Ksrtc Inducts Ten Mercedes Benz Buses

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has added 10 international standard

Mercedes- Benz buses to its fleet and will deploy them on five long distance daily services including between Bangalore and Mysore.

The passengers, who are already enjoying the luxury of Volvo buses between Mysore and Bangalore, can now enjoy the Benz bus ride - four trips from Mysore and four trips from Bangalore (fare Rs. 260). Transport Minister R. Ashok flagged off two buses bound for Mysore in front of Vidhana Soudha this morning and said that the KSRTC will also run the Mercedes- Benz buses for its inter state schedules such as Tirupathi, Chennai and Hyderabad soon.

Keeping in to account the public demand the KSRTC would ply Mercedes-Benz buses to Gulbarga and Belgaum shortly. It has decided to run buses between Bangalore and Shimoga. Surprisingly, no new bus service is between Mangalore and Bangalore.

Noting the features of the Mercedes- Benz bus, he said that the Rs.68 lakh (Volvo bus cost Rs. 65 lakh) would ensure superior comfort. It has pleasing interior ambience, specially designed executive passenger seats with night lamps and LCD television screen.

The KSRTC has bagged several awards, including two international awards and six national awards. Even the Centre is considering the State Transport Corporation for its pilot projects on priority. The Government has decided to purchase more buses in the JNURM scheme of the centre, he said. It had problems in its Gulbarga and Hubli sectors and rectified them. Owing to its efforts the Gulbarga division, which incurring loss regularly, is now started making profits, he said.

Welcoming the gathering the Managing Director of the KSRTC Gaurav Gupta said that the drivers of Mercedes- Benz were specially trained at the Mercedes unit in Pune. The KSRTC registered a record of sorts on Tuesday (September14) by collecting a total of Rs. 20 crore altogether from all its daily services and made a record profit of Rs. 8.16 crore on a single day, he explained. The Secretary Department of Transport Shankaralinge Gowda and the Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes Benz India Wilfried Aulbur were present.

Timings for Mysore:

Mysore-Bangalore (Departure): 12.10 pm, 12.30 pm, 8.30 pm, 8.50 pm

Bangalore-Mysore (Departure): 7.40 am, 8.00 am, 5.10 pm, 5.30 pm.

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