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Lahore Metrobus

Lahore Metrobus
لاہور میٹرو بس
Lahore Bus Service at Central Station, Lahore.jpg
Overview
Type Bus rapid transit
Status In operation
Locale Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Termini Shahdara
Gajjumata
Stations 27
Services 1
Daily ridership 180,000-220,000
Operation
Opened 11 February 2013
Owner Government of Punjab
Operator(s) Punjab Metrobus Authority
Technical
Line length 27 km (16.8 mi)
Route map
Shahdara
Niazi Chowk
Timber Market
Azadi Chowk (Minar-e-Pakistan)
Bhatti Chowk
District Courts
Civil Secretariat
MAO College
Janazgah
Qartaba Chowk
Shama
Ichhra
Canal
Lake Road
Central
Qaddafi Stadium
Kalma Chowk
Model Town
Naseerabad
Ittefaq Hospital
Qainchi
Ghazi Chowk
Mahmood Booti
Chungi Amar Sidhu
Kamahan
Atari Saroba
Nishtar Colony
Youhanabad
Dulu Khurd
Gajjumata

The Lahore Bus Rapid Transit or Lahore Metrobus (Urdu: لاہور میٹرو بس‎), is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

The first section, which consists of a 27-kilometres long route and 29 bus stations between Gajumata to Shahadra was opened by Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in February 2013.

The route covers dozens of residential and commercial localities along the city's main artery — Ferozepur road, linking together Lytton road, Jain Mandar, MAO College, Lower Mall, Civil Secretariat, Aiwan-i-Adal, Chowk Katchehry (District Courts), Shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh, Ravi Road, and Shahdra town. An 8-kilometer section of the route is elevated.

Lahore Transport Company was established in 1984 to ease the traffic conditions of Lahore and improve bus services. LTC got all the transport responsibilities of traveling in Lahore in December 2009. A BRTS fleet of 650 Buses was introduced. It was given name "TransLahore". However, the BRTS did not have dedicated lanes and had to share roads with regular traffic with no right of way privileges. This resulted in a system that was a BRTS only in name.

After 20 years of discussion, the ambitious and expensive Lahore Metro, which had first been proposed in 1991 was abandoned in favour of a bus transit system, inspired by the successful Istanbul Metrobus system. Plans were developed in the last quarter of 2011 by both local and Turkish experts.


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