Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company explained

Isfahan and Suburbs Bus Company
شرکت واحد اتوبوسراني اصفهان و حومه
Founded:October 26, 1967[1]
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
Ridership:950,000 passengers per day
Operator:Isfahan Municipality
Ceo:Seyed Abbas Rouhani Esfahani[3]
Website:

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
BRT1 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
BRT1 Yazdabad Bridge 9 14 14
BRT2
Replaced Route 6
10 19 19

Normal Routes

!Line!Logo!First Terminus!Second Terminus!Length (km)!Stations
From 1st to 2nd Terminus!Stations
From 2nd to 1st Terminus!Weekday Frequency (min)!Friday and Holiday Frequency (min)
Line 1 Bozorgmehr Bridge Zeynabieh-Darak 14 37 37 5 15
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4 Garkan 5 18 18 10 25
Line 5 8 22 22 10 25
Line 7 Dr. Gharazi Hospital 8 24 20 12 30
Line 9 5 12 12 9 25
Line 10 5 13 12 6 18
Line 11 6 15
Line 12 Kesareh 3 5 4 40 No
Service
Line 13 15
Line 14 Azadi Square
Formerly Hotel Pol[9]
Kuy-e Bahar6
9
14
20
12
20
Line 16 Malekshahr Jct. 13 32 31 10 20
Line 17 10 27 25 10 30
Line 18 Veldan 4 12 12 60 No
Service
Line 19 Mahdieh 9 21 22 40 No
Service
Line 20 Malekshahr 11 26 27 12 30
Line 21 11 23 23
Line 22 Janbazan 21 23 21 12 25
Line 23 5 14 14 6 15
Line 24 Negin 14 32 32 8 20
Line 25 7 21 21 10 25
Line 26 Dorcheh Jct. 10 24 24 4 10
Line 27 6 14 14 12 30
Line 28 Shiri Bridge 14 38 33 5 15
Line 29 12 21 21 10 25
Line 30 16 30 30 16 30
Line 31 11 24 27 10 25
Line 32 7 14 16
Line 33 Qa'emieh Square Shahid Abbaspur Power Plant 4 9 9
Line 34 7 21 21 3 10
Line 35 7 17 17
Line 36 Soffeh Terminal
Formerly Hotel Pol
Kuy-e Emam 3
7
4
16
5
16
Line 37 11 18 18 15 30
Line 38 Darvishi 3 10 9 5 25
Line 39 Qa'emieh Square Kuy-e Amirieh 4 16 5 5 15
Line 40 Kuy-e Amirieh 11 29 24 10 25
Line 41 Tayyeb St. 12 22 25 10 25
Line 42 7 23 23 5 15
Line 43 9 26 26 6 20
Line 44 23
Line 45 Ahmadabad Square 11 17 20 10 20
Line 46 Qa'emieh Square Qa'emieh 4 12 12 5 20
Line 47 Azarbeigi Square 7 21 25 10 25
Line 48 32
Line 49 9 14 14 15 30
Line 50 Asheghabad 8 20 20 20 40
Line 51 Shahrak-e Kowsar9 18 18 20 40
Line 52 Garkan 10 24 26 15 30
Line 53 Kerdabad 7 20 22 20 No
Service
Line 54 25 5 10
Line 55
Run by
Baharestan Municipality
22
Line 57 Zeynabieh-Darak 11 29 30 12 30
Line 58 Babukan 8 20 18 25 No
Service
Line 59
Line 60 Kujan 5 13 13 20 30
Line 61 Soffeh Terminal
Formerly Hotel Pol
Kuy-e Emam Sadegh 2
8
5
16
4
19
Line 62 Soffeh Terminal
Formerly Hotel Pol
Kuy-e Sepahan 2
9
3
15
3
17
Line 63 7 15 14 8 20
Line 65 6 11 11 10 20
Line 66 Qa'emieh Square
Line 67 18 29 27 15 30
Line 68 11 29 29 7 15
Line 70 Golestan St. 8 17 22 12 25
Line 71 Arghavanieh 15 38 38 12 30
Line 72 Kuy-e Vali-e Asr 7 16 14 10 30
Line 73 8 17 17 30 No
Service
Line 74 Shiri Bridge Behesht St. 9 23 16 15 No
Service
Line 75 Vafaei Jct.-7th Moharram Dorcheh Jct. 9 26 32 15 30
Line 76 Sepahanshahr-Shahed Blvd. 13 22 20 3 10
Line 77 Shahrak-e Azadegan 11 28 28 10 25
Line 78 Shahrak-e Vali-e Asr 10 19 19 10 25
Line 79 Kazemi-Mofatteh jct. 8 18 18 15 30
Line 80 Malekshahr Jct. 27 31 31 18 30
Line 81 Barazandeh St. 7 16 16 10 20
Line 82 Malekshahr Jct. Esteqlal Blvd. 17 28 28 20 30
Line 83 Bozorgmehr Bridge 17 28 28 15 30
Line 84 Radan-Fizudan 6 7 7 60 No
Service
Line 85 Tayyeb St. Shahrak-e Negin 13 30 33 15 30
Line 86 Sepahanshahr-Ghadir Blvd. 14 21 21 3 10
Line 88 Ata-ol-Molk St 11 22 22 60 No
Service
Line 90 Bozorgmehr Bridge Rowshanshahr 9 18 18 30 No
Service
Line 91 Malekshahr Amusement park 20 47 47 3 10
Line 92 Khaneh Esfahan 15 32 33 8 20
Line 93 14 29 30 15 30
Line 94 Janbazan Blvd. Alikhani Square
(Malekshahr)
18 29 29 10 20
Line 95 6 8 7 30 No
Service
Line 96 5 7 8 15 30
Line 97 6 6 4 15 30
Line 101
Line 102
Line 103 9
Line 104
Parallel to Falavarjan Line 4
Qa'emieh Square
Line 105 34

