Lahore Metro Bus System

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Lahore Metro Bus System

Dr Nasir JavedCEO: The Urban Unit

Pakistan

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MBS Lahore is still in the phase of execution and hence most of the presentation is either Planning or

future

Please criticize & Advise as well

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City Lahore

The capital of Punjab, a city of around 9m, with a growth rate of around 3%

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Vision

• The 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.

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Basics

• Estimated Project Cost ~ Rs. 30 Billion• Total Length 32 km (Elevated portion – 8.5

km)• Median Side BRT with one each lane each

direction• Level Boarding for Passenger from Station• Commercial Speed of 25 Km/h & reliability

of service

Length

• The Route (Green Corridor) is 32km long, running south to north across the city, on one of the four primary arteries of the city

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Dedicated Route all along, except 8 traffic intersections

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Elevated Portion

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Stations•These are on the sides of the Route

•3 platforms on each side

•Sliding Doors

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BRT Station layout

STOP BAR

RUBBER PADDED SURFACE

PLATFORM AREA

2.5m WIDE COLOURED PAVEMENT PORTION FOR LATERAL GUIDANCE

AREA FOR TURNSTILES

Pedestrian Bridge & Access to Station & ticketing booth

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ARTICULATED BUS (Green Line)

Capacity

It is designed to carry around 18,000 passengers per hour per

direction

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E Ticketing

• We are introducing e ticketing , but only limited to the MBS for the time being

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ITS• There are 11 traffic signals on the route that is

at grade

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

• Control Center is being set up

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Command & Control Center

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Overall Route Network-Network Integration

Present Future

Transfer facilities

Feeder Bus

Main Road/Trunk/BRT

Ring Road and Sub Urban Bus

Three Types of Bus Operation/Routes with fare integration

Communication Strategy

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That makes Land acquisition easy

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Institutional Development Metro Bus Authority

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