Green Line
Greenline passing through North Nazimabad
Overview
SystemKarachi Metrobus
OperatorGovernment of Sindh
Vehicle80 Hybrid buses
StatusIn service
Began service25 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-25)
Route
Route typeBus rapid transit
LocaleKarachi, Sindh, Pakistan
StartNumaish Chowrangi
ViaShahrah-e-Usman
EndSurjani Town
Stops22
Service
FrequencyOne bus every three minutes
Ridership135000 Per Day
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The Green Line (Urdu: سبز راہ ) is a bus rapid transit line of the Karachi Breeze metrobus system, operational since December 2021 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Its construction began in February 2016 on the orders of the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Being stalled for years, it was then completed by the orders of Prime Minister Imran Khan.[1] The 18 km (11.2 mi) busway is the first phase of the Karachi Metrobus network and has 22 stations (a station after every km).[2][3] The Green Line was expected to be functional by November 2021 and to have a fleet of 80 buses operated by Daewoo. So far, 80 buses for the project have reached from China at the Karachi Port. Speaking at the ceremony held to celebrate the arrival of buses in Karachi, Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said, "The proper commercial operation of the Green Line bus service would begin in Karachi by 25 December 2021 after completion of the trials". Buses were purchased from Foton Motor.[4][5]

Route

Hyderi Station in North Nazimabad
Interior of a Green Line station
Station at night
A station in North Nazimabad

The route of Green Line is mentioned Below:

Common Corridor Stations (Connected To Other BRTS Lines):

Green Line Specific Stations:

Financing and construction

The Government of Pakistan financed the majority of the project.[6][7][8] Engineering Associates were contracted as the designers and supervision consultants for Green Line while Think Transportation was contracted as urban engineering consultants.[9][10][11]

On 10 December 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan formally inaugurated the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit project. He announced that "commercial operations will begin on 25 December and total operations will start by 10 January (2022)".[12] Limited operations began from 25 December 2021, with only 11 out of the 22 stations operational (1 station operational per 2 kilometres). The project started its full operations from 10 January 2022, as announced.

A Spanish Firm Grupsa which provided platform screen doors for the Project, approached Pakistani Anti-corruption agencies for over invoicing its services. It claimed that a Pakistani contractor was embezzling funds.[13][14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PM announces Rs15bn for Karachi 'Green Line' bus project". Dawn. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "وزیراعظم کا کراچی میں 26 ارب روپے کے ریپڈ بس منصوبے کا اعلان". Express. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister Announces to Launch Metro Bus in Karachi". Pakistan Tribune. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "40 buses for Green Line BRTS project arrive at Karachi Port". The News. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  5. ^ "Beautiful sight: Green buses hit Karachi BRT in first experiment". SAMAA. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  6. ^ "Ground-breaking ceremony: Green Line BRT finally gets go-ahead". The Express Tribune. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  7. ^ https://arynews.tv/en/governor-imran-ismail-brt-karachi/amp/[dead link]
  8. ^ "Karachi's Green Line bus will be more beautiful than Lahore metro: PM Nawaz". Dawn. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  9. ^ "All aboard: Karachi's metro bus project to run along same way as Lahore". 10 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Karachi's Green Line bus will be more beautiful than Lahore metro: PM Nawaz". 26 February 2016.
  11. ^ "گرین لائن ٹرانسپورٹ منصوبہ". 29 February 2016.
  12. ^ "PM Imran inaugurates Karachi's much-awaited Green Line bus service". Dawn. 10 December 2021.
  13. ^ Ayub, Imran (2021-06-21). "Spanish firm approaches FIA, NAB over 'fraud' in Green Line project". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  14. ^ Editorial (2021-07-05). "Green Line controversy". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
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