Amritsar Metrobus

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Amritsar BRTS
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Overview
Locale Amritsar
Transit type Bus rapid transit
Number of lines8
Number of stations56
Daily ridership91000 [1]
Chief executive Public Works Department, Amritsar
Headquarters Amritsar, Punjab, India
Website Amritsar Metrobus
Operation
Began operation15 December 2016 (initial) [2]
28 January 2019 (full) [3] [4]
Operator(s)Punjab Bus Metro Society (250 employees) [5] [6]
Number of vehicles93 [7] [8]
Technical
System length46 km (29 mi)
Top speed21 km/h (13 mph)

Amritsar MetroBus (Amritsar BRTS) is the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. [9] Amritsar MetroBus allows easy travel to different places in city like the Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Guru Nanak Dev University and Khalsa College [10] for nominal fares. [11] The time gap or frequency between two buses on the same route is five minutes. [12]

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Construction and Operation

The project was commenced on 19 September 2013 [13] and was launched on 28 January 2019 with the cost of ₹545 crore (US$68 million). [14] [15] Construction work started on 26 February 2015. In September, 2016, 90% of work was completed. [16] Amritsar BRTS is based on Ahmedabad BRTS model [17] and was constructed on the lines of Metrobus (Istanbul). [17] Volvo Buses showed its interest in BRTS project at the holy city of Amritsar. [18] The Amritsar MetroBus operates with 93 Air-conditioned AT buses by Tata Marcopolo. [19] After the launch MetroBus recorder ridership of 41,000 passengers within one week. [20] Amritsar BRTS authorities sold more than 8,000 smart cards to daily passengers within a week. [21] The transportation system is completely free for school students in uniform up to senior secondary classes. [22] After launch, for first three month project was free of cost for commuters. [23]

Key features

Some of the key features of Amritsar BRTS are: [24]

Corridors

Metro Bus's 46 km route have multiple routes [26] and corridors: [27] [28]

In February 2019, citizens demanded service to be extended to Circular road because of frequent traffic congestion in the area. [32]

In August 2021, A new route 501 (UP/DWN) was launched directly connecting Amritsar International Airport with Golden Temple, The new route comprises 14.15 Km and 14 Metro Stations

Green mobility

Amritsar Smart City Limited planned to add additional 30 Electric buses and 9,000 electric Auto rickshaws for feeder service to the Amritsar BRTS. [33]

Awards and recognition

In November, 2019 at 12th urban India mobility conference and exhibition in Lucknow, Amritsar MetroBus bagged an award of excellence under the category of ‘Best Urban Mass Transit System’ from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India. [34]

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