People Bus Service Karachi BRT

The Sindh has launched much needed public transit service in Karachi

The Sindh has launched much needed public transit service in Karachi. These New Buses in Karachi have a banner name as “Peoples Bus Service”. These Red Buses in Karachi will move on to 10 different routes, connecting major residentials hubs with Industrial and Business Centers.

Centralized Air-Conditioned Red Buses have the seating capacity of around 40 persons with dedicated spaces for Ladies along with standing capacity of around 40 more persons. Peoples Bus Service have fixed fare structure of PKR 50 per person per ride.

In the first phase, 140 buses are running on Five routes i.e. Route 1 (From Model Colony to Tower; 29.5 kms), Route 2 (Nagan Chowrangi to Indus Hospital; 32.9 kms), Route 3 ( from Five Star Chowrangi to Shaan Chowrangi; 33 kms), Route 9 (Gulshan e Hadeed to Malir Cantt Check Post 6; 34 kms) and Route 10 (Numaish Chowrangi to Sea View Clifton; 12 kms). This Bus Service starts from 7 am in the morning and operates till 10 pm night. Buses have a headway (timegap) of around 15 minutes in peak hours (i.e. 8 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 8 pm) and timegap of around 30 minutes in rest off peak hours.

In the second phase, further 110 buses, to make the total of 250 buses, will operate on complete 10 routes in Karachi.