PESHAWAR (The Thursday Times) — TransPeshawar ne kaha hai ke Peshawar ka bus rapid transit network Pir ko apna 20van route shuru karega, jo Southern Ring Road ke saath saath Chamkani ko Mall of Hayatabad se milayega.
Route DR-17 par 27 stops honge. Company ki janib se Hafte ko jari bayan ke mutabiq pehli bus subah 7 baje Chamkani se aur Mall of Hayatabad se pehli bus subah 8 baj kar 20 minute par rawana hogi, service shaam 7 baje tak chalegi, aur ibtida mein 15 buses har 15 minute baad chalengi.
Stops mein Sardar Garhi, Pir Zakori Bridge, Maweshi Mandi, Hazar Khwani, Sarhad University, Pishtakhara Chowk, HBK Arena, PDA Toll Plaza aur Hayatabad Phase 3 shamil hain. TransPeshawar ka kehna hai ke is route se Ring Road ke atraf rehne walon ke saath saath talaba aur mulazmat pesha afraad ke liye shehar ke is hisse mein gharon, collegeon aur bazaaron tak pohanchna aasan ho jayega.
Company ke mutabiq DR-17 ke baad Zu Peshawar network ke routes ki tadaad 20 ho jayegi, jin mein se 11 feeder routes hain jo markazi corridor se bahar jate hain.
Masroof routes par mazeed buses
Zu Peshawar ne routes ER-01 aur SR-02 par 12 meter lambi 25 nayi buses bhi shamil ki hain, jis se in dono routes par buses ki tadaad 59 se barh kar 84 ho gayi hai. Operator ka kehna hai ke izafi buses ka maqsad intezar ka waqt kam karna aur rush mein kami lana hai.
BRT August 2020 mein shehar ke mashriq se maghrib tak phaile corridor par shuru hui thi. 2022 mein use bain-ul-aqwami BRT Standard ke tehat gold rating mili.
