Amritsar Bus Rapid Transit System

Amritsar BRTS
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Overview
Locale Amritsar
Transit type Bus rapid transit
Number of lines 7
Number of stations 84
Chief executive Public Works Department, Amritsar
Headquarters Amritsar, Punjab, India
Operation
Began operation 15 October 2018[3]
Operator(s) Punjab Bus Metro Society[4]
Number of vehicles 93[5][6]
Technical
System length 31 km (19 mi)
Top speed 21 km/h (13 mph)

Amritsar BRTS (Amritsar MetroBus) is the bus rapid transit system currently operational in Amritsar, Punjab, India and is the first hybrid public transportation of India to be a hybrid between a Bus Rapid Transit and a Metro Rail.[7] BRTS had to start operation in December 2015.[8] The project was commenced on 19 September 2013.[9] Amritsar BRTS is based on Ahmedabad BRTS model.[10] The BRTS will operate with 93 Air-conditioned buses. This project would allow easy travel to different places in city like the Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Guru Nanak Dev University and Khalsa College.[11][12] Amritsar BRTS is constructed on the lines of Metrobus (Istanbul).[13] Volvo Buses showed its interest in BRTS project at the holy city of Amritsar.[14]

Key features

Some of the key features of Amritsar BRTS are:[15]

  • Automatic Doors at metro Stations for passengers safety.
  • Overheard bridges for pedestrians
  • Two different lanes for movement of buses in both directions.
  • Intersections will act as boarding place for the buses.
  • Complete Air conditioned buses.
  • Automated doors of all buses.
  • Lifts for commuters at Metro Stations on elevated corridor.
  • A special Metro Card similar to that like in Metro Rails.
  • Smart Announcements at Metro Stations and in Metro Buses similar to those in Metro Raiways.
  • Retrofitted Metro Stations on elevated corridor.
  • Amritsar MetroBus and Amritsar City Bus service will complement each other to provide feasibility to commuters.

Corridor

Approved corridors

A 31 km route will be having 3 corridors[16]:

  • Atari Road – ISBT to India Gate via Bhandari Bridge, GNDU, Chheharta (12 km)
  • Jalandhar Road – ISBT to MCA Gate via Tarawalan Pul (6 km)
  • Verka Road – ISBT to Verka via Hussainpura Bridge, G. T. Road Bypass (13 km)

Currently Vekra Road corridor is operational.

Proposed corridors

There are planned 7 Corridors for Amritsar BRTS.[17]

  • Sham Singh Attari Wala gate and Bhandari Bridge[18] to India Gate
  • Bhandari Bridge to Daburji[19]
  • Daburji Bypass to Verka
  • Verka to Celebration Mall[20]
  • Celebration Mall to Sant Singh Sukha Singh Chowk
  • 4S Chowk to Kitchlu Chowk
  • Kitchlu Chowk to Old Sadar Police Station

Construction

Varaha Infra Ltd a company based in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) is executing this project. Construction work started on 26 February 2015. As of September 2016, 90% of work has been completed.[21] As of July 2018, The project is to be inaugurated on 15 October 2018 with full scale as six out of 47 bus stations with one bus stand are still under completion.[22] The transportation system is completely free for school students in uniform up to senior secondary classes. After launch first three month project will be free of cost for commuters.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Amritsar BRTS". The Tribune.
  2. ↑ "Amritsar's BRTS". The Tribune.
  3. ↑ India, Press Trust of (2018-07-13). "BRTS project in Amritsar to be inaugurated on October 15: Sidhu". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. ↑ [www.pidb.org/Criteria-02-2018.pdf "Punjab Bus Metro Society (PBMS)"] Check |url= value (help) (PDF). Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB).
  5. ↑ "Holy city of Amritsar to get BRTS, cabinet clears proposal". Punjab News Express. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "78 air-conditioned buses would be operational in Amritsar and would cover 31 km route".
  7. ↑ "As chaos rules the roads in the city due to the ongoing construction work of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Amritsar".
  8. ↑ "Amritsar BRTS to get operational by December".
  9. ↑ "The decision to introduce BRTS was taken by Punjab government at a meeting on September 19, 2013".
  10. ↑ "Amritsar to copy Ahmedabad BRTS model".
  11. ↑ "Construction works lead to chaos on railway station-GNDU stretch".
  12. ↑ "timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/BRTS-in-Amritsar-to-be-operational-by-Nov/articleshow/46523745.cms".
  13. ↑ "the project, mooted on the lines of BRTS in Istanbul, Turkey".
  14. ↑ TNN (8 August 2015). "Volvo keen on BRTS". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Amritsar BRTS project starts moving".
  16. ↑ "Amritsar BRTS to be revived soon - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  17. ↑ "The officials of project accompanying him informed that out of 7 corridors 5 would be completed till March".
  18. ↑ "An elevated road leads to the shrine now, the congested Bhandari Bridge".
  19. ↑ "Commuters feel unbearable heat as BRTS enters Bhandari Bridge".
  20. ↑ "Apart from running on the elevated road, the buses will also have a 3-km additional elevated passage from local Celebration mall to Verka Chowk".
  21. ↑ Service, Tribune News (29 December 2015). "State govt departments unlikely to complete BRTS by March 31 deadline". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "AMRITSAR BRTS TO BE ROLLED OUT ON OCTOBER 15". The Pioneer. 14 July 2018.
  23. ↑ "BRTS ride to be free for school students in uniform". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
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