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===Green Line===

{{Main|Green Line - Karachi Metrobus}}

[[File:Downtown Nazimabad 2.jpg|thumb|Greenline passing through Nazimabad]]

The [[Green Line - Karachi Metrobus|Green Line]] is extend from [[Merewether Clock Tower|Merewether Tower]] in central Karachi, to [[Surjani Town|Surjani]] in northern Karachi, with a total length of {{convert|26|km|abbr=on}}. The [[Government of Pakistan]] financed the majority of the project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1055243/ground-breaking-ceremony-green-line-brt-finally-gets-go-ahead/|title=Ground-breaking ceremony: Green Line BRT finally gets go-ahead - The Express Tribune|date=2016-02-26|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref> Construction of the Green Line began on February 26, 2016 ended in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-10|title=Green Line bus service becomes fully operational in Karachi|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/924126-green-line-bus-service-becomes-fully-operational-in-karachi|access-date=2022-02-23|website=The News International|language=en}}</ref> The line have 22 bus stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1241849|title=Karachi's Green Line bus will be more beautiful than Lahore metro: PM Nawaz|last=Dawn.com|date=2016-02-26|website=www.dawn.com|access-date=2016-06-11}}</ref> ''Engineering Associates'' had been contracted as the designers and supervision consultants for Green Line while a Consortium of "Ernest & Young", "Exponent Engineers" & "Haider Mota & BNR" had been contracted for "Transaction Advisory for Bus Operational Plan".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1064250/extension-plans-green-line-goes-the-extra-mile//|title=Green Line goes the extra mile - The Express Tribune|date=2016-03-11|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1241849|title=Karachi's Green Line bus will be more beautiful than Lahore metro: PM Nawaz|last=Dawn.com|date=2016-02-26|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1034126/|title=گرین لائن ٹرانسپورٹ منصوبہ|last=اداریہ|date=2016-02-29|work=Dawn News Television|access-date=2018-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref> The line is served by 80 18-metre-long buses.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://pprasindh.gov.pk/tenders/34059TRANSPORT&MASS280717.zip|title=Tender for Green Line and Orange Line |date=2017-07-28|website=Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref> In addition, a Command and Control Centre is established at Garden West.