Routes of Karachi electric, pink and people’s busses

Women-only Pink Bus

The Pink Bus, a citywide service that only serves women, was introduced on February 1. Sharjeel Inam Memon, the minister of Sindh’s information ministry, announced it on Twitter.

“Transport Dept. Govt. of Sindh will start new bus service in Karachi from tomorrow,” the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) wrote. This will only be available to women.

The Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) has shared the bus’s route, which is as follows:

Currently, there is only one route for the bus, which travels from Model Colony to Tower via II Chundrigar Road and Shahrah-e-Faisal Road.

People’s Bus Service

Karachi will welcome the Peoples Bus Service in June 2022. The best aspect of this service is that it will only cost you Rs. 50. (depending on your route, of course).

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the foreign minister, formally opened this bus service. The politician also took a trip on the bus to inspect the amenities.

For the intra-district bus project, 240 red hybrid air-conditioned buses were purchased from China.

The people’s bus service has the following routes:

Route 1: This 29-kilometre-long route covers the busiest arterials of the city, passing through Shahrah-e-Faisal. It starts from Model Colony and passes through Malir halt, Drigh Road, Karsaz, Metropole and finally ends at Tower.

Route 2: This route is 32.9 kilometres long and starts from North Karachi, ending at Indus Hospital. Buses on this route pass through Nagan Chowrangi, NIPA, Shah Faisal Colony, and Singer Chowrangi.

Route 3: This 33km route, starting from Nagan Chowrangi turns to North Nazimabad Town, Civic Centre, National Stadium, and KPT Interchange before ending at Singer Chowrangi.

Route 4: Starting from North Karachi, this route passes through New Karachi, University Road, Motorway M9, Ayesha Manzil, Lalu Khait, Guru Mandir, Empress Market, Sindh High Court, II Chundrigar Road and ends at the dockyard.

Routes 5, 6, and 7 are not functional at the moment due to ongoing repair work on the roads.

Route 8: Designated for Larkana (intra-city).

Route 9: Starting from Shireen Jinnah Colony the route goes to Lyari via Boat Basin, Mai Kolachi, Native Jetty, and Mauripur Road.

Route 10: This route starts from Numaish Chowrangi and ends at Clock Tower, Clifton via MA Jinnah Road, Tower, II Chundrigar Road, Arts Council, Metropolitan Hotel, Marriott Hotel, Teen Talwar, Do Talwar, Abdullah Shah Ghazi and Dolmen Mall.

Route 11: This route takes Shahrah-e-Faisal and connects Gulshan-e-Hadeed to Tower.

People’s Electric Bus Service

On January 13, the transport minister, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, minister of local government for Sindh, and Saeed Ghani, minister of labour for Sindh, officially launched the People’s Electric Bus Service at Clock Tower, Seaview.

According to the minister, “These buses, which run entirely on stored battery, are of European standard and will not spread any kind of pollution.” He also noted that in addition to reducing pollution, the buses would provide low-cost travel options to citizens.

This bus travels on Route 12 of the People’s Bus Service and is a part of that company.

Route 12: Starting from Malir Cantt check post 6 this bus travels to Clock Tower Roundabout at Sea View via Shahrah-e-Faisal, FTC building, Korangi Road, and Khayaban-e-Ittehad. This bus is unique in that it even goes to the Jinnah International Airport, and costs only Rs50.

Moreover, the People’s Bus Service has also already been launched in Hyderabad, and it will soon be launched in Sukkur.