Visakhapatnam Bus Rapid Transit System

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Visakhapatnam BRTS
Overview
LocaleAndhra Pradesh, India
Transit typeRapid transit
Key peoplevamsi
BRTS road at Arilova comes under simhachalam transist corridor

Visakhapatnam BRTS :-The implementation of the bus rapid transit system has been taken up as a high- capacity public transport system in Visakhapatnam keeping in view the projected multi-fold increase in traffic and constraints of road capacity. A Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) was approved for the city under the JNNURM. This project is under construction and will be completed by the end of 2010.[needs update] The BRTS intends to increase use of public transport from the present share of about 30 per cent to 50 per cent by 2011.

Corridors[edit]

The following two corridors were identified for BRTS by the APSRTC and Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation.

The two corridors connect Pendurthi to Dwaraka Nagar on two different routes. Vizag BRTS - Pendurthy Transit Corridor. Pendurthi via Gopalapatnam, NAD X Road, Kancharapalem and the Railway Station. Vizag BRTS - Simhachalam Transit Corridor. Pendurthi via Simhachalam, Adavivaram, Hanumanthavaka and Maddilapalem.

BRTS at Rama Talkies road

Bus Rapid Transport System projects of about 42 km in Vizag city at a total cost of about Rs 452 crore. The BRTS would be implemented with a joint finance from the Andhra Pradesh government (20 %) and Government of India (50 %) under JNNURM, and GVMC (30 %).


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