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Transportation In Lahore |
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Transportation in Lahore is very efficient, making Lahore one of the most easily accessible cities in Pakistan. Apart from the Grand Trunk road that connects Lahore to Islamabad, the Pakistan government has introduced a number of other under passes and linking roads to avoid the usual traffic congestion. This can be evidently proven from the recent records that shows Lahore as having the highest number of underway passages.
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The very reliable transportation in Lahore connects the city to other parts of the country by means of railway, air and bus. Besides, Rickshaws and taxis have proved to be the most widely accessed means of transportation in Lahore. The railway headquarters of Pakistan is seated in Lahore and there's no doubt to the fact that railways serve as the most vital means of connecting different cities of Pakistan and bringing a large number of tourists from all corners of the country. People in Pakistan generally make use of the Lahore central railway station to carry out their business, education, and sight seeing programs.
Air travel in Lahore has also gained substantial significance and the government of Pakistan has recently constructed an entirely new airport in Lahore named as the Allam Iqbal International Airport. This new airport is served by a number of airlines including the national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines. This extended airport facility has facilitated the influx of a large crowd of Pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia for performing the auspicious Hajj.
However, the road transportation in Lahore is known to be the most treacherous in the country after Karachi. This is essentially because the number of vehicles in Lahore that surpasses the capacity of the roads to withhold them. Moreover, the road pathways are extremely unorganized making it difficult for people to access the tourist destinations or even their work shops on time. Although, government has been making earnest efforts to improve the road transportation in Lahore, there is an urgent need to take copious measures for reconstructing and improving the infrastructure in Pakistan. This and this alone can help lessen the frequent accidental instances of transportation in Lahore.
Of late, the ministry of transportation has taken steps to a mass transit system within the city and also to increase the frequency and speed of railway trains running between Lahore and Rawalpindi. Lahore's transportation, though on a point of development, has incessantly proved its objectives of providing the passengers with a comfortable and safe journey and it is essentially for this reason that the economy of Pakistan depends to a considerable extent, on the transportation of Lahore.
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