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{{Short description|Mass Transportation System}}
{{Infobox Public transit
| name = Karachi Breeze
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| 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)
| track_gauge =
| reporting marks =
Line 33 ⟶ 34:
}}
[[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 ==
Line 39 ⟶ 40:
== 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 ===
Line 75 ⟶ 76:
{{Main|Orange Line - Karachi Metrobus}}
The [[Orange Line - Karachi Metrobus|
The line
The orange line:
Line 85 ⟶ 86:
=== 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=Bahria Town Karachi to Start "Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)" |date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Provincial Minister for Transport Syed Nasir Shah told Jang that the Blue Line will have 9 stations with 3 of them underground. Under the project, 357,000 passengers will be able to travel annually.▼
▲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 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)
* '''Landhi Station Terminal''' (<small>to [[Landhi railway station|Landhi KCR Station]]</small>)
=== Red Line ===
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
▲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>
Line 111 ⟶ 110:
* '''Regal Chowk Terminal''' (to Blue Line/Yellow Line)
* Regal Chowk Station Terminal (to KCR).
=== Brown Line ===
The government has acquired eighty 18-metre-long articulated buses for the Green Line, twenty 12-metre-long buses for the Orange Line and is in the process of acquiring twenty-five 18-metre-long articulated buses for the Green Line Extension project.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus Operation of Green and Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit System in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |url=http://pprasindh.gov.pk/tenders/34059TRANSPORT&MASS280717.zip |publisher=Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
== See also ==
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{{Bus rapid transit in Pakistan}}
{{Karachi topics}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Karachi Metrobus| ]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Transport in Karachi|BRT]]
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