Lahore Metrobus Project

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.

Route:

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.

History of Project:

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.

Construction and Operation :

Construction of the project was divided into different packages and was awarded to different contractors. M/s Zahir Khan & Brothers in Joint venture with M/s Reliable Engineering Services (Pvt.) Limited constructed the major part of the Flyover including two elevated rotaries for BRTS.

Lahore MBS currently operates a fleet of 86 buses. According to the Lahore Transport Company, the daily ridership of the Metrobus exceeds 180,000[1] with the peak hourly ridership being 10,000 passengers per hour per direction (p/h/d).

To keep the cost affordable for everyone Punjab Government has to pay Rs 40 as subsidy on each Re 20 ticket. (Wikipedia and MBS Lahore).