Amritsar MetroBus (Amritsar BRTS) is the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in the city of Amritsar,

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. Amritsar MetroBus allows easy travel to different places in city like the Golden Temple,

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and Khalsa College for nominal fares. The time gap or frequency between two buses on the same route is five minutes.

Construction and Operation

The project was commenced on 19 September, 2013 and was launched on 28 January, 2019 with the cost of . Construction work started on 26 February, 2015. In September, 2016, 90% of work was completed. Amritsar BRTS is based on Ahmedabad BRTS model and was constructed on the lines of

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showed its interest in BRTS project at the holy city of Amritsar. The Amritsar MetroBus operates with 93 Air-conditioned AT buses by

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. After the launch MetroBus recorder ridership of 41,000 passengers within one week. Amritsar BRTS authorities sold more than 8,000 smart cards to daily passengers within a week. The transportation system is completely free for school students in uniform up to senior secondary classes. After launch, for first three month project was free of cost for commuters.

Key features

Some of the key features of Amritsar BRTS are: *Automatic Doors at metro Stations 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 *Complete Air conditioned buses *Automated doors of all buses *Lifts for commuters at Metro Stations on elevated corridor *A special Metro smart Card similar to that like in Metro Rails *Smart Announcements at Metro Stations and in Metro Buses similar to those in Metro Railways *Retrofitted Metro Stations on elevated corridor

Corridors

Metro Bus's 46 km route have multiple routes and corridors: * Atari Road – ISBT to India Gate via Bhandari Bridge, GNDU, Chheharta (12 km) * Jalandhar Road – ISBT to MCA Gate via Tarawalan Pul (6 km) * Verka Road – ISBT to Verka via Hussainpura Bridge, G. T. Road Bypass (13 km) * Sham Singh Attari Wala gate and Bhandari Bridge to India Gate * Bhandari Bridge to Daburji * Daburji Bypass to Verka * Verka to Celebration Mall * Celebration Mall to Sant Singh Sukha Singh Chowk * 4S Chowk to Kitchlu Chowk * Kitchlu Chowk to Old Sadar Police Station *

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to Golden Temple/Ghee Mandi (launched in August 2021) In February 2019, citizens demanded service to be extended to Circular road because of frequent traffic congestion in the area. In August 2021, A new route 501 (UP/DWN) was launched directly connecting

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

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es and 9,000 electric

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s for feeder service to the Amritsar BRTS.

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

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, India.

References

External links

Amritsar BRTS - United Nations ESCAPBus Rapid Transit System For Amritsar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amritsar Brts Transport in Amritsar Bus rapid transit in India 2016 establishments in Punjab, India