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Discover Islamabad’s top attractions on this hop-on and hop-off sightseeing Bus

Islamabad’s first City Tour Bus service has finally been  launched  by Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to invite tourists to enjoy the beautiful attractions of twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

The sightseeing buses were inaugurated by Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana and PTDC Managing Director Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor on January 10 at the Flashman Hotel in Rawalpindi.

Ever since the news of launch was shared, Islamabad Scene received a fantastic response and number of queries on how to book the bus service.

To keep our viewers updated, we contacted the Manager of Islamabad City Tour at PTDC, Mr. Khalid Satti, to respond to the top FAQs and answers to the questions you wanted to know. Here it is:

1. What is the starting point of Bus service?

Flashman Hotel in Rawalpindi.

2. What are the charges?

Rs. 500 for students

Rs. 600 for everyone else.

P.S. These charges include the entry fees for all attractions.

3. What are the timings of Bus service?

It starts at 9 am from Flashman Hotel in Rawalpindi. Tour ends at around 3 pm.

4. Which tourist attractions are covered?

• Flashman Hotel to Super Market.
• Saidpur Village
• Faisal Mosque
• Pakistan Monument
• Lake View Park (Bird Aviary)

5. How to book Islamabad City Tour bus?

You can visit Flashman Hotel or PTDC Tourist Information Center in F-6 Supermarket.

You can also call: 051-9272017 or 051-9272018 or 051-9203223

For more details contact: 0300 5240746

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I came from UK with family and like the bus trip idea qutie interesting but unfortunately when I try to call at 10:30 in the morning, number provided on the website,for more information and booking all the number given were disconnected and no one pick the phone up on mobile phone number. Bad customer service!!!!!!

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Metro Bus Islamabad: Route, Stations, Timing, Ticket Price and More

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The Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus is a modern transportation system connecting Islamabad and Rawalpindi’s twin cities. The project was initiated in 2010 and completed in 2015, costing 46 billion PKR. The system has designated bus lanes, 38 stations, and modern air-conditioned buses that run on compressed natural gas, offering passengers a smooth and economical ride. The Metro Bus has reduced traffic congestion and travel times while following a strict timetable to ensure punctuality. It has become a necessary means of transportation for residents of the twin cities, contributing to pollution reduction through clean fuel technology.

Some distinctive features of Metro Bus Islamabad:

• Total Distance it Travels: Line1 covers 23 kilometres, and Line 2 covers around 25.6 kilometres
• Total Buses: 68 buses, out of which 60 buses are currently being used
• Total Stations: Line 1 covers 24 stations, and Line 2 covers 14 stations
• Timing: 6:15 am to 10:00 pm
• Ticket Price: 40 Rupees
• Free WIFI Access
• Air Conditioned Buses
• Elevators & Escalators

Islamabad Metro Route

The Islamabad Metro Bus system operates on two lines, totalling over 48 kilometres .

Line 1, which spans from Pak Secretariat in Islamabad to Saddar in Rawalpindi, is 23 kilometres long and has 24 stations. This line connects some of the major residential and commercial areas of both cities, including 

• Chandni Chowk

Line 2, also known as the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Shuttle, is 25.6 kilometres long and connects the Kashmir Highway with the New Islamabad International Airport. It has 14 stations and is designed to provide quick and easy access to the airport from various parts of the twin cities.

Metro Bus Islamabad Ticket Price

The cost of a ticket for the Islamabad and Rawalpindi Metro Bus is approximately PKR 40 , which can be purchased at the station. Commuters can choose between a metro bus card or a token, both of which serve the same purpose. 

The card is recommended for those who use the service daily for commuting to school, university, or work, as it eliminates the need to wait in line for a token. On the other hand, Tokens are valid for a single trip only and have a time limit of about an hour, after which they will no longer be accepted at the turnstile.

Metro Bus Islamabad Timing

Another amazing feature of Orange Train is its timing. You can easily access the train from 7:30 am to 11 pm .

