Daewoo Express

Pakistani commercial intercity bus company


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::summary Pakistani commercial intercity bus company ::

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FieldValue
nameDaewoo Service Ltd
logoDaewoo Express Pakistan Logo.png
founded
headquartersLahore
service_areaPakistan
service_typeIntercity bus service
routes50+
destinations60
stops15
hubsLahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Peshawar, Multan, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Dera Ismail Khan.
stations50
fleet400
fuel_typeDiesel/petrol
operatorPakistan G.T. Holdings
website
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History

A timeline of the operations and beginnings of Daewoo Express Ltd:

  • December 1997 — incorporated
  • April 1998 — beginning of express bus operations
  • November 1999 — beginning of city bus operations
  • January 2004 — taken over by Sammi Corporation
  • 2012 — AsiaPak Investments through Liberty Daharki Power 35 cities on 43 destinations with over 322 buses.

Services

Express bus service

Daewoo Express Bus Service is the main operation of the company. The company provides long-distance time-efficient bus services to all major cities within Pakistan. With its headquarters in Lahore, the company operates its service from 31 cities in Pakistan, covering more than 40 destinations extending almost to the entire Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. The service provides direct competition against airlines as well as the rail network. There is also a shuttle/drop off service that runs off the main express buses to allow passengers hassle-free travel to their neighbourhood. Recently, Daewoo shifted its routes From Lahore and Islamabad to Karachi via Motorway M-5.

Daewoo Express bus fleet includes:

Cab service

Daewoo Pakistan started its cab service in Lahore and Rawalpindi in May 2014, essentially as an affordable cab service to facilitate Daewoo Express bus passengers only. With a fleet of over 200 vehicles, Daewoo Cab now provides point-to-point and inter-city cab service in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Sialkot, Swat, Sukkur, Karachi. During the summer season, it also operates from the northern regions of Pakistan.

City bus service

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The buses were introduced with more advanced and powerful engines with TECHO monitoring systems in 1999. Air conditioning, announcement system and stopping signals were introduced. Since 1998, the city bus service has operated four routes within the city covering all the localities while one suburban route operated for Sheikhupura.

Cargo service

Daewoo Express's cargo and courier service namely Daewoo Fastex () is set up adjacent to all terminals and functions 24 hours a day, providing safe and quick dispatch and delivery of cargo consignments to terminals and homes. The cargo volume has over the years been increasing more rapidly than the expansions of the bus passenger operations.

Areas served

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/BahawalpurDaewoo.JPG" caption="The Daewoo Terminal in the city of [[Bahawalpur"] ::

Sindh

References

References

  1. (February 2, 2017). "Daewoo to become Pakistan's first bus service listing on stock exchange".
  2. (2016-02-20). "Daewoo to build two new terminals in Lahore".
  3. (2002-02-19). "Daewoo to start new express route".
  4. https://www.pacra.com/rating-report/MTM4ODM=
  5. Ahmed, Haamiz. (2017-07-04). "Daewoo Launches Its Own Ride Hailing App".

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