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Daewoo Express 
Slogan Dream Journey Founded 1999 Headquarters Lahore Service area 
PakistanService type Intercity coach service Stops 15 Destinations 36 Hubs Lahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Peshawar Stations 36 Fleet 200+ Fuel type Petrol/Oil Operator Daewoo Chief executive Chang IL Kim Web site www.sammi.com.pk/ Daewoo Express or Sammi Daewoo Express is an inter-city common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 30 destinations in Pakistan and is headquartered in Lahore. It is operated by a Korean company, Sammi. Today, it is the most popular inter-city bus service in Pakistan.[1]
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History
A timeline of the operations and beginnings of Sammi Daewoo Express Ltd:
- December 1997 - Incorporated
- April 1998 - Beginning of Express Bus Operations
- November 1999 - Beginning of City Bus Operations
- January 2004 - Took Over by Sammi Corporation, Seoul, Korea
33 cities on 43 destinations with over 20054542 buses.
Services
The previous livery of Daewoo Express, before the takeover in 2004 by Sammi Corp.
Express Bus Service
Sammi-Daewoo Express Bus Service is a main operations 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 is operating its service from 31 cities in Pakistan covering more than 40 destinations extending almost to the entire Punjab, Sindh and NWFP. The 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, Daewoo expanded its service to Okara cantt connecting it with 9 cities.
City Bus Service
Sammi 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. Moreover provision of Air Conditioning, announcement system and stopping signals were introduced. Since 1998, the city bus service has been operating four routes are being operated within the city covering all the localities while one Sub-Urban Route is being operated for Sheikhupura.
Cargo Service
Daewoo Express's cargo service are set up adjacent to all terminals and function 24 hours a day, providing safe and quick dispatch and delivery of cargo consignments. The cargo volume has over the years been increasing more rapidly than the expansions of the bus passenger operations.
Destinations
Daewoo Express has over 30 destinations throughout Pakistan:
Balochistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Abbottabad
- Batkhela
- Haripur
- Karak
- Kohat
- Nowshera
- Mardan
- Mansehra
- Peshawar
- Swat
- Dera Ismail Khan
Punjab
The Daewoo Terminal in the city of Bahawalpur
The Daewoo Terminal in Sialkot- Bahawalpur
- Bhakkar
- Bhalwal
- Chiniot
- Faisalabad
- Gujranwala
- Gujrat
- Jhang
- Khanewal
- Kharian
- Lahore
- Layyah
- Mianwali
- Multan
- Murree
- Okara
- Sadiq Abad
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Sialkot
- Sargodha
Sindh
Corporate Responsibility
- Sammi Daewoo Express has been a vital contributor to the people affected by the Earthquake in 2005. Sammi Daewoo Pakistan served with its best effective efforts with the assistance of a team of 27 Korean Specialist Surgeons and Doctors, in the affected regions.
See also
- Transportation in Pakistan
- Buses in Pakistan
- Faisal Movers
- Niazi Express
References
External links
Categories:- Bus companies of Pakistan
- Companies established in 1999
- Bus transport in Pakistan
- 1999 establishments in Pakistan
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