Metro Bus Islamabad Stations

The Metro bus in Islamabad operates on Line 1 and Line 2. Line 1 spans 23 kilometres, starting from Pak Secretariat and ending in Saddar. On the other hand, Line 2 is 25.6 kilometres long, beginning from Kashmir Highway and ending at the Islamabad Airport.

Line 1 Metro Bus Stations

Line 1 Metro Bus passes through the following stations:

• Pak Secretariat
• Parade Ground
• Shaheed-e-Millat
• Stock Exchange
• Kashmir Highway
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz
• Khayaban-e-Johar
• Committee Chowk
• Liaqat Bagh
• Marrir Chowk

Line 2 Metro Bus Stations

Line 2 Metro Bus passes through the following stations:

• NUST/G-12 (East)
• NUST/G-12 (West)
• Golra Mor/G-13
• Grand Trunk Road
• Jammu & Kashmir/ G-15
• Badhana Kalan/G-16
• M1/M2 Interchange
• Rakh Pind Ranjha
• Islamabad Airport

In conclusion, the Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus system has been a significant development in the transportation infrastructure of the twin cities. Modern buses, designated bus lanes, and a rigid timetable have significantly reduced traffic congestion and commuter travel times. The affordable fare of PKR 40 and the option of a Metro Bus card make it an attractive option for daily commuters, students, and tourists alike. Check out Speedo Bus in Lahore .

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Bus From Lahore to Islamabad: How To Travel By Bus In Pakistan.

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• Updated On April 3, 2024

Traveling by bus in Pakistan is an affordable and popular way to get around.  (India may be famous for its trains; but in Pakistan travel by bus is the way to go!).  You may have traveled from India and crossed over the Wagah Border.  And if so, then Lahore will be your first stop.  And from there it’s easy to get a bus from Lahore to Islamabad. 

Here is everything you need to know to book and travel by bus from Lahore to Islamabad!  

Which companies have a bus from Lahore to Islamabad? 

The main companies booking a bus from Lahore to Islamabad are: 

• Faisal Movers
• Road Master

There are other companies, and of course you can hire a drive and take a taxi between the two cities.  But these are the largest bus operators in Pakistan. 

On our first trip we took a Premium Cruise Road Master bus from Lahore to Islamabad. 

How long does the trip take by bus from Lahore to Islamabad? 

The trip takes around 4.5 hours from Lahore to Islamabad.  (And remember the trip ends in Faizabad, Rawalpindi).

Buying a ticket for the bus  in Pakistan

Now, India has trains and Pakistan has buses. It isn’t quite so easy to book a bus ticket in Pakistan. But it is getting easier!

Faisal Movers, Daewoo and Road Master each have a website where you can book online with a local bank card. But it is debatable whether it will work with an international bank card…

The other slight challenge is that you can only book a bus from Lahore to Islamabad up to 7 days in advance.  Which, if you are trying to be organized, doesn’t help very much with planning your Pakistan itinerary. 

But there are plenty of buses from Lahore to Islamabad so rest assured you will not be stranded. 

You have a few options for how to buy a bus ticket in Pakistan.

• Once you arrive in the country you can call the local number to make a reservation (phone numbers below). 
• Book online within the 7 days (if your card works).  
• Or you may find your hotel or a guide or agent that can book it for you. 

To call and book a bus from Lahore to Islamabad: 

• Daewoo:  0304 111 7008
• Faisal Movers:  03111 224 488
• Road Master:  03 101 722 822

How much does a ticket cost for the bus from Lahore to Islamabad? 

Ticket prices for the bus from Lahore to Islamabad do vary somewhat by class of seat and by company.

Ticket prices range from 1850 – 3500 PKR (about $7 – $13 USD).

Where does the bus from Lahore to Islamabad depart from? 

Each bus company has a different bus terminal in Lahore and in Rawalpindi (Islamabad).  

