Hubli-Dharwad Bus Rapid Transit System

Hubballi-Dharwad BRTS
ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ-ಧಾರವಾಡ ಬಿ.ಆರ್.ಟೀ.ಎಸ್ Metropolitan transport (METRO)
Overview
Area served Hubballi-Dharwad
Locale Hubballi-Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Transit type Bus rapid transit
Number of lines 6 (trunk and feeder) [1]
Number of stations 33
Website http://www.hdbrts.co.in/
Operation
Began operation 2 October 2018
Operator(s) Hubballi – Dharwad BRTS Company Ltd
Technical
System length 22 kilometres (14 mi) (70 km proposed)

Hubballi-Dharwad BRTS (also called as the METRO BUS) is an underconstruction bus rapid transit system being built to serve the twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad, located in the North-Western part of Karnataka state in India. The construction is funded by the Government of Karnataka, while the operation and maintenance work will be done by Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) in association with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).

BRT corridor

A 4-lane 'throughout' bus corridor of length 22 km is built running in the middle of an 8-lane freeway (expressway) which includes two lanes for mixed traffic in both the directions. The width of the corridor will vary from 44.0 meters to 24.5 meters. Four flyovers and underpsses for regular traffic are planned at Unkal Lake, Unkal-Cross Road, Bairidevarakoppa, and Navanagar..

Bus stations

A total of 33 bus stations are planned, of which 12 stations will be located on 44.0 m wide express corridor which will start from Taj Hotel (Naveen Hotel), Hubballi and end at Gandhinagar Cross, Dharwad.

Bus stations will be 4 meters wide, and will be located at the middle of the BRT corridor.


Each station will act as reference point for GPS, and will have LED Displays to display the schedule of arrival / departure of buses.

Supporting infrastructure

  • BRT Depot, Hubballi
  • BRT Terminal, Hubballi
  • OCBS Terminal, Dharwad
  • Central Workshop, Dharwad
  • Interchange at Hosur

Integrated Transit Management Systems

  • GPS based vehicle tracking system.
  • Passenger Information System.
  • LED and audio announcement in buses.
  • LED Display for schedules of arrival / departure at bus-stations.
  • RFID based automated door.
  • Off-board ticketing for real time schedule management.

Ridership and fleet size projections over next two decades

Year endingAnnual RidershipFleet size.
2014237968190
2015259385208
2016280135224
2017302546242
2018323724259
2019346385277
2020367168294
2021389198311
2022412550330
2023433178347
2024454837364
2025473030378
2026491951394
2027511629409
2028532095426
2029548057438
2030564499452
2031581434465

Project status

Almost 90% of the work has been done.Trial run is proposed in January 2018.Which will become the first BRT system in karnataka.Project cost is around 900 crore which is funded by Central government,Hubli-Dharwad municipal corporation and Nwkrtc.Full functioning is expected in January 2018.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hdbrts.co.in/features.php
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