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Multan Metrobus

Multan Metrobus
مُلتان میٹرو بس
Punjab Metrobus Authority Logo.png
Overview
Type Bus rapid transit
Status In operation
Locale Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Termini Bahauddin Zakariya University
Kumharanwala Chowk
Stations 21
Services 1
Daily ridership 97,000 (estimated)
Operation
Opened 24 January 2017
Owner Government of Punjab
Operator(s) Punjab Metrobus Authority
Technical
Line length 18.2 km (11.3 mi)
Route map
Bahauddin Zakariya University
Bahadar Pur
Mehmood Kot
Northern By-Pass
Shalimar Colony
Sabzazar
Chungi No.6
Gulgasht
Chungi No.9
Chungi No.8
Fort Qasim
Daulat Gate
Hafiz Jamal
Manzoor Abad
Ahmad Abad
BCG Chowk
People's Colony
Vehari Chowk
General Bus Stand
Jinnah Park
Shah Rukan e Alam
Kumharanwala Chowk

The Multan Metrobus (Urdu: مُلتان میٹرو بس‎), is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. Construction on the line began in May 2015, while operations commenced on 24 January 2017.

In Lahore, the Metro bus service – the first in the country – was inaugurated on 10 February 2013. The 27 kilometres (17 mi) Lahore Metro cost Rs 30 billion. Through 27 stations, nearly 200,000 passengers travel on Lahore Metro BRT buses everyday.

In Islamabad, the 23 kilometres (14 mi) 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.

The Multan Metro route is 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) long, with 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) 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.

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.

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. Another BRT is currently under construction in Karachi, as well as the TransPeshawar BRT in Peshawar. A metrotrain is currently being built in Lahore as well.


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