Green Line project to grow, connect with Orange Line

KARACHI: The Green Line project, which has helped to alleviate the alleviate the public transport issues Karachi faces, will soon be bolstered according to a meeting held on Friday. Connecting the transit line to the Orange Line and improving the overall quality of the service was discussed.

After being transferred from the federal government to the Sindh government in December 2024, additional buses will be provided to increase efficiency of transport and the overall quality of the service for citizens according to the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon.

The meeting, which was also attended by the TransKarachi’s Secretary of Transport Assad Zamin, MD Kamal Hakeem Dayo of Mass Transit Authority, and the CEO of TransKarachi Shamail Mohsin, detailed the ongoing project to connect the Green Line with the Orange Line.

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In March of this year, the Sindh government announced that they would provide a free shuttle service that would connect passengers of the two lines of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). This was presented as an alternative to the governments original plan, which sought to allow orange line buses to use Green line tracks before ultimately culminating at Nagan Chowrangi.

With the transfer over to the Sindh Government, the plan is to once again merge the two lines.

Additionally, the ongoing operation of the Green line and utility services were discussed, with Minister Memon stating that a RS 2 billion subsidy will be provided by the Federal Government.

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Memon expressed that although the ongoing public transport projects have helped the public to “heave a sigh of relief,” he would like to see further improvements in the system.