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Daewoo Service Ltd
Founded1999
HeadquartersLahore
Service areaPakistan
Service typeIntercity bus service
Routes50+
Stops15
Destinations60
HubsLahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Peshawar, Multan, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Dera Ismail Khan, Quetta.
Stations50
Fleet400
Fuel typeDiesel/petrol
OperatorDaewoo
WebsiteOfficial website

Daewoo Express is an inter-city common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 60 destinations in Pakistan. Its headquarters are in Lahore.[1]

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, Seoul, Korea

35 cities on 43 destinations with over 322 buses.

Services

Express bus service

Daewoo Express Bus Service is a 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 kpk. The service provides direct competition against airlines as well as the rail network. There are also shuttle/drop off service that run off the main express buses to allow passengers hassle-free travel to their neighbourhood. Recently,[when?] Daewoo shifted its routes From Lahore and Islamabad to Karachi via Motorway M-5.

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 and Quetta. During the summer season it also operates from the northern regions of Pakistan.

City Bus service

Daewoo City Bus was the first environmental and technological revolution in the urban transport sector within Pakistan. 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 ( Official website ) are set up adjacent to all terminals and function 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.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab

The Daewoo Terminal in the city of Bahawalpur

Sindh

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daewoo to build two new terminals in Lahore". The Express Tribune. February 21, 2016.
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