{"id":62181,"date":"2020-03-02T16:22:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62181"},"modified":"2020-03-02T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:22:45","slug":"two-new-public-transportation-routes-approved-iia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/two-new-public-transportation-routes-approved-iia.html","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi Administration approves two new public transport routes to IIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The district administration has approved two <a href=\"The district administration has approved two new public transport routes \u2013 connecting the city to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) \u2013 in order to facilitate commuters, according to news sources. Meanwhile, another route between Rawat and Taxila has also been approved by the administration. Reportedly, the first route will start in Rawat and will cross through the Soan bus yard, Rawalpindi High Court, Fauji Foundation, district courts, Kutchery Chowk to IIA. While the second route will commence from Koral Chowk, passing through Gulzar-e-Quaid, Shah Khalid Colony, old Benazir Bhutto International Airport, district courts and Kutchery Chowk and finally to the airport. At Kuchery Chowk, both routes are expected to converge and pass through Saddar, Qasim Market, Westridge, Johar Chowk and to Kohinoor Mills before reaching the airport. Rawalpindi Commissioner Muhammad Mahmood underscored that since the inauguration of the airport two years, no effective public transport exists to connect the airport with the twin cities resulting in economic exploitation of commuters by transporters. A meeting has also been called to consult on the route fares. Transporters will have to acquire permits for the routes and will assure of ample space in their vehicles to carry the luggage. To this effect, the Rawalpindi District Transport Board (RDTB) had invited applications from transporters who intend to seek permits for their vehicles between specified stops in Rawalpindi. The suggested maximum fare amounts to PKR 200 while the minimum suggested fare amounts to PKR 50.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"new public transport routes (opens in a new tab)\">new public transport routes<\/a> \u2013 connecting the city to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) \u2013 in order to facilitate commuters, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, another route between Rawat and Taxila has also been approved by the administration. Reportedly, the first route will start in Rawat and will cross through the Soan bus yard, Rawalpindi High Court, Fauji Foundation, district courts, Kutchery Chowk to IIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-islamabad-airport-metro-bus-service-delayed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"New Islamabad Airport Metro Bus service delayed (opens in a new tab)\">New Islamabad Airport Metro Bus service delayed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the second route\nwill commence from Koral Chowk, passing through Gulzar-e-Quaid, Shah Khalid\nColony, old Benazir Bhutto International Airport, district courts and Kutchery\nChowk and finally to the airport. At Kuchery Chowk, both routes are expected to\nconverge and pass through Saddar, Qasim Market, Westridge, Johar Chowk and to\nKohinoor Mills before reaching the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rawalpindi Commissioner Muhammad Mahmood underscored that since the inauguration of the airport two years, no effective public transport exists to connect the airport with the twin cities resulting in economic exploitation of commuters by transporters. A meeting has also been called to consult on the route fares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-airport-metro-bus-project-to-complete-by-dec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Islamabad airport metro bus project to complete by Dec (opens in a new tab)\">Islamabad airport metro bus project to complete by Dec<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transporters\nwill have to acquire permits for the routes and will assure of ample space in\ntheir vehicles to carry the luggage. To this effect, the Rawalpindi District\nTransport Board (RDTB) had invited applications from transporters who intend to\nseek permits for their vehicles between specified stops in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suggested maximum fare amounts to PKR 200 while the minimum suggested fare amounts to PKR 50. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-ring-road-project-complete-two-years-time-commissioner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rawalpindi Ring Road project to complete in two years\u2019 time: Commissioner (opens in a new tab)\">Rawalpindi Ring Road project to complete in two years\u2019 time: Commissioner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The district administration has approved two new public transport routes \u2013 connecting the city to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) \u2013 in order to facilitate commuters, according to news sources. Meanwhile, another route between Rawat and Taxila has also been approved by the administration. Reportedly, the first route will start in Rawat and will cross through the Soan bus yard, Rawalpindi High Court, Fauji Foundation, district courts, Kutchery Chowk to IIA. Read: New Islamabad Airport Metro Bus service delayed While the second route will commence from Koral Chowk, passing through Gulzar-e-Quaid, Shah Khalid Colony, old Benazir Bhutto International Airport, district courts and Kutchery Chowk and finally to the airport. At Kuchery Chowk, both routes are expected to converge and pass through Saddar, Qasim Market, Westridge, Johar Chowk and to Kohinoor Mills before reaching the airport. Rawalpindi Commissioner Muhammad Mahmood underscored that since the inauguration of the airport two years, no effective public transport exists to connect the airport with the twin cities resulting in economic exploitation of commuters by transporters. A meeting has also been called to consult on the route fares. Read: Islamabad airport metro bus project to complete by Dec Transporters will have to acquire permits for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":37598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016,15017],"tags":[10237,10559,5588,305,147,21600],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"category-notices-announcements","10":"tag-clean-green-rawalpindi-companies-establish-contact-with-public","11":"tag-islamabad-airport-metro-bus-project-to-complete-by-dec","12":"tag-public-transport","13":"tag-rawalpindi","14":"tag-rawat-gt-road","15":"tag-taxila","16":"cat-20385-id","17":"cat-15016-id","18":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two new public transportation routes approved to IIA - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The district administration has approved two new public transport routes \u2013 connecting the city to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) \u2013 in order to facilitate commuters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/two-new-public-transportation-routes-approved-iia.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two new public transportation routes approved to IIA - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The district administration has approved two new public transport routes \u2013 connecting the city to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) \u2013 in order to facilitate commuters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/two-new-public-transportation-routes-approved-iia.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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