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{{Short description|Mass Transportation System}}
{{Infobox Public transit
| name = Karachi Breeze
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| system_length = {{convert|112.9|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
| lines = 6<br /><small>2 operational<br />
| vehicles =
| stations = ~90
| daily_ridership = ~58,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayub |first=Imran |date=2024-05-17 |title=Karachi’s BRT Green and Orange lines now go hand in hand |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1833948 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> daily (Green and Orange lines)
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| reporting marks =
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| owner = [[Government of Sindh]]
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[[File:Routes under Karachi Breeze.png|thumb|All Routes under construction in Project Karachi Breeze. Author: [https://mobile.twitter.com/gulraizkhan/status/1619660934091534336 @Gulraiz]]]
'''Karachi Breeze''' is a {{convert|112.9|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
== History ==
Nawaz Sharif, during a high-level meeting in Karachi on July 10, 2014, announced funds to launch the BRT Green Line to alleviate the severe traffic congestion in the city.<ref name="pakistantoday.com.pk">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/29/slow-pace-of-work-on-green-line-irks-citizens/ |title=Slow pace of work on Green Line irks citizens |website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |language=en-GB |access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref> The slow pace of work on BRT Green Line has irked citizens as the digging work on main arteries has resulted in congestion of traffic,<ref name="pakistantoday.com.pk" /> which the former prime minister blamed on the Sindh government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://92newshd.tv/nawaz-declares-sindh-govt-responsible-delay-green-line-project/#.WnefZ5M-cUs |title=Nawaz declares Sindh govt responsible for delay in Green Line project
== Lines ==
The system will be divided into 6 dedicated lines or "busways". Currently, the Green and Orange lines are operational, the Red and Yellow lines are under-construction, and the Blue and Brown lines are in their planning stages.
=== Green Line ===
{{Main|Green Line - Karachi Metrobus}}
[[File:Downtown Nazimabad 2.jpg|thumb|Greenline passing through Nazimabad]]
The [[Green Line - Karachi Metrobus|
The green line:
{{div col}}
* '''Merewether Tower Terminal'''▼
▲* Numiash Chowrangi Station (<small>to Blue Line</small>)
* Mazar-e-Quaid Station▼
▲* Guru Mandir Chowrangi Station
* Lasbela Chowk Station
* Sanitary Market (Gulbahar) Station
* Nazimabad
*
*
*
*
*
*
* Nagan Chowrangi Station
* U.P. More Station
*
* Power House Chowrangi Station
* Road 2400 (Aisha Complex) Station
* 2 Minute Chowrangi Station
* 4K Chowrangi Station
* Karimi Chowrangi Station
* KDA Flats Station
{{div col end}}
=== Orange Line ===
{{Main|Orange Line - Karachi Metrobus}}
The Orange Line, also called the Edhi Line in honour of philanthropist [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-13|title=Karachi's Orange Line BRT renamed after Edhi|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1262246/loving-memory-orange-line-brt-renamed-edhi|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> is the shortest of the five line's, spreading over 3.9 km with only four stations within [[Orangi]].<ref name=":0" /> The Orange line will be spread over 2.3 km, of which 0.7 km will be elevated while 1.5 km will be on ground, whereas, the 1.5 km will be semi dedicated section. The project is entirely funded and built by the Sindh government. It was started in 2016, but finally the project was completed in 10 sep 2022 .<ref>{{Cite web|title=orange-line-bus-service-inaugurated-in-karachi|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/439412-orange-line-bus-service-inaugurated-in-karachi|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Nation|language=en}}</ref> The project was criticized as being the only BRT line of the system that was not devised in conjunction with community input.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2022-02-15|title=Construction work likely to complete in 6 months|url=https://nation.com.pk/30-Jan-2022/construction-work-on-phase-ii-track-likely-to-complete-in-next-six-months-sindh-governor|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Nation|language=en}}</ref> ▼
▲The [[Orange Line - Karachi Metrobus|Orange Line]], also called the Edhi Line in honour of philanthropist [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-13 |title=Karachi's Orange Line BRT renamed after Edhi |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1262246/loving-memory-orange-line-brt-renamed-edhi |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> is the shortest of the five
The line will have the capacity to carry up to 50,000 passengers daily, with a station located at every kilometer of its length. The line begins at Shahrah-e-Quaideen, near TMO Office, to Board Office, where it will join the Green Line BRT, through a rotary flyover. ▼
▲The line
The orange line:
Line 79 ⟶ 85:
* '''Orangi Town Terminal'''
=== Blue Line ===
The ''Blue Line'' will extend from [[Merewether Clock Tower|Merewether Tower]] in central Karachi, to Bahria Town in northeast Karachi at a total length of {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} along Jahangir Road, and Shahrah-e-Pakistan to [[Sohrab Goth]] and onto [[M-9 motorway (Pakistan)|Superhighway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Line Feasibility Study |url=http://greenline.gov.pk/doc/EID-CR(6)12149-FR-FEASIBILITY-03.pdf}}</ref> It will be the first privately funded transport system in Pakistan being funded by the [[Bahria Town Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bahriatowntoday.com/bahria-town-karachi-to-start-bus-rapid-transit-system-brts/ |title
▲The ''Blue Line'' will extend from [[Merewether Clock Tower|Merewether Tower]] in central Karachi, to Bahria Town in northeast Karachi at a total length of {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} along Jahangir Road, and Shahrah-e-Pakistan to [[Sohrab Goth]] and onto [[M-9 motorway (Pakistan)|Superhighway]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blue Line Feasibility Study|url=http://greenline.gov.pk/doc/EID-CR(6)12149-FR-FEASIBILITY-03.pdf}}</ref> It will be the first privately funded transport system in Pakistan being funded by the [[Bahria Town Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bahriatowntoday.com/bahria-town-karachi-to-start-bus-rapid-transit-system-brts/|title = Bahria Town Karachi to Start "Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)"|date = 14 March 2014}}</ref>
