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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 LinesLine wouldwill have 9 stations andwith 3 of them would be underground. Under the project, 357,000 passengers will be able to travel annually.