

8TH SEMESTER

PRESENTED TO SIR AURANGZAIB KHAN

INTRODUCTION

The Lahore Metro or Lahore Rapid MassTransit System (LRMTS) is an underconstruction rapid transit system (metrotrain system) for Lahore, the secondlargest city of Pakistan. First proposed in1991, funding was not secured, and in2012 it was abandoned by the Punjabgovernment in favor of the more cost–effective Lahore Metro Bus System whichopened in February 2013.

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However, the Punjab Governmentdecided to restart development onthe Lahore Metro as a $1.6 billionproject with Chinese assistance.The Orange Line, which will be 27.1-kilometre (16.8 mi) long (25.4kilometers (15.8 mi) of which will beelevated), will be the first line of theproject and is under construction.

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It consist of 27.1km long line.

It contain 26 stations.

It is consist of double lane train.

It could accommodate up to 30,000 people per hour.

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The service will initially benefit around 250,000 passengers a day.

The capacity will be increased to 500,000 passengers a day by 2025

It is financed by Chines Govt. as part of China-Pakistan Economic corridor.

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It estimate of completion is about 27 months.

It will cost about 165 billion rupees.

The client form the Govt. side is TEPA.

The Consultant is NESPAK.

The Contractors are Habib construction and Joint venture between MAQBOOL KOLSON.

COMPARISON BETWEEN LIGHT RAILS WITH THE METRO SYSTEM

Prior to Trans Milenio opened in 2000, which carrying more than 35k people per hour, it was assumed that metro system could carry 12000 people per hour only.

Light rail, by comparison, has reported passenger capacities between 3,500pph to 19000 pph.

From these finding it said that light rail could carry more passengers than bus way.

COMPARISON BETWEEN LIGHT RAILS WITH THE METRO SYSTEM

To meet these conditions we should need a corridor with only one available lane in each direction, more than 16,000 passengers per direction per hour but less than 20,000, and a long block length, because the train cannot block intersections.

These conditions are rare, but in that specific instance, light rail would have a significant operational advantage.

COMPARISON WITH THE CONVENTIONAL BUS

The conventional buses use the general traffic lanes for the transportation of the passengers.

Due to traffic jams, bus stopping at every bus stop and pulling back bus to the traffic, passenger time taken to buy fare tickets and boarding and stepping down form the bus , cusses the bus to slow down.

In 2013, the New York City authorities noted that buses on 34th Street, which carried 33,000 bus riders a day on local and express routes, traveled at 4.5 miles per hour (7.2 km/h), only slightly faster than walking pace.

COMPARISON WITH THE CONVENTIONAL BUS

Whereas the speed of the buses in London is about 14 km/hr.

On the other hand the bus speed in bus rapid transit is between 17 to 30 miles per hour (27 to 48 km/h).

This suggest that the speed of the BRT is greater than conventional buses so the BRT carry more traffic.

COST COMPARISON OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT

The capital costs of implementing BRT are lower than for LRT.

According to United States Government Accountability Office the average capital cost per mile for bus ways was $13.5 million (1.40 billion rupees per mile) while light rail average costs were $34.8 million (3.5 billion rupees per mile).

Operational costs of running a BRT system are generally lower than light rail.

COST COMPARISON OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT

Proponents of light rail argue that the typically larger light rail vehicles enjoy reduced labor costs per passenger, and the unit capital cost per passenger can be lower than BRT.

Lahore BRT cost about 30 billion rupees of 27 km, where as the same length for the rapid mass transit train is costing 165 billion rupees.

Whereas Rawalpindi-Islamabad cost about 50 billion rupees per 22.5 km route (2.2 billion PRs. per Km).

Construction of the metro train Lahore

Boring

Auger boring

Reverse rotary boring

Construction of the metro train Lahore

Concreting in piles

Cage lowering

Concreting

Construction of the metro train Lahore

PILE CAP

Excavation and pit preparation

Steel fixing

Formwork for concreting

Concreting

Construction of the metro train Lahore

Pier

Steel and scaffolding

Pier formwork and concreting

Pier top collar

Completed pier

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