After many hurdles and delays, the much-awaited Karachi’s Green Line Rapid Bus Transit Project finally became operational on Saturday with 25 of 80 buses in the fleet.

In the trial phase, the buses will shuttle passengers between Surjani Town and Numaish Chowrangi for four hours — 8am to 12pm — until January 10. The service will then move to full-scale services from 6am to 10pmIn the ‘soft start’, the buses will only shuttle between 11 of the total 21 stops on the route.

The ticket price will vary between Rs 15 and Rs 55 while the children up to three feet tall can travel in the BRT for free.