AO Chowk Station Karachi — Orange Line BRT | Timings, Fares & Connections (2026)

AO Chowk Station is a BRT station on the Orange Line (Abdul Sattar Edhi Line) of the Karachi Breeze network in Karachi — the Nazimabad terminus of the line, at Board Office. The next station towards Orangi Town is Abdul Sattar Chowrangi.

Interchange: AO Chowk is the Orange Line’s interchange with the Green Line at Board Office — one integrated ticket covers both lines.

⚡ AO Chowk Station Quick Facts

Line: Orange Line (Abdul Sattar Edhi Line) (Karachi Breeze)
Position: Station 1 of 4 · Next: Abdul Sattar Chowrangi
Service hours: 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, seven days a week
Frequency: buses frequently through the day (the full trip takes only a few minutes)
Operator: Government of Sindh / Karachi Breeze

🎟️ Tickets & Fares at AO Chowk

PKR 25 per ticket, or PKR 20 with a Breeze Card. Since the 2024 integration, one ticket covers transfers between the Orange and Green lines at Board Office / AO Chowk. Buy tickets or recharge at the station — BRT stations have staffed booths and vending machines, and platform entry is through the fare gates.

🔀 Connecting Buses from AO Chowk

Pink Bus R3 — North Karachi to Nasir Jump
Green Line BRT — interchange at Board Office

🧭 Using AO Chowk Station

Enter the station and buy a ticket or tap your Breeze Card at the gates.
Check the platform signs for direction — towards TMO Office / Orangi Town or towards Board Office.
Stand behind the platform screen doors and let passengers alight first.
Keep your ticket/card until you exit — fares are checked at the exit gates on the Green Line.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What are the timings of AO Chowk Station Karachi?
The Orange Line (Abdul Sattar Edhi Line) runs 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, seven days a week, with buses frequently through the day (the full trip takes only a few minutes).

How much is the fare from AO Chowk Station?
PKR 25 per ticket, or PKR 20 with a Breeze Card. Since the 2024 integration, one ticket covers transfers between the Orange and Green lines at Board Office / AO Chowk.

Which buses connect at AO Chowk Station?
See the connections list above — SMTA Peoples Bus Service routes (Red, Pink and EV buses) stop at or near the station, and the related Karachi route pages below cover the full network.

Station data: Karachi Breeze / SIDCL and Sindh Mass Transit Authority publications, verified October 2026. Independently compiled by the BusUpdate editorial team; confirm time-sensitive details before travelling.

📍 AO Chowk on the Orange Line Karachi (full)

This is station 1 of 4 on the Orange Line Karachi (full), before Abdul Sattar Chowrangi. The full line — its fares, frequency, history and every station — is set out on the Orange Line Karachi (full) page, which this station page now sits under as the stop-level record.

🎫 From this station

Services run frequently through the day (the full trip takes only a few m and the fare from here is None The line is operated by Government of Sindh / Karachi Breeze. Those are the line’s standing terms at every station; what varies by station is position — and position is what decides your ride time to the termini at either end.

Connections recorded at this station: R3 — the route pages on this site carry each one in full.

🚏 The Orange Line Karachi (full), station by station

Appendix compiled October 2026 from the line’s station dataset — see our data page for sourcing.

🧭 Riding from AO Chowk

A station page’s useful question is always the same: what does the line look like from this platform? Services run frequently through the day (the full trip takes only a few m and the fare is None — so from AO Chowk the planning is simple: pick your terminus direction, and the stations list above counts you there.

🔀 Connections at AO Chowk

R3 — North Karachi to Nasir Jump Green Line BRT — interchange at Board Office