metro bus project

PRESENTED BY:MUHAMMAD SALMAN (L4F14MCOM2034)

AYISHA RAFIQUE (L4F14MCOM2007)

HAFIZ KHALIL USMAN (L4F14MCOM0088)

An Introduction to Pakistan’s 1st Mass Transport System

TOPIC

VISIONThe vision is to provide the city of Lahore

with a high quality Public Transport system, with a road based mass transit system, in the

medium term.

• Metro Bus Service inaugurated in Lahore on 10 Feb, 2013. It indeed is an ambitious project by the Govt. of the Punjab, as envisioned by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. 

Introduction• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system

in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Lahore is the 2nd Largest in Pakistan Population is over 10 Million people Traffic is serious issue A safe, reliable and efficient mass Transit

System was required MBS provide comfortable and affordable

transportation services to the people of Lahore

AYISHA RAFIQUEAYISHA RAFIQUE

Line-1 from Gajjumata To Shahdara and is approximately 27 KM long running in the North-South direction.

Key locations throughout the city are targeted to allow maximum number of citizens from surrounding areas to avail the bus services.

MBS Route Information

There are a total of 27 Stations

9 Of these stations are elevated while the rest are at ground level

Each station is equipped with generators, a tuck shop and comfortable waiting areas.

Produced by Volvo. The ‘Arctic Buses’ hold

108 passengers and are standard for all major Bus Rapid Transit Systems including the one in Tehran and Istanbul

Special seats for Women & Children as well as for Handicapped Persons.

Free for the first month. After that standard charges applied.

The Metro Bus Card MBS Token MBS Card is Travel card

that can be recharged for multiple journeys, and costs 133 Rupees.

School Children and Students as well as senior citizens will be charged a discounted rate.

According to the Lahore Transport

Company, the daily ridership of the

Metro bus exceeds 130,000 with the

peak hourly ridership being

10,000 passengers per hour per

direction 

ITSITS 11 traffic signals on the route

These signals are being upgraded to make these Intelligent, providing Bus priority and managing allied traffic as well.

Control Center is being set up

HAFIZ KHALIL

Pedestrian Bridge & Access to Station & ticketing booth

Elevated PortionElevated PortionAround 7 km is elevated, which is because of the constraints on widening the Road

MBS CONSTRUCTION & COST

Construction of the project was divided into different packages and was awarded to different contractors. Zahir Khan & Brothers in Joint venture with Reliable Engineering Services (Pvt.) Limited constructed the major part of the Flyover. Habib Construction Services construct the down ramp to taxali gate of flyover.

Construction project started in March 2012.The metrobus was inagurated on february 10, 2013.Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA), a

subsidiary of the Lahore Development Authority(LDA) at a cost Rs 29.7 billion.

Collaboration between the Punjab and the Turkish government.

Command & Control Center

Easy availability for labours and tourists

Easy for students to reach to colleges and universities instead of private transport

MBS is affordable initiative

Reducing emissions and traffic volume

It offers safe, reliable and comfortable transport 

DisadvantagDisadvantageses

Cost of project

Effected business a lot

Transporters are much effected

Thank you