Further more, 100 more feeder bus services were bought in first phase; feeding passengers to the remaining 18 buses from far flung areas.
(meta data) TITLE: Multan's Feeder Bus Service to be operational in July | The Express Tribune (meta data) AUTHOR: Tribune.com.pk (meta data) PUBLISHER: https://tribune.com.pk/ Daily Express The Express Tribune Urdu E Paper English E Paper Watch Express News Live Sunday, 25 Aug 2019 Today's Paper beta 2.1 Sunday, 25 Aug 2019 Today's Paper ## Multan's Feeder Bus Service to be operational in July # Multan's Feeder Bus Service to be operational in July 100 air-condit­ioned buses will transp­ort around 75,000 commut­ers on daily basis By Shahram Haq Published: June 30, 2017 Transport authorities restore buses removed after inauguration of Metro feeder buses. PHOTO:EXPRESS LAHORE: To facilitate Metro Bus passengers, the Feeder Bus Service (FBS) will ply 100 air-conditioned buses on different routes in July. At least, 75,000 commuters will benefit with the new service. The Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) is in a process of initiating operations of the integrated public transport system (feeder routes) in Multan City in July this year. In the first phase of the project, eleven feeder routes will be added to the Multan Metro Bus system by operating 100 air-conditioned buses. These buses are expected to transport around 75,000 commuters on daily basis. New Metro Bus Route: Construction work gains momentum These feeder routes will have fare, operational and physical integration with metro bus line to ensure running of a fully integrated transport system within the city. The official contractor for operating buses on feeder routes is Veda Transit Solutions. Lahore was the first city where PMTA started feeder route air-conditioned busses connecting almost entire metro bus track with 200 feeder buses provided and operated by Daewoo Pakistan. Multan will be the second city where feeder routes will be connected with metro bus track. Veda Transit Solutions Chief Operating Officer Abdur Rehman told The Express Tribune, "The first batch of buses to run under the project has already arrived at Multan and the remaining buses are waiting to be transported from Karachi to Multan soon on completion of depots facilities and related infrastructure." He added, "The team of engineers also arrived along with the buses to provide technical assistance in terms of driver's training and setting up maintenance operations which have been completed." He maintained, "The feeder route operations are expected to commence in July and Veda is ready to start operating buses with full commitment." OLMT construction disrupts gas for 12 hours In February 2016, the Punjab Mass-Transit Authority had inked an agreement with Daewoo Pakistan for procurement, operation and maintenance of feeder buses for integrated bus operations in Lahore. These buses were to hit Lahore's roads in April last year, but the project was stalled owing to disagreements between the authority and the operator on contractual terms. The issue was later resolved amicably and the operator ordered new buses. Published in The Express Tribune, June 30th, 2017. Read more: , Metro bus , Transport #### Recommended Stories OLMT construction disrupts gas for 12 hours SNGPL was shifting 12-inch pipeline disrupting metro train works. New Metro Bus Route: Construction work gains momentum Work on Peshawar Mor-New Islamabad Airport Metro Bus Service will be completed by August SC reserves verdict in Orange Line Metro Project case Civil society contends project will damage heritage sites Student dies in Metro Bus accident in Rawalpindi Driver arrested and booked for manslaughter and rash driving ## Facebook Conversations #### Connect With Tribune News Like Us On Facebook Follow Us On Twitter #### Get news delivered to your inbox Your Email Address #### Most Read 1 Kashmir may provide spark for Pakistan-India nuclear war: US think tank 2 Indian govt officer resigns over brutal Kashmir conditions 3 Hamza Ali Abbasi, Naimal Khawar Khan tie the knot 4 Fiscal slippages in first year to haunt Imran Khan's govt 5 Senate chairman cancels UAE visit after Modi honoured 6 'Modi is a terrorist': Kashmiris protest in front of UN headquarters 7 'Blank pages will speak loudly': Syed Ali Geelani condemns information blockade in IOK 8 Time for Naya Pakistan to take a radical U-turn 9 Automakers urge PTI govt not to liberalise used car imports 10 FATF and Pakistan #### Recent Slideshows Comic Wisdom - by Sabir Nazar (August 2019) Comic Wisdom - by Sabir Nazar (July 2019) Comic Wisdom - by Sabir Nazar (June 2019) Comic Wisdom - by Sabir Nazar (May 2019) More in Punjab Unchecked extraction to blame for depleting groundwater
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Operational problems of project.
Multan metro bus service was started with 47 buses. However, the service was unable to meet its target of 90,000+ passengers. After commence losses, ten buses were sent to the Lahore metro project. Nevertheless, the remaining 37 buses were still unable to attain viable passengers . To prevent the service from collapse, 19 buses were parked and strength was reduced to 18.