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of passengers by

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serving over 60 destinations. Its headquarters are in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

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 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

, the company operates its service from 31 cities in Pakistan, covering more than 40 destinations extending almost to the entire

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and

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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: *

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BH116 *

BH120F *

BX212 *

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Marcopolo B11R * Hyundai Universe Noble * Yutong Nova ZK6138HP * Yutong Charisma ZK6122HL * Golden Dragon "Daewoo Dragon" * Golden Dragon Triumph High Decker

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

Daewoo City Bus was the first environmental and

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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

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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

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* Nowshera *

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* Mingora *

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* Batkhela *

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* Haripur *

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* Hangu * Dir *

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Punjab

* Ahmadpur East Tehsil *

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* Bhakkar * Bhalwal * Chashma * Chichawatni * D.G.Khan * Dunyapur Tehsil *

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* Gujrat *

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* Jehanian *

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* Khanewal * Khanpur *

* Lodhran * Mian Channu *

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* Muzaffargarh * Okara *

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* Sadiqabad *

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* Talagang

Sindh

* Daharki *

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* Moro *

Sukkur Sukkur is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the List of cities in Sindh by population, third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and H ...

* Sakrand

References

External links

Official Website
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