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Delhi Metro to start its feeder buses from today

Staff Reporter

To ply between Shastri Park and Vasundhara Enclave

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will start its own feeder bus service from Monday between Shastri Park metro station and Vasundhara Enclave. Twelve buses will ply on the route and will pass via Geeta Colony Road, Akshardham Temple, Noida Link Road, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, Mayur Vihar Phase-1 Extension, Chilla Sarda Bangar and Dharamshila Cancer Hospital. These buses, fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology will be available at intervals of about 10 minutes.

“More buses are expected to start shortly on another route that will be a ring service from Pitampura metro station. The services will initially be on a trial basis. This route will pass via Durga Mandir, Rohini Sector 7 and 8 crossing, Sector-7A Part-I, Naharpur Village, Ayodhya Chowk, Vikram Chowk, Rithala Mor, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Rithala metro station, Rohini Sector 11, Ambedkar Chowk, Rohini Sector 16, Sector 15 and Sardar Colony,” said a DMRC official. The number of the buses will increase to 120 over the next few months and they will be introduced on 19 more routes. Some of the metro stations that will be covered by these routes are Welcome, Vishwavidyalaya, Netaji Subhas Place, Rohini West, Indraprastha, Mandi House, Janakpuri West, Dwarka Sector-17 and Dwarka Sector-10. The number of buses will progressively be increased to 419 and will cover 36 routes.

“Special control rooms have been set up to track the buses with the help of the GPS technology, which will permit real time tracking of the vehicles based on location, speed and time. The GPS equipment will also provide critical alerts such as over speeding, deviation from route, over stopping, unauthorised stopping, emergency alerts and SMS through control centre,” the DMRC official said.

Each bus will have a seating capacity of 18 to 20 with a standing capacity of 10 with fares ranging between Rs.5 to Rs.10.

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