Volvo bus fleet on Gurgaon-Chandigarh route all set to go up

GURGAON: Following the overwhelming response to AC Volvo bus service between Gurgaon and Chandigarh via Indira Gandhi International Airport, the state transport department has decided to increase size of the fleet to 15 from nine.
"We are planning to provide Volvo bus after every hour to improve the service between Chandigarh and Gurgaon," said Yashendra Singh, general manager, Haryana Roadways.Director general of state transport, Arun Kumar, will launch the new fleet along with city bus service on Saturday from Leisure Valley Park in Sector 29.
In absence of bus queue shelters, city buses in Gurgaon will stop at any point on direction of passengers. In the first phase, 72 buses - including 15 air conditioned buses - would operate on four specified routes between 6 am and 11pm.
The service will be available at a frequency of 10 minutes. While the non-AC buses would charge five rupees for first eight kilometers, air conditioned buses would charge the same amount for first five kilometers.