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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}} is a network of [[bus rapid transit]] routes under construction in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. Construction began in 2013,<ref name="dawn1">{{cite news |title=PM announces Rs 15bn for Karachi 'Green Line' bus project |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1118317/pm-announces-rs15bn-for-karachi-green-line-bus-project |date=July 10, 2014 |work=[[Dawn (Newspaper)|Dawn]] | access-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710160923/http://www.dawn.com/news/1118317/pm-announces-rs15bn-for-karachi-green-line-bus-project |archive-date=July 10, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="express1">{{cite news |title=وزیراعظم کا کراچی میں 15 ارب روپے کے ریپڈ بس منصوبے کا اعلان |url=http://www.express.pk/story/270019/ |date=July 10, 2014 |work=Express |access-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711071444/http://www.express.pk/story/270019/ |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prime Minister Announces to Launch Metro Bus in Karachi |url=http://www.pakistantribune.com.pk/16911/prime-minister-announces-launch-metro-bus-karachi.html |date=July 10, 2014 |work=Pakistan Tribune |access-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144406/http://www.pakistantribune.com.pk/16911/prime-minister-announces-launch-metro-bus-karachi.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> two lines are operational and two lines are under construction as of September 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-15 |title=Karachi Red Line Bus Construction Work Begins, Sindh Police Announces New Routes |url=https://propakistani.pk/2022/03/15/karachi-red-line-bus-construction-work-begins-sindh-police-announces-new-routes/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=propakistani.pk |language=en-US}}</ref> with 2 more planned. The projectedcurrent ridership of the first line is estimated at 35055,000 passengers per day, with a total of 109 km of dedicated bus routes.<ref name="express1" /> Upon completion, it will become the largest BRT network in Pakistan, and will connect to the [[Karachi Circular Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Railways announces restoring KCR from Monday {{!}} SAMAA|url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2020/11/pakistan-railways-announces-restoring-kcr-from-monday/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Samaa TV|language=en-US}}</ref>
== History ==
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 lines, 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 criticised 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 line willtransports havearound the3,000 capacitypassengers todaily<ref>{{Cite carryweb up|last=Ayub to|first=Imran 50,000|date=2024-05-17 passengers|title=Karachi’s dailyBRT 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>, with a station located at every kilometre of its length. The line begins at Shahrah-e-Quaideen, near TMO Office, to Board Office, where it will joinjoins the Green Line BRT, through a rotary flyover.
The orange line:
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