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Amritsar BRTS

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Locale
  
Amritsar

Number of lines
  
7

Transit type
  
Bus rapid transit

Number of stations
  
84

Chief executive
  
Public Works Department, Amritsar

Headquarters
  
Amritsar, Punjab, India

Amritsar Bus Rapid Transit System (Amritsar MetroBus) is the bus rapid transit (BRT) 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. BRTS had to start operation in December 2015. The project was commenced on 19 September 2013. Amritsar BRTS is based on Ahmedabad BRTS model. 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. Amritsar BRTS is constructed on the lines of Metrobus (Istanbul). Volvo Buses showed its interest in BRTS project at the holy city of Amritsar.

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Key features

Some of the key features of Amritsar BRTS are:

  • 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.
  • Autmated 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 provde feasibility to commuters.

    • Corridors

    There will be 7 Corridors for Amritsar BRTS.

  • Sham Singh Attari Wala gate and Bhandari Bridge to India Gate
  • Bhandari Bridge to Daburji
  • Daburji Bypass to Verka
  • Verka to Celebration Mall
  • 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.

    References

    Amritsar BRTS Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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