Ahmedabad: In April 2013, the first BRT bus rolled into Kalupur station, promising a multi-modal shift in the city’s public transportation network. A makeshift bus stand greeted passengers at the railway station. But now, in July 2021, Ahmedabad’s premier transport service will construct its first ‘official’ bus stand at Kalupur station at the cost of Rs 50.66 lakh.
Senior AMC officials told TOI that in 2013, for the third phase of the city’s BRT network, the budget for each bus stand was between Rs 95 lakh and Rs 1.03 crore depending on the location. “Interestingly, the new BRT bus stand at Kalupur station will be built at half the cost of the 2013 budget,” a senior official said.
Back in 2013, when the BRT ventured into the Walled City, it had connected the Tilak Baug, Delhi Darwaza, Sarangpur, and Lal Darwaza routes. “The Kalupur BRT station was delayed as the traffic police and Western Railway were redesigning the parking and the pick-up and drop points for passengers at the station,” a senior Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited official said. “Temporary tin-shed bus stands were erected a few hundred metres away from Kalupur station.” The construction of the bus stand will begin in August, officials said.
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