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100 new buses with GPS & on board e-ticketing facilities flagged-off, 18 September 2016

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DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & PUBLICITY
GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI
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New Delhi: 18/09/2016

  • Delhi Government launches a new fleet of 100 GPS enabled buses with on-board e-ticketing facility

In a first-effort-of-its-kind effort, the Delhi Government on Sunday flagged off 100 new GPS enabled buses with onboard electronic ticketing facilities.

With these new age features and introduction of new bus routes, the government aims to provide a better travel experience to the residents of the national capital.

In the next phase, the Delhi Government will soon be introducing an additional fleet of 800 buses, of which 431 buses will be air conditioned. This move will be in sync with the capacity building of new depots.

The 100 new buses were flagged off at a special function held at the Delhi Vidhan Sabha on Sunday. It was presided over by the Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Mr Ram Niwas Goel.

While drawing attention towards its ambitious plan of introducing 3,000 new buses as part of its efforts to promote use of public transport among people, Delhi Transport Minister Mr Satyendar Jain said that this goal would be fulfilled within the current financial year.

“We aim to ramp up the connectivity and frequency of bus services by integrating metro and bus services, to retain the faith of the people in public transport. Therefore, trunk bus services—on major routes – and feeder bus services on metro routes will be provided by these buses,” said Mr Jain.

“I congratulate the Delhi Government for this endeavor which will make transport easier for the common man,” said Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker, Mr Goel.

“The government should be appreciated for undertaking major measures and schemes which are people –friendly,” the Speaker said.

The function was attended by many MLAs, senior officials from the DTC and Transport department among others.

The most prominent new-age features being sported by these cluster buses is the presence of a state-of-the-art GPS system along with the facility of onboard electronic ticketing, to save time and any other hassles.

Besides conforming to the urban bus specifications and safety tests, the buses are fitted with 41 ‘anti-vandalism’ seats and have a better seating arrangement, to ensure the comfort of passengers.

With the induction of these 100 buses, the cluster fleet strength has risen to 1,590 buses. They will be largely catering to North, East and West Delhi on 8 additional cluster routes. These routes terminate at Mori Gate Terminal, Kamla Market, Ambedkar Nagar Terminal, Old Delhi Railway Station, Mayur Vihar Phase III Terminal, Inderpuri JJ Colony, Mori Gate Terminal and Shivaji Stadium Terminal. These buses will provide crucial connectivity to well-known hospitals, metro stations and traffic interchange hubs at ISBTs like Kashmere Gate, Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan terminals.

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