The blue line:
* '''Merewether Tower Terminal'''
* '''Numaish Chowrangi Station''' (<small>to
* Liaquatabad Station (<small>to [[Liaquatabad railway station|Liaquatabad KCR Station]]</small>)
* '''Bahria Town Terminal'''
=== Yellow Line ===
The 22-kilometre-long Yellow Line project will connect Numaish Chowrangi near the [[Mazar-e-Quaid]] in central Karachi, to its eastern suburbs of [[Korangi]] and [[Landhi]], terminating at Dawood Chowrangi.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2020-10-01 |title=Work on Yellow Line BRT pushed to next year |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2266571/work-on-yellow-line-brt-pushed-to-next-year |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> It has an estimated cost of $428
▲The 22-kilometre-long Yellow Line project will connect Numaish Chowrangi near the [[Mazar-e-Quaid]] in central Karachi, to its eastern suburbs of [[Korangi]] and [[Landhi]], terminating at Dawood Chowrangi.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-01|title=Work on Yellow Line BRT pushed to next year|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2266571/work-on-yellow-line-brt-pushed-to-next-year|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> It has an estimated cost of $428 million, of which $382 million will be financed by the [[World Bank]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=WB assures working to wrap up Karachi Yellow line design {{!}} SAMAA|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2020/11/wb-assures-working-to-wrap-up-karachi-yellow-line-design/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Samaa TV|language=en-US}}</ref> It will be serviced by 268 buses and 28 stations,<ref name=":1" /> including 22 at grade and 6 underground.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CM Murad Ali Shah orders transport department to complete Orange Line's infrastructure|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/722296-city-khi|access-date=2020-12-16|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref> Construction of the line was delayed due to the global [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]], and is expected to start in 2022, with completion in 2025.<ref name=":4" />
The
* '''Numiash Chowrangi Terminal''' (to Blue Line/Green Line)
* '''
=== Red Line ===
Construction of ''Red Line'' has been started and will connect central Karachi to its eastern suburbs.
▲Construction of ''Red Line'' has been started and will connect central Karachi to its eastern suburbs. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-19 |title=Construction work on Red Line BRT begins in Karachi |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/03/19/construction-work-on-red-line-brt-begins-in-karachi/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Pakistan Today |language=en-US}}</ref>It will extend from Numaish Chowrangi near the [[Mazar-e-Quaid]] in central Karachi, to Malir Halt in eastern Karachi via University Road.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Ebrahim|first=Zofeen T.|date=2020-01-23|title=Karachi's green buses to be powered by dung|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1530089|access-date=2020-12-16|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref> The system will be a "third generation" BRT system in which local buses can enter/exit the system at designated points, to travel between city streets and the dedicated bus corridor.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-25|title=Red Line Bus project inches forward|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2269909/red-line-bus-project-inches-forward|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> It will have at a total length of {{convert|27|km|abbr=on}}. Construction was to start in August 2020, but was delayed to 2021 due to the global [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]],<ref name=":5" /> and was originally planned to be completed in 2022 at a cost of $503.2 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ali|first=Kashaf|date=2020-11-10|title=Karachi BRT Red Line Project Will Boost Pakistan's Transport Sector Sustainably: ADB|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40031811|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Brecorder|language=en}}</ref> The projected ridership of the system is 300,000 passengers per day.<ref name=":2" />
It is the first transportation project in the world to receive funding from the UN [[Green Climate Fund]] for its use of [[biomethane]] from cow dung to power buses.<ref name=":2" /> A facility will be established at [[Cattle Colony]] to produce 11 tonnes of biogas per day for the line's 213 buses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BR-ePaper {{!}} Nov 29, 2019 {{!}} Page National News Page 5|url=https://epaper.brecorder.com/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=epaper.brecorder.com|language=en}}</ref> A system of drains will also be built along the line to harvest rainwater for horticultural use, while the drains will also be perforated to allow rainwater to recharge water tables.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-22 |title=Red Line to introduce rainwater storage system |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2273166/red-line-to-introduce-rainwater-storage-system |access-date=2020-12-16 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
The red line:
Line 107 ⟶ 111:
* Regal Chowk Station Terminal (to KCR).
=== Brown Line ===
Brown line BRT will start from Singer Chowrangi of Korangi Industrial Area. The first station of Brown line BRT is integrated with Yellow line BRT. Brown Line BRT will pass through Shama Centre Shah Faisal Colony, Drigh Road where it has a combined station with Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), Nipa Chowrangi (combined station with Red Line and KCR), Sohrab Goth (combined station with Blue Line) and will end at Nagan Chowrangi (combined station with Green Line).
== Fleet ==
The government
== See also ==
* [[Lahore Metrobus]]
* [[Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus]]
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* [[List of rapid transit systems in Pakistan]]
== References ==
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