TransPeshawar

TransPeshawar
ٹرانز پشاور‬
Overview
System Greater Peshawar Region Mass Transit
Operator Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Status Under Construction
Route
Route type Bus Rapid Transit
Locale Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Start Chamkani Terminal
End Shaukat Khanum Terminal
Stops 32
Service
Daily ridership 500,000[1]
Route map
Chamkani Chowk
Chughal Pura
Dr. Zareef Memorial School
Sethi Town
Bhatti Chowk
Sikandar Town
Gulbahar Square
Hashtnagri
Janazgah
Bala Hissar Fort
Hospital Road
Khyber Bazaar
Soekarno Square Secretariat
Dabgari Gardens
Railway Station
State Bank of Pakistan
Saddar Bazaar
Mall Road
Khyber Road Airport
Gora Qabristan
Tehkal
Tambuwaan
Abdara Road
University Town
Khyber Teaching Hospital
Islamia College
Board Bazar Regi
Hayatabad Model School
Hayatabad Phase 3
Tatara Park
PDA Hayatabad
Cancer Hospital
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TransPeshawar (Urdu: ٹرانز پشاور‬‎; Pashto: ټرانز پيښور‎) is a bus rapid transit system currently under construction by the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) in Peshawar, capital of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. Divided into two separate phases, the first phase of the TransPeshawar BRT system will encompass an east-west corridor to be served by 31 stations with an initial 383 buses, at a cost of ₨68.9 billion. 88% of funding is being provided by the Asian Development Bank.

History

In 2013, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa requested technical support from the Cities Development Initiative for Asia to improve Peshawar's chaotic, mismanaged, and dilapidated urban transportation network.[2] In 2014, the CDIA completed the Urban Transport Pre-Feasibility Study that devised a 20-year urban transport plan, with a 10-year action plan. The CDIA studied two corridors, an east-west corridor, and a north-south corridor and recommended that the east-west corridor be constructed first,[2] along Peshawar's east-west axis along the Grand Trunk Road. Construction of the project, under the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA), began on 29 October 2017,[3] and is being executed by the Peshawar Development Authority.

Features

TransPeshawar's first phase will consist of an east-west busway which will stretch from Chamkani in the east end to Hayatabad in the west end of Peshawar.

Route

The system will have 31 stations and will be mostly at grade, with four kilometers of elevated sections and 3 elevated stations.[2] The line will also contain 3.5 kilometers of underpasses.[2] The entire busway will be fenced to prevent unauthorized pedestrian crossings,[4] and to prevent vehicular traffic from entering.

Buses

TransPeshawar was originally planned to use a fleet of 299 buses, of which 207 will be 12 meter-long buses, while 92 will be 18 meter-long articulated buses.[5][6] The articulated buses will run only within the Service route while the 12 meter-long buses will run in primarily in the Feeder system.

The Buses will be of the low-entry[6] type which will allow easy entry and egress from the doorways, especially for patrons using wheelchairs. Each bus will provide free Wifi[5][6] services for passengers, while stations will have toilet facilities.[7] Buses will arrive every 3 minutes during peak hours, and every 5 minutes during non-peak hours.[8]

Furthermore, the buses will be Diesel-Electric Plug-In Hybrids which will allow them to have improved overall fuel economy and lower emissions. For this purpose, charging stations will also be built to allow for recharging of the vehicle batteries.[5][6]

The contract for the supply of buses has been formally signed with Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co., Ltd.. The tender allowed for a variation of +/-30%[5] in the quantity of buses, thus as a start the contract has been signed for the supply of 155 units of 12-meter buses and 65 units of 18-meter articulated buses for a total value of PKR 5.478 billion.[9] The provision to increase the quantity of buses to a maximum of 388 buses (+30% of 299) is still present, and this may be done depending on the passenger load on the system once the initial batch of 220 buses enters operation.

Stations

TransPeshawar's 31 stations will feature passing lanes at each station, allowing the function of a "direct service" system in which buses from suburban areas can access TransPeshawar's dedicated bus-lanes for use as an express service directly to the city's centre.[2] Each station will be on average 850 metres from the previous station, with an estimated travel time of 2 minutes between adjacent stations.[8] Stations, unlike the buses themselves, will not be air conditioned.[8]

Feeder system

The TransPeshawar system will be complemented by a feeder system consisting of 8 routes extending 68 kilometres.[10] Feeder buses will use dedicated BRT lanes as needed before exiting the system and entering onto city streets as on-street bus service.[2] The feeder routes will add an additional 100 stations along those feeder lines,[2] all of which will be new construction.[2] Feeder station will be spaced approximately 300-500 metres from one another.[2]

Construction

Construction of the east-west corridor will be completed in three phases:[11]

  • Phase 1: Chamkani to Balahisar Fort
  • Phase 2: Cantonment to Aman Chowk
  • Phase 3: University to Hayatabad

The entire road structure along the east-west corridor will also be reconstructed, and will include a new bicycle lane.[2] The number of traffic lanes along the GT Road will also be reduced, leading to what will be intended as a more pedestrian-friendly street.[2]

Project construction was launched in November 2017, and is being built concurrent to the Peshawar Ring Road, which will redirect heavy vehicles away from the city centre. The project was awarded to consortium led by China Railway 21st Bureau Group, while engineering consulting was provided by Mott MacDonald.

Fares

The provincial government intends to collect fares via an automated ticketing system that is also intended to be used on all city routes. Currently, fares are collected by bus operators. With implementation of the automated ticketing system, bus operators will no longer collect fares.[12]

Financing

The project is being built with assistance from the Asian Development Bank. It was initially projected to cost ₨41 billion (US$390 million),[11] but its final estimated cost is approximately ₨55.9 billion (US$530 million).[13] The provincial government will borrow ₨48.8 billion (US$460 million) for the project,[13] The system will be the most expensive BRT system in Pakistan,[14] the provincial government argues that similar systems in Islamabad and Lahore actually cost ₨27 billion (US$260 million) and ₨45 billion (US$430 million) respectively.[14] The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government claims include costs of parallel roadworks project undertaken with the construction of the metro such as the Model town underpass in Lahore and the Cloverleaf interchange in Rawalpindi[14].

Corruption Allegations and Criticism

General Manager (Operations) Tariq Mehmood sacked assistant resident engineer from his job due to his ‘poor performance’ and ‘incompetence’. However, assistant resident engineer alleged that he left the post due to project hurdles and discrepancies. [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Over 0.5m Peshawar residence to use BRT every day". TransPeshawar.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project" (PDF). Asian Development Bank. February 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Work on BRT Peshawar in full swing". The News. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "NA Noor Aftab February 13, 2017 Share advertisement KP to construct Peshawar metro by Dec 2017". The News Pakistan. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Tender Document for Purchase of Bus Fleet" (PDF). TransPeshawar. TransPeshawar. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Addendum-1 to Tender Document for Purchase of Bus Fleet" (PDF). TransPeshawar. TransPeshawar. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "FAQs". TransPeshawar. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 National Highway Authority
  9. ↑ "BRT project unlikely to meet April 20 deadline". DAWN News. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit project a race against time". Dawn. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Peshawar metro bus design finalised". Daily Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Expression Of Interest Development, Implementation, Operations and Maintenance of Automated Fare Collection and Bus Scheduling System (AFC-BSS) for Public Transport Service in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" (PDF). Government of KPK. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Peshawar to get BRT by January 2018". Express Tribune Pakistan. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  14. 1 2 3 "'Peshawar metro bus project costlier than Lahore, Pindi's'". 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  15. ↑ https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/05/brt-peshawar-engineer-resigns-over-huge-corruption-in-project/
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