Articles tagged under: BRTS

Surat BRTS and City buses on these routes to remain non-functional on Sept 17

September 15, 2024
Surat BRTS and City buses on these routes to remain non-functional on Sept 17

Surat: Due to Ganesh murti visarjan processions, the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and city buses will not operate in certain areas of Surat on September 17. City bus and BRTS routes at Athwagate, SVNIT, Rahulraj Mall, SK Nagar, Old RTO T-Point, Athwa Over Bridge, Sardar Tapi Bridge, Adajan Village, Star Bazaar, Pal RTO, Bhatha Village, ONGC Circle, Kribhko Over Bridge, Mora Circle, L&T, Hazira Butt Owara, Gajera Ratnamala Circle, Dabholi Char Rasta, Dabholi Bridge, Subhashbagh Circle, ...Read More

BRTS changes bus routes after closures of Ahmedabad Railway Station road

September 11, 2024
BRTS changes bus routes after closures of Ahmedabad Railway Station road

Ahmedabad: The redevelopment work of Kalupur Junction in the city is underway, leading the city police commissioner to announce the closure of a key road leading to the railway station for a period of three years. Amid the road closure, the BRTS, a public transport unit of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, has announced alternate routes for the BRTS bus service. As per the press note issued by the Executive Director of Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited, a subsidiary of AMC, there will be changes i...Read More

All 13 BRTS routes in Surat now operate with electric buses

September 11, 2024
All 13 BRTS routes in Surat now operate with electric buses

Surat: The BRTS bus service, considered an important mode of transport for millions of passengers in the city, will now operate on all 13 routes with electric buses. Starting Wednesday, Surat will become the first city in the country to achieve the use of 100% electric buses in the BRTS corridor. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) began adding electric buses to the BRTS and city bus services in 2020, and after four years of effort, BRTS will utilize 352 electric buses across its 13 routes. ...Read More

Ahmedabad BRTS announces major changes in bus operations on Muharram

July 15, 2024
Ahmedabad BRTS announces major changes in bus operations on Muharram

Ahmedabad: The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), run by the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC), has announced changes to the bus routes to ease the regulation of vehicular traffic on the occasion of the festival of Muharram (Tajiya) on Wednesday i.e 17th July. These restrictions will be in place from 01:30 PM on Wednesday until further notice. The bus routes will be changed as follows, so citizens are kindly requested to take note of this change: Read More

3 BRTS electric buses caught in fire in Ahmedabad

June 25, 2024
3 BRTS electric buses caught in fire in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Three buses of the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) that run on the Janmarg Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) caught fire on Monday night. The buses were all electric. They caught fire during rainfall. The incident took place at the Jadeshwar bus depot in Vastral, operated by the private operator JBM. While one bus caught fire presumably due to a short circuit, the fire spread to two adjacent buses parked nearby. JBM's expert team from Mumbai will visit the spot. Since the bu...Read More

3 miscreants booked for attack on BRTS station in Un area of Surat

June 20, 2024
3 miscreants booked for attack on BRTS station in Un area of Surat

Surat: The local police today arrested one Asif Pinjari and two other migrant Muslims for breaking the glass door of a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) bus stand using a steel pipe and also breaking a CCTV camera. The miscreants also broke the glass of a bus at a BRTS station in the Un area on Monday night. The miscreants entered into a clash with a cashier. A complainant, Afzal Rehmat Hussain Siddiki, who is an employee of the bus service, told the police that on Monday at around 8 PM, Asif P...Read More

BRTS bus driver watches IPL match while driving; video goes viral

April 25, 2024

Ahmedabad: A video has gone viral on social media showing a driver of a city BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) bus watching an IPL cricket match on his mobile phone while driving. This video showing gross negligence and carelessness by the city bus driver comes just two days after another video surfaced showing a tragic accident between an AMTS (Amdavad Municipal Transport Services) bus and a scooter rider. After the video came to light, the Ahmedabad BRTS management has removed the bu...Read More

Soon 12 meters long 150 high-tech buses to move on Surat BRTS routes

February 21, 2024
Soon 12 meters long 150 high-tech buses to move on Surat BRTS routes

Surat: The city of Surat will get 75 smart buses on its roads this month. The other 75 buses may arrive next month. 12 meters long high-tech buses will be part of the Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) service. The buses will have system to keep check over ticketless passengers. It will have GPS and AC systems attached. The buses will be 32-seater. They shall have fire-safety provisions. The buses will have front camera and ORVM side mirrors to help drivers. The record of number of passengers will ...Read More

Accident between two BRTS buses in Katargam area of Surat; One dead, 8 injured

December 24, 2023
Accident between two BRTS buses in Katargam area of Surat; One dead, 8 injured

Surat: In an unusual kind of road accident, one BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) bus collided with another BRTS bus from the rear side on Pramukh Swami bridge here. Several bikes and bike riders sandwiched between two buses, causing one death and leaving 8 persons injured, out of whom 3 are critical. The people nearby rushed and rescued those trapped between two buses. The incident took place in peak hours and a large number of people gathered there. The people slapped the bus driver who hit...Read More

Extra AMTS, BRTS buses announced for ICC World Cup final match in Ahmedabad

November 17, 2023
Extra AMTS, BRTS buses announced for ICC World Cup final match in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has announced special buses from the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for cricket enthusiasts on the day of the ICC Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia on November 19th, Sunday. Read More