Green Line BRT buses to reach Karachi next week
- By Web Desk -
- Sep 11, 2021
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar revealed on Saturday that the first consignment of 40 Green Line BRT buses would reach Karachi port next week, ARY News reported.
He unveiled this while addressing a press conference along with Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Ali Haider Zaidi at KPT Port House Karachi.
Briefing media on the Green Line BRT project, Asad Umar said that a bus depot had been built for 80 buses whereas 22 stations had been completed.
The minister further informed that a comprehensive Command and Control Centre had been established for different BRT lines.
Read: GREEN LINE BUS SERVICE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN NOV: ASAD UMAR
Asad Umar said that the Green Line bus service will become operational in Karachi in November this year while the second consignment of 40 more buses will reach by the end of October.
Green Line BRT project
Karachi’s Green Line BRT project with intersections is 24 km long which includes 12.7 km elevated, 10.9 km at grade, and 422 meters underground, and has 25 stations.
Read more: ‘PM IMRAN TO INAUGURATE KARACHI’S GREEN LINE BRT PROJECT IN AUGUST’
The phase-II common corridor from Gurumandir up to Municipal Park with a length of 2.5 km has two underpasses at M.A Jinnah Road.
The state-of-art underground bus terminal with a parking facility and the commercial mezzanine floor was being also being constructed at Numaish.
The construction work on Phase-I was started in 2016.