The Delhi Metro has decided to introduce air-conditioned CNG feeder buses from its stations to various places for the convenience of commuters.
The Delhi Metro has decided to introduce air-conditioned CNG feeder buses from its stations to various places for the convenience of commuters and placed an order for the purchase of 300 vehicles.
The buses will be manufactured by Swaraj Mazda and the first lot of 75 buses will be delivered within six months. Thereafter, 75 buses per month will be delivered for the next three months, so that all 300 buses are delivered within nine months.
"Each bus will cost Rs 19.8 lakh and will have powerful air-conditioners to achieve a temperature of 27 degree celsius within 10 minutes of start of the engine even in extreme summer conditions," DMRC chief public relations officer Anuj Dayal said.
The DMRC now runs feeder buses from its stations to various places. The new buses will also have pneumatic air suspension (as available in DTC low-floor buses) for greater comfort, wide doors between 800 to 1000 mm power-operated by the driver and semi-low floor design.
"They will be customised for DMRC’s requirement and the interior side paneling will give the feeling of Metro coaches. Each bus will have a seating capacity of 26 with the seats being along the walls," Dayal said.
Each bus will have two fire extinguishers, besides a first-aid box. Destination display boards will be installed on the front and side of the buses.
"They will also have public address system and provision for ticket vending machines. The six-wheeled buses will have environment-friendly Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuelled engine," he said.
The other bidders for the supply of the AC buses were Tata Motors and Chongqing Hengtong Bus Co. of China. Tata Motors had supplied the 120 non-AC buses presently running as feeder buses on 15 routes.
DMRC at present operates 68 stations and another 76 are scheduled to be added by the completion of Phase-II.
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