Routes
Every Red Bus and EV bus route in Karachi.
The People’s Bus Service network has two families of routes — the numbered R-series red buses (R1 through R13) and the EV-series electric buses (EV1 through EV5). Below is the full list of routes RedBus Karachi plans against, with terminals and one-way length for each.
How fares and timings work across every route
- Operating hours: 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM
- Peak headway: ~15 minutes (8–10 AM, 5–8 PM)
- Off-peak headway: ~30 minutes
- Fare: Rs. 80 per person per ride for trips up to 15 km, Rs. 120 for trips above 15 km.
R-series — Red Buses
10 routesR1
Khokrapar to Dockyard
28 km
R2
Power House to Indus Hospital
30 km
R3
Power House to Nasir Jump · via Shaan Chowrangi
31 km
R4
Power House to Tower
21 km
R8
Yousuf Goth to Tower
17 km
R9
Gulshan-e-Hadeed to Tower
42 km
R10
Numaish Chowrangi to Ibrahim Hyderi
28 km
R11
Miran Nakka to Shireen Jinnah Colony
19 km
R12
Naddi Kinara to Lucky Star Saddar · via Khokrapar
31 km
R13
Hawksbay to Tower
20 km
EV-series — Electric buses
5 routesEV1
Malir Cantt to Dolmen Mall Clifton · via Tank Chowk, Karsaz, DHA Phase 1
28 km
EV2
Bahria Town to Malir Halt · via Dumba Goth, Baqai University
30 km
EV3
Malir Cantt Check Post 5 to Numaish · via Mausamiyat, Johar, Numaish
20 km
EV4
Bahria Town to Ayesha Manzil · via Jamali Pull, Al Asif, Sohrab Goth
34 km
EV5
DHA City to Sohrab Goth
20 km
Need more than one bus?
Most trips across Karachi need more than one bus. The RedBus Karachi app models the entire network as a graph and picks the shortest chain of buses for any destination — which bus to board first, where to switch, and exactly where to get off.