Commuters travelling to Vijayawada and other coastal districts in APSRTC buses from the city need not come all the way to the bus station at Imliban. They can board the buses at the nearest colonies, as the corporation is planning to run 57 buses from different residential colonies on diverted routes without touching MGBS.
Accordingly, from November 24, commuters will be given an option of boarding buses at Nagaram (ECIL), Ashoknagar (BHEL), Lingampally (Miyapur), Gajula Ramaram (Jeedimetla), Pragathinagar (KPHB), Suchitra (JBS), Kondapur, Gachibowli etc.
In the return journey, commuters can get down at the nearest colony. However, commuters would have to pay extra fare for these buses. “The objective is to reduce journey time for passengers. Everyday over 1,068 long distance services are operated from MGBS to various destinations and this causes severe traffic jams at MGBS, especially between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. besides affecting the bus schedules,” said an officer.
“At times, it takes 45 minutes for buses to come out of MGBS and eventually many buses are operated behind schedule. To overcome this problem, authorities have planned to operate 57 buses on diverted without touching MGBS,” he said.
A special study was conducted for this purpose, in which it was found that about 57 long distance buses have very minimal boarding at MGBS.
This apart, there was demand from commuters to operate few buses from different residential colonies, he said. Details of these buses can be had from nearest APSRTC Authorised Ticket Booking Agent.
