Amritsar BRTS

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Amritsar Bus Rapid Transit
Overview
Locale Amritsar
Transit type Bus rapid transit
Number of lines 7
Number of stations 62
Chief executive Public Works Department, Amritsar
Headquarters Amritsar, Punjab, India
Operation
Began operation Mid 2016[1][2]
Operator(s) Punjab Bus Metro Society
Number of vehicles 93[3][4]
Technical
System length 31 km (19 mi)
Top speed 21 km/h (13 mph)

Amritsar Bus Rapid Transit System (Amritsar BRTS) is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system under construction in Amritsar, Punjab, India.[5] BRTS will Start operation in December 2015.[6] The project was commenced on 19 September 2013.[7] Amritsar BRTS is based on Ahmedabad BRTS model.[8] The BRTS will operate with 93 Air-conditioned buses.[3] This project would allow easy travel to different places in city like the Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Guru Nanak Dev University and Khalsa College.[9][10] Amritsar BRTS is constructed on the lines of Metrobus (Istanbul).[11] Volvo Buses showed its interest in BRTS project at the holy city of Amritsar.[12]

Key features

Some of the key features of Amritsar BRTS are:[13]

  • Automatic Doors of waiting rooms 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.

Corridors

There will be 7 Corridors for Amritsar BRTS.[14]

  • Sham Singh Attari Wala gate and Bhandari Bridge[15] to India Gate
  • Bhandari Bridge to Daburji[16]
  • Daburji Byepass to Verka
  • Verka to Celebration Mall[17]
  • Celebration Mall to Sant Singh Sukha Singh Chowk
  • 4S Chowk to Kitchlu Chowk
  • Kitchlu Chowk to Old Sadar Police Station

Construction

Construction work started on 26 February 2015. As of December 2015, 60% of work has been completed.[18]

References

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