Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the nation’s first tourist double-decker service at the city’s Punjab Stadium on Wednesday.
The C.M also visited the service’s terminal and procured a Rs200-ticket. Sharif visited the souvenir centre and viewed the items displayed there. He also travelled on the bus and acknowledged the public’s response on spotting him. Sharif said senior citizens, children under 10 and the physically challenged would be allowed to use the service for free. He said student tickets would cost Rs100 while the regular fare stood at Rs200. The C.M said the service would run between Gaddafi Stadium and Minar-ay-Pakistan. Sharif said there was a time when such buses were a common sight in the city but they had disappeared over time. He said the buses had been reintroduced to revive tourism. The chief minister further added, the service would allow tourists to experience Lahore and view its historical sites & provision of eye-catching rickshaws had been arranged in the Walled City for tourists using the service. The C.M said this would enable them to visit Lahore Fort, Badshahi Masjid and other historical wonders in the area and sample traditional delicacies at the Fort Road Food Street.
"Those using the service would also see the streets and "havelis" of the Walled City, foolproof security arrangements, the provision of well-trained staff and first-aid had been ensured for the service & the number of buses being operated under the service would be increased soon." Said, Chief Minister: Shehbaz Sharif.
Sharif said the metro bus was an exemplary urban mass transit facility which had enabled hundreds of thousands of citizens to reach various destinations for only Rs20. The chief minister said teachers, students, employees, lawyers, medics and workers had been deriving great benefit from the metro bus.
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