Rawalpindi adds 35 electric buses, fleet reaches 80
The new buses run on eight of the network's ten routes from Friday, with two Peshawar Road routes still closed for underpass construction.
Thirty-five more electric buses have arrived in Rawalpindi, taking the city's fleet to 80, and they begin running on the network's eight working routes on Friday.
Two of the ten routes have been out of service for two months because of construction work on the Race Course Park and Charing Cross underpasses on Peshawar Road. The Punjab Mass Transit Authority suspended buses on those two routes on the recommendation of the traffic police. TechJuice named them as Saddar to Bhatta Chowk and Marrir Chowk to Motorway Chowk Chungi No 26. The portion of Dawn's report available was cut off at the first of the two route names.
A senior district administration official told reporters that 25 buses will be used on the eight active routes according to need, and the remaining vehicles will be deployed once the suspended routes reopen. He said 40 buses are running at present and five are held in reserve.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz launched the electric bus service in Rawalpindi in November 2025 with 45 buses. TechJuice reported that the government arranged 35 more after a positive response from commuters. Women, elderly people and students travel free of charge, and other passengers pay a fare of Rs25.
ProPakistani also reported the fleet figure of 80 and the operation of the buses on eight routes, presenting the arrival as part of an expansion the government is preparing. Its published excerpt did not carry further detail.
Punjab Mass Transit Authority General Manager Operations Uzair Shah told Dawn that charging arrangements for the new buses have been completed at the Regional Transport Authority bus depot on Adamjee Road. He said the authority is legally entitled to operate feeder buses for the Metro Bus Service, that all the electric buses will run inside Rawalpindi, and that they will be linked to the Metro Bus Service connecting Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
How the reports differ
TechJuice alone carried the district administration official's deployment figures, saying 25 buses will serve the eight active routes on a need basis with the rest held for the two closed routes, and that 40 buses are running and five are in reserve. TechJuice also named both suspended routes, Saddar to Bhatta Chowk and Marrir Chowk to Motorway Chowk Chungi No 26, and set out the fare rules; the section of Dawn's report available stops mid-sentence at the first route name. Dawn alone quoted Punjab Mass Transit Authority General Manager Operations Uzair Shah on the completed charging arrangements at the Adamjee Road depot and on the authority's legal cover for running Metro Bus feeder services. ProPakistani reported the same fleet and route numbers and cast the arrival as part of an expansion the government is preparing, without official quotes in its published excerpt.
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