4. 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.
5. • Metro Bus Service inaugurated in
Lahore on 10 Feb, 2013. It indeed
is an ambitious project by the
Govt. of the Punjab, as
envisioned by Chief Minister
Shahbaz Sharif.
Introduction
• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system
in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
6. Lahore is the 2nd
Largest in Pakistan
Population is over 10 Million people
Traffic is serious issue
A safe, reliable and efficient mass Transit System
was required
MBS provide comfortable and affordable
transportation services to the people of Lahore
9. Line-1 from Gajjumata To Shahdara and
is approximately 27 KM long running in
the North-South direction.
Key locations throughout the city are
targeted to allow maximum number of
citizens from surrounding areas to avail
the bus services.
MBS Route Information
10. There are a total of 27
Stations
9 Of these stations are
elevated while the rest
are at ground level
Each station is equipped
with generators, a tuck
shop and comfortable
waiting areas.
11. Produced by Volvo.
The ‘Arctic Buses’ hold 108
passengers and are standard
for all major Bus Rapid
Transit Systems including the
one in Tehran and Istanbul
Special seats for Women &
Children as well as for
Handicapped Persons.
12. Free for the first month. After
that standard charges applied.
The Metro Bus Card
MBS Token
MBS Card is Travel card that
can be recharged for multiple
journeys, and costs 133
Rupees.
School Children and Students
as well as senior citizens will
be charged a discounted rate.
13. According to the Lahore Transport
Company, the daily ridership of the
Metro bus exceeds 130,000 with the
peak hourly ridership being
10,000 passengers per hour per
direction
14. ITSITS
11 traffic signals on the route
These signals are being upgraded to make these
Intelligent, providing Bus priority and managing
allied traffic as well.
Control Center is being set up
18. MBS CONSTRUCTION &
COST
Construction of the project was divided into different
packages and was awarded to different contractors. Zahir
Khan & Brothers in Joint venture with Reliable
Engineering Services (Pvt.) Limited constructed the major
part of the Flyover. Habib Construction Services construct
the down ramp to taxali gate of flyover.
Construction project started in March 2012.
The metrobus was inagurated on february 10, 2013.
Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA), a
subsidiary of the Lahore Development Authority(LDA) at
a cost Rs 29.7 billion.
Collaboration between the Punjab and the Turkish
government.
20. Easy availability for labours
and tourists
Easy for students to reach
to colleges and universities
instead of private transport
MBS is affordable initiative
Reducing emissions and
traffic volume
It offers safe, reliable and
comfortable transport
