Karachi’s long-awaited Yellow Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is expected to be completed by December this year, bringing much-needed relief to millions of daily commuters struggling with the city’s chronic transport crisis.
Reports highlight that Karachi requires at least 15,000 buses, yet only a fraction of that—mostly outdated and substandard vehicles—currently operate, making public transport one of the city’s biggest challenges.
Launched in 2022 as part of the Karachi Master Transport Plan, the Yellow Line BRT will cover a 21-kilometer corridor from Dawood Chowrangi to Khalid Bin Waleed Road. The route will feature 36 state-of-the-art stations and is designed to serve around 300,000 passengers daily. The project’s estimated cost is US$428 million.
Equipped with electric buses, the Yellow Line aims to provide modern, safe, and eco-friendly travel, reducing pollution and easing dependence on costly, unregulated transport. This makes it Karachi’s third major BRT system after the Green and Red Lines.
Both the World Bank and the Sindh government have played a significant role in financing and supporting the project, which is expected to transform the city’s public transport network.
