{"id":48780,"date":"2026-04-22T21:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48780"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:04:29","slug":"sindh-centre-agree-on-kcr-revival-new-train-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48780","title":{"rendered":"Sindh, Centre agree on KCR revival, new train routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The long-discussed revival of Karachi&#8217;s rail-based transport system gained fresh momentum on Tuesday as Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Federal Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi agreed on a wide-ranging plan covering the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), suburban train services, new intercity routes and urban greening initiatives along railway corridors.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting at the Chief Minister&#8217;s House reviewed proposals aimed at easing Karachi&#8217;s chronic transport crisis through a return to rail-based mass transit, alongside infrastructure upgrades and joint federal-provincial coordination.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key proposals discussed was the revival of suburban rail services in Karachi, which officials described as a &#8220;cost-effective and environmentally sustainable&#8221; alternative for daily commuters. The participants agreed that the KCR, once restored, would operate in coordination with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems as feeder services.<\/p>\n<p>Sindh Senior Sharjeel Inam Memon said the KCR remains &#8220;critical&#8221; for the city&#8217;s mobility needs and confirmed that the provincial government would develop a mega project for its revival through a public-private partnership model.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-discussed revival of Karachi&#8217;s rail-based transport system gained fresh momentum on Tuesday as Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Federal Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi agreed on a wide-ranging plan covering the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), suburban train services, new intercity routes and urban greening initiatives along railway corridors. The meeting at the Chief Minister&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}