Karachi Circular Railway

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Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) is a Mass Transport System (MRTS) proposed for the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. A plan for building a mass transit system for this city has been under consideration since the 1980s. Due to various reasons this project has been kept on hold for long. In 2002 the Sindh government has appointer Engineering Consultants International (ECIL), a consulting firm to prepare a project work to revive this project. The study was named Viable Implementation Plan for the Revitalization of the Circular Railway. The ECIL has proposed a two-stage implementation for this project. The proposed KCR would connect many of the city’s industrial and commercial districts.

Contents 1 Benefits 2 Criticism. 3 Financial 4 Milestones. 5 Routes 6 See also. 7 External links. 8 References

[edit] Benefits

All karachiites will benefit from KCR

[edit] Criticism.

[edit] Financial

[edit] Milestones.

[edit] Routes

Route	Distance	No. of Stations	Name of Stations
Malir Cantt.-Karachi City-Malir Cantt.	29 kilometer	11	Malir Cantt. Station, Model Colony,Malir Colony Airport,Drigh Colony,Drigh Road Departure Yard,Chanesar Halt,Cantt. Station DCOS Halt,Karachi City Station
Landhi-Karachi City-Landhi	29 kilometer	11	Landhi Station,Malir City, Malir Colony Airport, Drigh Colony, Drigh Road Departure Yard, Chanesar Halt, Cantt. Station DCOS Halt, Karachi City Station
Karachi City-Dhabeji-Karachi City	51.1 kilometer	18	Dhabeji Station, Gaddar, Marshaling Yard Marshaling Yard Halt, Bilal Nala, Bin Qasim Jumma Goth, Landhi, Malir City Malir Colony, Airport, Drigh Colony Drigh Road, Departure Yard, Chanesar Halt Cantt. Station, DCOS Halt, Karachi City Station

[edit] See also.

• Mass Rapid Transit
• Pakistan Railways
• Transport in Pakistan

[edit] External links.

• Mass transit conundrum

• Revival of Karachi Circular Railway: ANALYSIS

• Pakistan Railway Discussion Group at Yahoo

[edit] References