Parivahan Sewa - TMC - Project 2000

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Impotance of Bus Terminus

People pour into Thane in the morning and return to their homes outside TMC limits in the evening, the largest share being taken by the Thane Railway Station. It provides the most powerful interface between the rail and road network.

If TMC has to organise a City bus system, it is certain that Thane Railway Station area will be the most important for ensuring a proper interface with the rail passengers and thus a well knit overall city transport system.

The consultants see in the ultimate analysis that this area should be entirely with TMC for their proposed by operations. It may be even desirable to plan this whole area on comercial lines by providing terrace parking for buses and shops for consumer goods underneath. The present chaotic conditions at the railway station may be the principal clot in the traffic flow of the proposed Thane Muncipal Transport system and may thus paralyse that system itself unles proper and effective interface is provided as suggested above.

Across the creek is Kalwa which is an industrial centre. The Central Railway loco car shed also exists there. Further east of Kalwa on the other side of Parsik Hills is the fast growing settlement of Mumbra. The other settlement of importance is Diva which will become a major Railway junction, from which road connections can be formed to Kalyan and Thane-Pune road and Thane-Belapur region.

Clearly, walking is the major mode of travel except for trips made for social visits and recreation where the rickshaw trips are largely used for recreation and social visits. The train trips are mainly for work and social visits.

High Density Traffic Flows

Based on the household survey, high density traffic flows on the following corridors:
a) Indira nagar - Chitalsar / manpada
b) Vartak Nagar - Kisan Nagar / Wagle Estate
c) Mulund Railway Station - - do -
d) Thane Railway Station - Shrirang Society / Doulat Nagar / vartak Nagar
e) Kalwa - Doulat Nagar

Volumes of Operations

Carrying capacity

Whiel volumes of operations in terms of effective kilometres is an important index, actual carrying capacity (seats + standees) provided is the true indicator of the transport supply. SInce the carrying capacity in buses determines the number of persons that could be really served. The average carrying capacity in MSRTC buses with conventional buses at present is about 57. One of the measures for improving the carrying capacity of the system is to improve the seating capacity of the bus itself by appropriate design changes or by having predominantly standee passengers in a bus involving seating layout changes.

Future Population & Fleet Requirement

Supply of Buses
Procision of an adequate public transport network would warrant that the city reached a norm of 30 buses per lakh of population atleast by the turn of the century on the basis of the present Indian average for an urban bus system.

But the present fleet of MSRTC for Thane City operation of 95 buses provide only about 14 buses per lakh of population indicating critical inadequacy in a fas developing environment.

The strategy must, therefore, be to progressively increase buses/lakh population over the next 14 years to the norm of 30 buses. Thus the fleet should be increased as indicated below

Location of Proposed Depots

Location of proposed depots were visited but in absence of exact survey numbers, it was tentatively decided to recommend the localities, where the Depots should be located. The aspects of future growth and operational convenience were considered while selecting the suitable locations for the Depots. The exact sites may be decided by the TMC, depending upon the availablity of lands in the particular localities. It was decided to locate the proposed Depots in the following areas:
a) Kalwa
b) Kopri
c) Kolshet - near Kiran Mill
d) Pokharan Road no. 2
e) Manpada near S.T. Stand - Devi Dayal Company
f) Near Bharat Gear Factory - Kausa

For a depot to maintain a fleet 80 to 100 vehicles an area of about 2.4 hectares will be required. The TMT may initiate action to finalise sites, reserve them in the Development Plan and start acquisition proceedings.