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=== 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 Lines would have 9 stations and 3 of them would be underground. Under the project, 357,000 passengers will be able to travel annually.

 

 

* '''Merewether Tower Terminal'''

* 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&nbsp;million, of which $382&nbsp;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" />

 

 

=== 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 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&nbsp;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" />

 

* Regal Chowk Station Terminal (to KCR).

=== Brown Line ===

 

== Fleet ==