Road Master Bus Terminals

• Lahore:  Road Master Bus Terminal, Main Band Road near Gulshan-e-Ravi, Lahore. 
• Islamabad:  Islamabad Bus Terminal Chungi #26, Peshawar Road, Chowk, Islamabad. 

And I feel like I need to make a special note here as we got off our bus at the first bus terminal in Rawalpindi – which was not the right one!

Fortunately, we had pre-booked a driver for our time in Islamabad and he was lovely and told us to wait right there and came and found us!

Faisal Movers Bus Terminals

Faisal Movers has four bus terminals in Lahore.

The main Faisal Movers bus terminal in Lahore is Abdullah Terminal on Band Road.

• Lahore:  Abdullah Travels, Band Road, Lahore. 
• Islamabad:  New City Terminal, Street Number 26, Jhangi Syedian, Islamabad. 

Daewoo Bus Terminals 

• Lahore Thokar:  Tokhar Niaz Baig between Multan Road and Mohlanwal Road (near POS Petrol Pump), Lahore. 
• Rawalpindi (Islamabad):  Khasra No. 1459/2/2 Village Jhangi Sayyedan (near EME College). 

There is more information about the Daewoo Bus Terminals on the Daewoo Express website.  

*But do note that the Daewoo bus from Lahore to Islamabad actually drops you in  Rawalpindi .

Getting to the Bus Terminal in Lahore

It is easy to get a taxi or an Uber in Lahore directly to the bus terminal.

Just double check you are heading to the correct bus terminal as each bus company is separate.

What is the bus like? 

The buses from Lahore to Islamabad are modern and comfortable coaches.

The bus has AC and likely comfortable reclining chairs.

Some of the buses offer free WIFI on board. And each of the bus company terminals has a small convenience store at the bus terminal.

And wait! Does the bus from Lahore to Islamabad not drop you off in Islamabad?

Islamabad is Pakistan’s capital city and the newest city in the country as well.

You might have been picturing a modern, air-conditioned bus station to match. But as you emerge from the desolate and dusty Punjabi countryside and find your bus journey imminently ending at a dated parking featuring barbwire fencing your initial concern is warranted.

This is not the imagined Islamabad downtown bus terminal. But don’t panic.

Passengers taking the bus from Lahore to Islamabad are dropped off in the old town of Rawalpindi.  This is known as the ‘Sister City’ to Islamabad and is the older (original?) city. 

From here you can get a taxi to your accommodation in Islamabad or if you are taking the Daewoo bus from Lahore to Islamabad there is a shuttle service.  

Where to stay before and after taking the bus from Lahore to Islamabad

• Gulberg, Lahore: Rose Palace Hotel A good base for your first night in Pakistan. A basic hotel but with large basic-but-plush rooms and buffet breakfast included each morning. Gym onsite and a small shop and bakery just at the entrance to the hotel.
• Davis Road, Lahore:  Grand Millennium Hotel We have stayed here multiple times as well. GMH has spacious comfortable rooms with great AC and a basic buffet breakfast upstairs. The location is closer towards the old city and a short rickshaw ride to Savour Foods and Anarkali Bazar. 
• Islamabad:  Shelton’s Rezidor Islamabad A good base for exploring Islamabad with breakfast included.  Located in the F-7 Sector neighbourhood in Islamabad.

Enjoy Islamabad 

Islamabad is a great city to explore. And if you are coming by bus from Lahore to Islamabad then the first thing you will notice is the contrast of the two cities. They are very different!

Islamabad is new and with many modern malls and restaurants. (There is actually no ‘old’ part of the city in Islamabad as there is in Lahore).

Be sure to visit the incredible Faisal Mosque and if you have time for dinner at Monal then you are in luck! 

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In Transit: Notes from the Underground

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Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

Buying Tickets

• Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
• You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
• There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
• Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
• If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
• You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
• You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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