The Green Line ( ur, ) is a bus rapid transit line of the Karachi Breeze metrobus system, operational since December 2021 in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

, Sindh, Pakistan. Its construction began in February 2016 on the orders of the then Prime Minister

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. Being stalled for years, it was then completed by the orders of Prime Minister

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. The busway is the first phase of the

Karachi Metrobus Karachi Breeze is a is a network of bus rapid transit lines under construction in Karachi, Pakistan. Construction began in 2013, two lines are operational and one line is under construction as of early 2022, with 3 more planned. The projected ri ...

network and has 22 stations (a station after every km). The Green Line was expected to be functional by November 2021 and to have a fleet of 80 buses operated by Daewoo. So far, 80 buses for the project have reached from China at the

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. Speaking at the ceremony held to celebrate the arrival of buses in Karachi, Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said, "The proper commercial operation of the Green Line bus service would begin in Karachi by 25 December 2021 after completion of the trials". Buses were purchased from

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Route

The route of Green Line is mentioned Below: Common Corridor Stations (Connected To Other BRTS Lines): * Tower B Station (Under Construction) * Tower A Station (Under Construction) * Light House Station (Under Construction) * Civil Hospital Station (Under Construction) * Jama Cloth Station (Under Construction) * Municipal Park Station (Under Construction) * Shownu Point Station (Under Construction) * Gul Plaza Station (Under Construction) * Sea Breeze Station (Under Construction) * Numaish Station Green Line Specific Stations: *Patel Para (Guru Mandir) Station *Lasbela Chowk Station *Sanitary Market (Gulbahar) Station *Nazimabad No.1 Station *Enquiry Office Station *Annu Bhai Park Station *Board Office Station (to Orange Line) *Hyderi Station *Five Star Chowrangi Station *Jummah Bazaar (Bayani Center) Station *Erum Shopping Mall (Shadman No.2) Station *Nagan Chowrangi Station *U.P. More Station *Road 4200 (Saleem Centre) Station *Power House Chowrangi Station *Road 2400 (Aisha Complex) Station *2 Minute Chowrangi Station *Surjani Chowrangi (4K) Station *Karimi Chowrangi Station *KDA Flats Station *Abdullah Chowk Station

Financing and construction

The

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financed the majority of the project. ''Engineering Associates'' were contracted as the designers and supervision consultants for Green Line while ''Think Transportation'' was contracted as urban engineering consultants. On 10 December 2021, Prime Minister

formally inaugurated the Green Line Bus Rapid Transit project. He announced that "commercial operations will begin on 25 December and total operations will start by 10 January (2022)". Limited operations began from 25 December 2021, with only 11 out of the 22 stations operational (1 station operational per 2 kilometres). The project started its full operations from 10 January 2022, as announced. A Spanish Firm Grupsa which provided platform screen doors for the Project, approached Pakistani Anti-corruption agencies for over invoicing its services. It claimed that a Pakistani contractor was embezzling funds.

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{{Public transport in Karachi Karachi Metrobus Transport Bus rapid transit in Pakistan

Route

Financing and construction

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