The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is a 83.6 km (51.9 mi) bus rapid transit system operating in the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area of Pakistan. It consists of four routes, namely the Red, Orange, Blue, and Green Lines. The Red and Orange Lines have dedicated lanes with proper stations built along them, while the Blue and Green Lines currently run along the Islamabad Expressway and Srinagar Highway respectively, with regular traffic.
The Metrobus network's Red Line was the first to be opened, on 4 June 2015, and stretches 22.5 kilometers between Pak Secretariat, in Islamabad, and Saddar in Rawalpindi. The second route, the Orange Line, stretches 25.6 kilometers between the Peshawar Morr Interchange and the Islamabad International Airport, and was inaugurated on 18 April 2022. On 7 July 2022, the Green Line and Blue Lines were added to this Metrobus network.
The system uses e-ticketing and an Intelligent Transportation System, where the Red Line is managed by the Punjab Mass Transit Authority while the rest are being managed by the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
On 25 November 2023, CDA announced that it would be importing 160 buses from China, to operate on routes defined by CDA and operated by NRTC. One batch was set to arrive on January while the other to arrive in February/March. On 7 January the first batch of 30 buses arrived in Islamabad. On 1 April a batch of 30 buses was dispatched from China to be received from Karachi and reach Islamabad in three weeks. On May 22 a batch had arrived in Karachi. On 4 June 2024 a batch of 30 buses was received in Islamabad
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