DMRC to buy 300 new buses

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is planning to buy 300 low-floor buses to ramp up the public transport system for the upcoming commonwealth games in the Capital. These 26-seater coaches, each priced at Rs 20 lakh will be supplied by Indo-Japanese auto company Swaraj Mazda and will come in batches of 75-buses each.

The delivery of these new buses, carrying a provisional automatic ticket vending machine, is expected to start from January 2010. For Swaraj Mazda, the total order size of over Rs 60 crore will also include backend support like on-road maintenance and periodic servicing for these buses.

"We will press the new fleet into 76 new stations coming up in the new phase as well as utilise them in our 68 stations, where we currently operate," DMRC chief PRO Anuj Dayal said.