Shravan Satyen Engineer

UM4002-1

A feeder system is one which connects the peripheral area to the trunk line or the main line of a Public Transport system. In simple words, feeder feeds the system with riders from those areas where the main trunk does not reach. Feeder routes typically serve an area within a zone, especially outside of the direct catchment area of the BRT, where zones are normally a bit larger. (ITDP, 2017) Services or Transport systems which run up and down the corridor or the path they have, are called “trunk-only” systems, often in this scenario the designers or the operators of the service think that the informal public transit operators will provide them the riders, acting as unofficial feeder systems. (EMBARQ India) Hence, a formal feeder system, which caters to the demand of the people for the transport and also helps in realising the goal of shifting people from private vehicles to Public Transport, becomes a very important component in the case BRTS.