However, the BRTS did not have dedicated lanes and had to share roads with regular traffic with no right-of-way privileges.
Ltd, for all major heavy steel and pillar work, this also included digging into the ground to develop the foundations of the project, and M/s Zahir Khan & Brothers in joint venture with M/s Reliable Engineering Services (Pvt.)
The system, was constructed by the Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA), a subsidiary of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) at a cost Rs 29.65 billion.
Lahore MBS currently operates a fleet of 66 buses which were deployed by Albayrak Platform Turizm after a seven-year contract in 2013.
[8][9][10] The Lahore Metrobus meets the criteria laid out by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.
Due to these approach tubes, prospective passengers don't have to cross high-speed roads to get to the stations, but go below them instead, an example of a segregated Right-of-way.
[14] During late May 2013, the Metrobuses started to develop an over-heating problem as the temperatures in the city crossed 45°C.
[15] Punjab Metrobus Authority's public relations officer, Amir Masood, told the media that when the buses were imported the manufacturers, Sweden-based Volvo and China-based Sunwin, were told to provide buses that could remain operational in temperatures approaching 51 °C.
When the operation error came to surface, Masood said that the suppliers are being fined and the further import of buses from them is halted.
[16] The Punjab Government, in the development program of 2013-14, proposed similar Metrobus projects for Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Multan.