New beginnings: Residents welcome metro bus service

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metro
ˈmɛtrəʊ/
noun

1. 1.
   an underground railway system in a city, especially Paris.

adjective
NORTH AMERICAN

1. 1.
   metropolitan.
   "the Detroit metro area"

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You are pulling it up from the British English dictionary that Google India uses. Try going to other dictionaries. The real definition of it is a ROAD or a LINK across a Metropolitan. France is mentioned as it was one of the first one to use this term for Paris based underground train. But that doesn't mean its the actual meaning. In fact, it represents a Metropolitan or Metropolis or a City Wide Link:

metro-3
1.
a combining form representing metropolis, or metropolitan, in compound words:
metroflight; metroland; Metroliner.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2015.
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Origin of METRO
French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain metropolitan railroad
First Known Use: 1904

That is the level of jahaalat among patwaris. They are calling a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT or BRTS) as 'metro'. lmao! These guys never seize to entertain me.

You live in Caanda, you should know enough English to understand the real meaning of the term or noun Metro? Or you moved there and didn't exactly go to school to learn the language all the way??? If so is the case, why criticize something you, yourself don't know about.....????

 

[ghostpk]

Who cares about the name or meaning. We Pakistanis make our own rules and that goes for naming things as well. Call us innovators. We don't follow, instead we lead.

Btw, I assumed it was Metro Bus because it is a bus that runs in a metro... Made sense to me.

 

[Echo_419]

Istanbul

Bagota

Mexico City

Sydney

Washington

Hamburg

Congrats on the BRT but isn't the cost (19mil per km) a little high

 

[SBD-3]

We have TTP trolls, we have LeJ trolls, we have PTI trolls, we have MQM trolls, we have PPP trolls, hell we even have Armed Forces trolls, however, @SBD-3, dude, you and @cb4 take the cake when it comes trolling for PMLN...... you guys must be the most professional spin-doctors online that I've ever come across. You guys are two men army, have to give it to you - kudos!

At least we are not outright stupid and don't resort personal attacks like the ladies in the "Analysts" group.

 

[NaMaloom]

You are pulling it up from the British English dictionary that Google India uses. Try going to other dictionaries. The real definition of it is a ROAD or a LINK across a Metropolitan. France is mentioned as it was one of the first one to use this term for Paris based underground train. But that doesn't mean its the actual meaning. In fact, it represents a Metropolitan or Metropolis or a City Wide Link:

metro-3
1.
a combining form representing metropolis, or metropolitan, in compound words:
metroflight; metroland; Metroliner.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2015.
Cite This Source

Origin of METRO
French métro, short for (chemin de fer) métropolitain metropolitan railroad
First Known Use: 1904




You live in Caanda, you should know enough English to understand the real meaning of the term or noun Metro? Or you moved there and didn't exactly go to school to learn the language all the way??? If so is the case, why criticize something you, yourself don't know about.....????

My comment was regarding people just using the one word 'metro'; its fine if you say the full word 'metrobus'. Now if you need eye-glasses, do let me know.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

Congrats on the BRT but isn't the cost (19mil per km) a little high

not a little high .. it is a damn high

 

[definitelynotIndian]

Why not go all the way and run trains instead of a bus?

 

[Echo_419]

not a little high .. it is a damn high

You should have gone for a proper metro at that cost

 

[IND151]

Mostly metro refers to metro rail & not metro bus

Metro | Definition of metro by Merriam-Webster



They all call it 'metro bus'

Yes, while many Pakisatni members here call it 'Metro'.

 

[Icarus]

Why not go all the way and run trains instead of a bus?

1. Initial investment would sky rocket as rail infrastructure is more expensive to procure/install.
2. With the recent diesel price hike, it would cost a lot more to manage diesel locos and electric ones are not an option due to electricity shortfall.
3. Most areas covered are densely populated, the compensation that would need to be paid to the affectees make it a tough proposition. The MetroBus track is elevated in placed where road expansion was too expensive, the same could not have been done with a train system .
4. Ahmedabad, Istanbul, Melbourne and a number of other cities have successful MetroBus systems.

Plans are underway for a metrorail system in Lahore, if its a successful pilot project, it will probably be implemented in other cities.

Yes, while many Pakisatni members here call it 'Metro'.

That's because the project is named "Metro Bus Service". I don't care about the context or what the dictionary has to say about it, I see a name, I use a name.

 

[chauvunist]

As much as i have problems with the cost of the project,i still think it's a good initiative with every major city in Pakistan should start to have one...The intra-city transport system sucks in almost all of Pakistan and i think it should be a step forward..

 

[IND151]

1. Initial investment would sky rocket as rail infrastructure is more expensive to procure/install.
2. With the recent diesel price hike, it would cost a lot more to manage diesel locos and electric ones are not an option due to electricity shortfall.
3. Most areas covered are densely populated, the compensation that would need to be paid to the affectees make it a tough proposition. The MetroBus track is elevated in placed where road expansion was too expensive, the same could not have been done with a train system .
4. Ahmedabad, Istanbul, Melbourne and a number of other cities have successful MetroBus systems.

Plans are underway for a metrorail system in Lahore, if its a successful pilot project, it will probably be implemented in other cities.



That's because the project is named "Metro Bus Service". I don't care about the context or what the dictionary has to say about it, I see a name, I use a name.

I was merely pointing out what word Metro means and Pakistani members call their Metro Bus Service just Metro.

 

[Shan-e-ibrahim]

Why not go all the way and run trains instead of a bus?

paisa toh jagah jagah trees par latka hua hai .. ki toro or laga do metro project pe.

We need freight system than metro rail.

 

[kaku1]

4. Ahmedabad, Istanbul, Melbourne and a number of other cities have successful MetroBus systems.

Comparing Ahmadabad with Lahore or Islamabad would be naive.

Even now Ahmadabad going for metro.
MetroLink Express Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even tier-3 city like Kochi
Kochi Metro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[xyxmt]

That is the level of jahaalat among patwaris. They are calling a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT or BRTS) as 'metro'. lmao! These guys never seize to entertain me.

So you read someone suggested calling it BRT in the previous post, and your jealous brain could come with that response. Do you know what metro means? or just because you know some city calling their underground train system as metro and now you know that metro means underground train system?

by the way you put Gas in your tire, right?

take my advise and dont come up with your original posts please because everytime you do it you make yourself look more stupid.