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Hubballi-Dharwad BRTS
ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ-ಧಾರವಾಡ ಬಿ.ಆರ್.ಟೀ.ಎಸ್ Metropolitan transport (METRO)
Overview
Area servedHubballi-Dharwad
LocaleHubballi-Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Transit typeBus rapid transit
Number of lines6 (trunk and feeder) [1]
Number of stations33
Websitehttp://www.hdbrts.co.in/
Operation
Began operation2 October 2018
Operator(s)Hubballi – Dharwad BRTS Company Ltd
Technical
System length22 kilometres (14 mi) (70 km proposed)

Hubballi-Dharwad BRTS (also called as the METRO BUS) is an underconstruction bus rapid transit system being built to serve the twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad, located in the North-Western part of Karnataka state in India. The construction is funded by the Government of Karnataka, while the operation and maintenance work will be done by Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) in association with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).

BRT corridor

A 4-lane 'throughout' bus corridor of length 22 km is built running in the middle of an 8-lane freeway (expressway) which includes two lanes for mixed traffic in both the directions. The width of the corridor will vary from 44.0 meters to 24.5 meters. Four flyovers and underpsses for regular traffic are planned at Unkal Lake, Unkal-Cross Road, Bairidevarakoppa, and Navanagar..

Bus stations

A total of 33 bus stations are planned, of which 12 stations will be located on 44.0 m wide express corridor which will start from Taj Hotel (Naveen Hotel), Hubballi and end at Gandhinagar Cross, Dharwad.

Bus stations will be 4 meters wide, and will be located at the middle of the BRT corridor.


Each station will act as reference point for GPS, and will have LED Displays to display the schedule of arrival / departure of buses.

Supporting infrastructure

  • BRT Depot, Hubballi
  • BRT Terminal, Hubballi
  • OCBS Terminal, Dharwad
  • Central Workshop, Dharwad
  • Interchange at Hosur

Integrated Transit Management Systems

  • GPS based vehicle tracking system.
  • Passenger Information System.
  • LED and audio announcement in buses.
  • LED Display for schedules of arrival / departure at bus-stations.
  • RFID based automated door.
  • Off-board ticketing for real time schedule management.

Ridership and fleet size projections over next two decades

Year ending Annual Ridership Fleet size.
2014 237968 190
2015 259385 208
2016 280135 224
2017 302546 242
2018 323724 259
2019 346385 277
2020 367168 294
2021 389198 311
2022 412550 330
2023 433178 347
2024 454837 364
2025 473030 378
2026 491951 394
2027 511629 409
2028 532095 426
2029 548057 438
2030 564499 452
2031 581434 465

Project status

Almost 90% of the work has been done.Trial run is proposed in January 2018.Which will become the first BRT system in karnataka.Project cost is around 900 crore which is funded by Central government,Hubli-Dharwad municipal corporation and Nwkrtc.Full functioning is expected in January 2018.

References

  1. ^ http://www.hdbrts.co.in/features.php
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