Sajha Yatayat GPS Bus Tracking & Electric Fleet

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Sajha Yatayat, the publicly capitalised transit cooperative serving Kathmandu Valley, has streamed GPS positions from its whole fleet since September 2017, when trackers went live on all 44 buses alongside the Mero Sajha app. A successor app, Sajha Plus, launched in beta in late 2022 and shows riders live bus positions, next stops and estimated arrivals on Kathmandu routes. Since April 2024 the tracked fleet includes 40 Chinese-built electric buses charged at 24 stations, bought with a Rs 3 billion government injection; eight of them started a free women-only service in July 2026. The limits are equally visible: the layer covers only Sajha's own vehicles, the 2023 plan to open the app to other operators has not been reported on since, and the app itself has stayed officially in beta with no independent evaluation of tracking accuracy or wait-time effects.

Live 📅 since 2017

Outcome🔄 Ongoing

Evidence🏛️ Official

Run bySajha Yatayat (public transport cooperative)

Scale🗺️ Regional

FundingRs 3 billion Government of Nepal investment (electric bus fleet); cooperative revenues

📊 Impact

GPS tracking has covered the full fleet since 2017 (44 buses at launch); 40 electric buses and 24 charging stations added by April 2024 — all operator-reported, with no independent evaluation of reliability, ridership or wait-time effects published.

🎓 Lesson

A cooperative with public capital can keep a tracking layer alive for a decade — but an app that stays 'beta' for years and covers a single operator maps that fleet, not the city's transit.

🚲 Mobility Public transport Sensors & IoT

Sources

↗ OnlineKhabar (press)4.9.2017: GPS-Tracker auf allen 44 Bussen installiert, Mero-Sajha-App gestartet, Zitat des Acting CEO

↗ TechSathi (tech press)Sajha Plus am 28.9.2022 gestartet, Echtzeit-Tracking, Routenfilter, zweisprachig

↗ NepaliTelecom (tech press)25.1.2023: Sajha Plus als Beta von Slash Plus, nur Kathmandu, Ausweitung auf andere Betreiber damals nur geplant

↗ The Annapurna Express (press)11.4.2024: 40 E-Busse in Dienst gestellt, 24 Ladestationen, Rs 3 Mrd. Regierungsinvestition

↗ The Kathmandu Post (press)8.7.2026: Betreiber aktiv; 8 E-Busse starten 17.7.2026 kostenlosen Frauen-Service auf drei Tal-Routen

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🇰🇪 Digital Matatus Open Mapping Framework · Nairobi Two answers to untracked transit: Nairobi mapped informal routes once; Kathmandu's Sajha streams GPS from its own fleet only. 🇨🇴 TransMilenio Zero-Emission Electric Bus Fleet · Bogotá E-bus fleets with a data layer: Bogotá's concession publishes performance data, Sajha reports little beyond its beta app. 🇳🇵 Kathmandu Metropolitan Air Quality Monitoring Dashboard · Kathmandu Another verified project from Kathmandu.

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Sajha Yatayat GPS Bus Tracking & Electric Fleet” — Kathmandu, Nepal. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/kathmandu-sajha-bus-tracking/ (last verified 2026-08-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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