3.92 lakh passengers enjoy free journey in Surat BRTS
May 19, 2015
Surat
A 27-day long period of free ride in Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) has been over for passengers in Surat on newly opened VR Mall-Sarthana stretch. This new stretch was opened by Chief Minister on 20th April. Passengers were offered ticketless travel till 17 May. In-total 3.92 lakh passengers had free journey during this period.
On the first day of ticket travel, the number of passengers was 60% down. During the ticketless period, daily number of passengers was at around 14,000 on average, but on the first day of ticket travel the count of passengers was 5,911.
Though the number of passengers was lesser, BRTS earned Rs 59,262 revenue. Not only this, but connecting routes that were witnessing fewer passengers suddenly saw increase in number of passengers.
BRTS project in Surat has been failure due to lesser than expected number of daily passengers. Local authority now hopes that after completion of all routes of BRTS, there will be more passengers.
– DeshGujarat
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