Night Routes

These routes are active from 20:30 to 23:00 daily. Currently there are 15 active night routes, plus the BRT route

!Line!Logo!First Terminus!Second Terminus!Length (km)!Stations
From 1st to 2nd Terminus!Stations
From 2nd to 1st Terminus
Line 1 Bozorgmehr Bridge Zeynabieh-Darak 14 37 37
Line 9 5 12 12
Line 10 5 13 12
Line 25 7 21 21
Line 26 Dorcheh Jct. 10 24 24
Line 28 Shiri Bridge 14 38 33
Line 34 7 21 21
Line 42 Kuy-e Amirieh 11 29 24
Line 43 9 26 26
Line 57 Zeynabieh-Darak 11 29 30
Line 79 Kazemi-Mofatteh jct. 8 18 18
Line 91 Malekshahr Amusement park 20 47 47
Line 92 Khaneh Esfahan 15 32 33
Line 93 14 29 30
Line 94 Janbazan Blvd. Alikhani Square
(Malekshahr)
18 29 29

Notes and References

  1. Web site: پیرامون شرکت. isfahan.ir. 2014-09-18.
  2. Web site: آمار کلی شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی اصفهان و حومه. isfahan.ir. 2014-09-18.
  3. Web site: درگاه الکترونیکی شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی. isfahan.ir. 2014-09-18.
  4. Web site: اختصاص ۲۰ هزار متر مربع فضای مسقف به موکب‌های اصفهان در شهر مقدس کربلا . 20 August 2023 .
  5. Web site: ایران خودرو دیزل. isfahan.ir. 2014-09-18.
  6. Web site: تاریخچه. escard.ir. 2014-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20140131214644/http://www.escard.ir/Fa.aspx?p=19. 2014-01-31. dead.
  7. http://esfahanews.mihanblog.com/post/15
  8. http://www.isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=news&lang=1&tempname=Sotobosrani&sub=46&PageID=21369&PageIDF=942 فاز يك و فاز دو خط يك BRT ادغام شد
  9. http://tnews.ir/news/4A2D30530445.html راه اندازي خط جديد هتل پل ـ پايانه صفه (خط۳۲)