The federal government has planned to connect the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) with five under-construction Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in the metropolis to ease the pressure of traffic on roads.
The plan was shared by Pakistan Railways officials while briefing Senate’s Standing Committee on Pakistan Railways. The meeting was held on Tuesday and was presided over by Chairman Muhammad Qasim at City Station in the port city.
The Railway officials briefed the Standing Committee regarding encroachment on Pakistan Railway’s land in Sindh and the measures to restore the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) to its original route.
“There is a plan to connect the KCR with the under-construction five BRT lines’ routes in the city,” the railway official told the meeting.
The Committee also recommended linking the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) with Jinnah International Airport in order to provide benefit to passengers coming from abroad and within the country.
The Committee briefed that Karachi Circular Railway will have electric trains and each train will have the capacity of not less than 814 passengers.
Karachi Breeze is a 112.9 km (70.2 mi) network of Bus Rapid Transit lines under construction in Karachi.
The name was officially given by the Sindh Mass Transit Authority for Karachi’s Bus and Mass Rapid Transit system.
