PM inaugurates Multan Metro Bus Service
The Multan Metro route is 18.5km long, with 12.5km elevated section.
MULTAN (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Multan Metro Bus Service today (Tuesday).
Along with Punjab CM, ambassadors of 30 different countries also attended the event.
With this project, Multan, a city of 5 million people, becomes third large city in Pakistan to receive mass-transit BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system after Lahore and Rawalpindi-Islamabad. Initially, 35 buses have been imported for the service.
Each bus can carry 190 passengers. A private company will run the bus service for the time being. Nearly 96,000 commuters are likely to use Multan Metro bus service everyday.
The Multan Metro route is 18.5km long, with 12.5km elevated section. It has 21 bus stations, with 14 stations at elevated and seven stations at ground level. The bus stations have been constructed with Multan’s extreme hot and cold weather in mind.
The Multan Metro bus project was completed at a cost of Rs 28.5 billion. Like Lahore and Islamabad, passengers will pay Rs 20 fare for one-way journey.
In Lahore, the Metro bus service – the first in the country – was inaugurated on 10 February 2013. The 27km Lahore Metro cost Rs 30 billion. Through 27 stations, nearly 200,000 passengers travel on Lahore Metro BRT buses everyday.
In Islamabad, the 23km Metro bus service was launched on 4 June 2015. The Islamabad Metro cost Rs 45 billion. Through 24 stations, nearly 135,000 passengers travel on Islamabad Metro BRT buses everyday.
MULTAN METRO BUS ROUTE AND STATIONS
1. BZU Bus Station
2. Beaconhouse School
3. Markaz Ibnul Qasim Al-Islami
4. Northern Bypass
5. Altaf Market/Shalimar Colony
6. Nasheman/Sabzazar Colony
7. Chungi No. 6/Gulgasht Colony
8. Tehsil Chowk/Usmanabad
9. Chungi No. 9 10. Qasim Fort
11. Daulat Gate/Fish Market
12. Aam Khas Bagh
13. Manzoorabad
14. Mumtazabad
15. BCG Chowk
16. Peoples Colony
17. Vehari Chowk
18. General Bus Stand
19. Jinnah Park
20. Shah Rukne Alam
21. Kumharanwala Chowk
