Project launched to connect more Islamabad sectors via metro bus system

Network comprising 13 routes with 128 buses to be completed by the first quarter of 2023

ISLAMABAD:

A new project to connect different sectors of Islamabad through the metro bus system was launched on the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, said the PM Office on Thursday.

The project will use ‘feeder routes’ to connect commuters from various sectors of Islamabad to the central metro bus stations, from where they can transfer to other routes.

In the first phase, the feeder network comprising 13 routes with 128 buses will be completed by the first quarter of 2023.

Islamabad’s sectors F, G and I as well as D-12 will be connected to the central metro network through the new routes.

“These feeder routes will provide comfortable and international standard travel facilities to around 100,000 commuters,” said the PMO.

The PMO also mentioned that Shehbaz directed the authorities concerned to complete the project on a priority basis.

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Earlier in July, the premier inaugurated the Green and Blue lines of the mass transit metro bus service in the twin cities, the first interconnected four-line metro service in the country.

The new bus service connected Bhara Kahu, GT Road, Koral and Rawalpindi through the Green, Orange, Blue and Red Lines, respectively.

The bus service runs from Bhara Kahu to PIMS (Green Line) and from Koral to PIMS (Blue Line). The two lines will merge with the Red Line and from the Faiz Ahmad Faiz bus stop, passengers can take the Orange line to Islamabad International Airport.