Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company
File:Isfahan Bus logo.png | |
Founded | October 26, 1967[1] |
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Headquarters | Next to Baboldasht Terminal, Kaveh Boulevard, Isfahan |
Service area | Isfahan, Baharestan, Dastgerd, Gaz, Dolatabad, Habibabad, Komeshcheh, Qahjavarestan Dorcheh, Khomeynishahr Isfahan Province |
Service type | Bus service |
Routes | 1 BRT Route Formerly 2, lines merged 94 Bus Routes |
Stops | 1600[2] |
Fleet | 1400 buses[1] |
Daily ridership | 950,000 passengers per day [1] |
Operator | Isfahan Municipality |
Chief executive | Seyed Abbas Rouhani Esfahani[3] |
Website | ica |
Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company (Persian: شرکت واحد اتوبوسراني اصفهان و حومه) is a public transport agency running Transit buses in Isfahan city and surrounding satellite cities and settlements in the Greater Isfahan Region, Central Iran. The municipalities served other than Isfahan are: Abrisham, Baharestan, Dastgerd, Dolatabad, Dorcheh, Gaz, Habibabad, Khomeynishahr, Komeshcheh, and Qahjavarestan. The organization was founded on October 26, 1967[1] with an initial capital of 39'100'000 Rials (Equivalent to 54'768'540'300 Rials in 2013, 1'738'680 US Dollars in 2013, 245'453 US Dollars in 1967) It sends 60 buses to Iraqi border every year for a one month pilgrim parade.[4]
Fleet
Buses used are mostly manufactured by Iran Khodro Diesel. The oldest model active in the fleet is IKD O457 City Bus. These buses were later upgraded to be able to use CNG fuel, becoming the model IKD CNG City Bus O457G-OSG. Esfahan also utilizes Shahab Khodro Renault Eurobuses. Also the higher capacity MEGATRANS City Bus is also used in the fleet.[5] Recent buses entering the fleet are Oghab Scania-3112 models. Buses utilized in BRT lines, are 2 cabins, and are SNA X-MOB 18001 and XMQ6180G1 models.
Smart Card
The first time a smart card system was used on Isfahan buses was in summer 2010, with studies done over the summer and the contractor chosen over the fall of 2009. The system was reorganized with the creation of ESCard in summer 2012.[6]
Routes
BRT
BRT's ridership at summer of 2015 is 120'000 per day.[7]
Line | First Terminus | Second Terminus | Length (km) | Stations From 1st to 2nd Terminus |
Stations From 2nd to 1st Terminus |
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BRT1 | Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal | Yazdabad Bridge | 19 | 32 | 32 |
BRT2 | Bozorgmehr Bridge | Jomhuri Square | |||
BRT3 | Arghavanieh Terminal | Khorram Terminal | |||
BRT4 | Jey Bus Terminal | Dorcheh Jct. |
Formerly
Before September 15, 2014, There were two BRT bus routes. On that date, these routes were merged to create one continuous route.[8]
Line | First Terminus | Second Terminus | Length (km) | Stations From 1st to 2nd Terminus |
Stations From 2nd to 1st Terminus |
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BRT1 | Azadi Square (Isfahan) | Yazdabad Bridge | 9 | 14 | 14 |
BRT2 Replaced Route 6 |
Bagh-e-Ghoushkhane Terminal | Azadi Square (Isfahan) | 10 | 19 | 19 |
Normal Routes
Night Routes
These routes are active from 20:30 to 23:00 daily. Currently there are 15 active night routes, plus the BRT route
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "پیرامون شرکت". isfahan.ir. Retrieved 2014-09-18.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "آمار کلی شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی اصفهان و حومه". isfahan.ir. Retrieved 2014-09-18.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "درگاه الکترونیکی شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی". isfahan.ir. Retrieved 2014-09-18.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "اختصاص ۲۰ هزار متر مربع فضای مسقف به موکبهای اصفهان در شهر مقدس کربلا". 20 August 2023.
- ↑ "ایران خودرو دیزل". isfahan.ir. Retrieved 2014-09-18.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "تاریخچه". escard.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- ↑ "سونامی حمل و نقل در اصفهان" [Transportation tsunami in Isfahan] (in العربية). Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ↑ فاز يك و فاز دو خط يك BRT ادغام شد[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 راه اندازي خط جديد هتل پل ـ پايانه صفه (خط۳۲)[permanent dead link ]