Capital Development Authority (CDA) plans to introduce two new bus services — the Purple Line and the Silver Line — in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The new services will include special benefits for students and senior citizens.
CDA Chairman’s office has informed the media that the Purple Line bus service will operate on IJP Road, while the Silver Line will operate from Taramri. To further facilitate the commuters, the Blue Line bus service will be extended to Rawat.
Students and people over the age of 60 will pay only half the fare, while children under the age of ten will ride for free on both bus services.
People living near IJP Road, such as Pirwadhai, Khyaban-e-Sir Syed, Dhoke Najju, New Katarian, Dina, Pindora, Shamsabad, and the I-9, I-10, and I-11 sectors, would benefit from Purple Line bus service.
The initial plan called for the purchase of 300 new buses for these new services. The civic agency will likely contact China again to purchase new buses.
Speaking on the development, an official said:
The launch of two new bus services is part of the efforts being made to provide a modern transport system to the people at highly affordable prices. These services will cover those areas where Metro Bus service is currently not operating.
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A very good decision. If the metro or bus service is run separately on the routes from Pirwadhai to Rawat and Faizabad to Murree, then these two routes can cover the financial loss or expenses of the bus service running on other routes.
Please operate the service in E-11/F-11 secter side too . Thank you
Urgently needed to start bus service from Adyala Road to Metro Saddar terminal and further to Islamabad airport.
There is always big traffic on Adiala road .Government should start Bus service from Adiala road to Saddar Metro .I am 100 % agree with you.
Sir,
Blue line bus service gulberg to pims hospital.
Plz blue line start to Faisal mosque to rawat t-chowk. Plzzzz
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Very good
Kindly also include bus service from Sector B-17 to D chowak via margalla avenue. Specially students are facing problems to comute as there is no government schools, colleges and universities in B-17 sector.
Dear CDA team, plz also add line for Bari mam and QAU route.
Also start a bus service from kalma chowk to saddar metro terminal.
A large number of people daily travel from Wah cantt to Islamabad and back for jobs. A bus service from Wah cantt to Pak Secretariat is geniounly needed.
A very good decision by Govt. / CDA. to discourage the monopoly of private Vagans and their uncontrolled fares. V appreciate.
They also have to include card payment service for buses and and transportation.
why bus service rote are satlle from islamabad to taxila.thouand of people banifits of this rote which cover G 15, tarnol, cabnat divition,sang jani , D 17, B 17 and taxila population.these are neglected each time by CDA.most of govt emplies are daily traviling in this route and working in islamabad offices.
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There should be some route starting from kacheree cholk ,old airport road Islamabad highway till bahrakhu Islamabad.