Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus

Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus
راولپنڈی اسلام آباد میٹرو بس
Overview

Owner	Government of Punjab
Locale	Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan
Transit type	Bus rapid transit (BRT)
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	24
Daily ridership	100,558
Website	www.metrori.pk
Operation
Began operation	4 June 2015
Operator(s)	Punjab Metrobus Authority
Number of vehicles	68
Technical
System length	22.5 km (14.0 mi)

Secretariat Terminal

Parade Ground Station

Shaheed-e-Millat Station

7th Avenue Station

Stock Exchange Station

PIMS Station

Katchehry Station

Ibn-e-Sina Station

Chaman Road Station

Kashmir Highway Station

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Station

Khayaban-e-Johar Station

Potohar Road Station

IJP Road Station

Faizabad Station

Shamshabad Station

Sixth Road Station

Rehmanabad Station

Chandni Chowk Station

Waris Khan Road Station

Committee Chowk Station

Liaquat Bagh Station

Marrir Chowk Station

Saddar Terminal

The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus (Urdu: راولپنڈی اسلام آباد میٹرو بس‎) (also called Pakistan Metrobus or Islamabad Metro/Pindi Metro) is a 22.5 km (14.0 mi) BRT system that serves the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area in Pakistan. It uses dedicated bus lanes for all of its route covering 24 bus stations. It was inaugurated on 4 June 2015 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif becoming the second fully functional BRT service in Pakistan after the great success of the BRTS in Lahore.

The system uses e-ticketing and Intelligent Transportation System wand. The system is managed by the Punjab Metrobus Authority (PMBA) with the IT part is being carried out in coordination with Punjab IT Board.

Rawalpindi is the fourth largest and one of the fastest growing cities in the country. It is situated in the Northern most part of the Potohar Plateau in North Punjab. Since Rawalpindi is the headquarters for the Armed Forces of Pakistan and its amalgamation with its twin city Islamabad, the population of Rawalpindi has increased rapidly over the past few decades.

Islamabad's population has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.30 million in 2012 and continues to be the fastest growing large city of Pakistan. Since its foundation, Islamabad has attracted people from all over Pakistan, making it one of the most cosmopolitan and urbanized cities of Pakistan and center of economic and service activities. Together The greater Rawalpindi/Islamabad Metropolitan Area is the third largest urban amalgamation in Pakistan with an estimated population of 4.5 million inhabitants. The twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are growing at a rate of more than 4 percent per anum, indicating a much higher than national growth due to significant migration. With present growth trends it is expected that the population would increase to 7.0 million in twenty years’ time. Since both cities have grown into each other, significant amount of commuting takes place between the two cities.

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