Bhopal BRTS

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Bhopal BRTS
Background
Locale	Bhopal, MP, India
Transit type	Bus rapid transit
Number of lines	10
Number of stations	230
Website	Bhopal city link
Operation
Operator(s)	Bhopal Municipal Corporation
Technical
System length	186 kilometres (116 mi)

Bhopal BRTS is a BRTS pilot project being built to serve the Indian city of Bhopal, located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The construction is funded by the Central Government under its flagship JnNURM. Unlike most of BRT projects in India which are designed to cater the transportation needs of suburban parts of the city, Bhopal BRTS is designed mainly to serve the Central business districts (CBDs).^[1]

Routes

Route Classification

The routes under this project have been classified into the following four categories:^[2]

Trunk Routes:

Connect major activity centers by Bus Rapid Transit System. Farthest Activity center should be accessible within 45 minutes of journey time.

Standard Routes:

Connect major origin & destination pairs of the city. These are replacement of Mini bus routes.

Complimentary Routes:

These are complementary to Trunk and standard routes. Routes covering less dense Public transit demand corridors.

Intermediate Para Transit (IPT) Routes:

These are feeder service to all above mentioned routes, mainly catering intra-zonal trips.

Route details

Sr no.	Route	Type	Bus Stops
1	Lalghati to Habibganj	Trunk route	21
2	Old Bus Stand to HEG Mandideep	Trunk route	27
3	Bairagarh railway station to Raisen	Trunk route	28
4	Lalghati to City Depot	Standard route	16
5	City Depot to Saket Nagar	Standard route	22
6	Gandhi Nagar to Alpana Tiraha	Standard route	16
7	Karound Cahuraha to Bairagarh Chinchli	Standard route	30
8	Old Bus Stand to Khajuri Kalan	Standard route	30
9	P&T square to Rajeev Gandhi College	Standard route	19
10	Gandhi Nagar to Ratnagiri Bypass	Standard route	21

Bus Stops

82 Bus Stops are being built along the 24 KM long corridor. Ramp-building for most of the Stops is underway and Bhopal Municipal Corporation is likely to complete the work by June 2013. Also, one part of corridor, which runs through Misrod to RRL may start working by 31 March 2013. A trial run was conducted earlier and minor difficulties have been sorted out. These Bus-Stops will have Display-Boards with the information of incoming Buses and siting arrangements will be made for the passengers. A 2-door system will help safe ride for the passengers, where one door will open only when the Bus arrives and another door will open only if the person carries a valid ticket. The stops are being built on PPP, where the contractor will be responsible for maintenance of the Stops and in-turn will have to right to put up advertisements and earn revenue.

Problems

The construction of the corridors is creating traffic woes at various locations.^[3]

Commuters are found riding on the already built 'bus-only' lanes, and police fear that this situation will continue even after the project is completed.

References

v t e Bus Rapid Transit in India

Operational	Ahmedabad BRTS Pune BRTS Delhi BRTS Jaipur BRTS Vijayawada BRTS Rajkot BRTS Surat BRTS

Under Construction	Mumbai BRTS Kolkata BRTS Pimpri-Chinchwad BRTS Visakapatnam BRTS Bhopal BRTS Indore BRTS Hubli-Dharwad BRTS

Planned	Bangalore BRTS Chennai BRTS Coimbatore BRTS Hyderabad BRTS Madurai BRTS Mysore BRTS Nagpur BRTS Lucknow BRTS

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