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Gemun Metropolitan Government officially launches the long-awaited metro network 
20 November 5653



Thousands of selfie-taking capital city residents crammed into train carriages on Monday as the traffic-clogged business hub celebrated the opening of its first-ever metro network after years of construction. Huge queues spilled out of every station along the ₸1,2bn lines which run almost 20km in every direction from the capital's central ward – with women, elderly, workers and couples clutching young children waiting excitedly to board. "Today feels like the history-in-making, and I feel so honoured and proud to be among the first on this metro,” said retiree Nalani Busuk after snatching a selfie in her jam-packed train car.

The large project of Gemun's underground system began almost ten years ago, when capital city's Metropolitan Government has announced that it will pursue the construction of the metro "at any cost", taking the big loans from the Dovani Developmet Fund and other possible private donors. Later on, following the dissolution of the fund, the underground network project was put onto a hold by the metropolis, as the DDF was a big part in financing already complex and expensive project denied in funding by Bianjie's central government, even though the latter would previously agree with Luthorian private companies on the purchase of 60 train cars.

In the end, it took Gemun 2 years of preparation, 6 years of construction and 1 year of testing, with pauses, and almost one and a half billion g'an of loans, budget and support from private companies, to finish the two first lines of the Metro: Lamun and Fulgiyan, meaning "blue" and "red" respectively, in Bianjie language. The metro "meets the growing travel needs of residents and contributes to reducing traffic congestion and environmental pollution", the city’s deputy mayor Gebu Layan (PCP) said. "This train will be able to carry more people than the harbour bridge and the tunnel combined during the peak hour and really takes the pressure off the rest of the public transport network," he said.



Shogyoshi (商業紙, Commercial Paper) is the daily and the largest financial newspaper in Bianjie founded in 5497. 
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