BMTC plans Volvo service to Devanahalli airport

BMTC plans Volvo service to Devanahalli airport

Staff Reporter

It promises fast, comfortable and unhindered travel

BANGALORE: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has announced a tentative traffic plan to operate Volvo bus service from eight points in the city to the international airport at Devanahalli and invited suggestions from the public about the plan.

The corporation will begin services with 40 specially designed Volvo buses from Electronic City, J.P. Nagar VI Phase, Mysore Road Terminal (Bapujinagar), Whitefield, Jeevan Bima Nagar, Koramangala, HAL Airport and Peenya II Stage, according to an official release.

BMTC has urged the government to provide a dedicated bus corridor along the proposed expressway as well as on National Highway 7 between Hebbal and the airport. The proposed service, BMTC said, would offer fast, safe, comfortable and unhindered travel between the airport and the city. Frequency of services would be decided after getting details about the arrival and departure of flights from Bangalore International Airport Ltd., and the fares too would be decided thereupon.

The corporation will provide a nearest common pick-up point wherever a cluster of star hotels exist. It is also in the process of developing major traffic hubs and check-in facilities at Shanthinagar and Hebbal in consultation with BIAL.
Proposed routes

Seven buses will be deployed from Electronic City to the airport, with stops at Bommanahalli, Silk Board, Agara, Marathalli, K.R. Puram railway station, Hebbal and Yelahanka, covering a distance of 65 km with a frequency of 55 minutes.

From J.P. Nagar VI Phase, five buses at a frequency of 55 minutes, covering a distance of 47 km, will be operated with stops at Jayanagar IV Block, Lalbagh, corporation, Cauvery Bhavan, Vidhana Soudha, High Grounds, Guttahalli, Mekhri Circle, Hebbal and Yelahanka to the airport.

Five buses will be operated from Mysore Road Terminal with stops at Vijayanagar, Rajajinagar I Block, Yeshwanthpur bus station, Malleswaram bus station, Sadashivanagar Circle, Hebbal and Yelahanka to the airport at a frequency of 55 minutes covering 49.5 km.

From Whitefield, BMTC will deploy five buses at a frequency of 55 minutes to cover 50 km to airport, with stops at ITPL, Mahadevapura, K.R. Puram railway station, B. Channasandra, Kalyanagar, Hebbal and Yelahanka.

The shortest distance to be covered is from Jeevan Bima Nagar (44 km), with stops at Indiranagar, Ulsoor, M.G. Road, Balekundri Circle, J.C. Nagar, Mekhri Circle, Hebbal and Yelahanka with five buses at a frequency of 55 minutes.

Five buses will ply from Koramangala, covering a distance of 48 km with a frequency of 55 minutes, to airport with stops at Dairy Circle, Shanthinagar bus station, Richmond Circle, J.C. Nagar, R.T. Nagar, CBI office, Hebbal and Yelahanka.

From Peenya II Stage, three buses will be operated, at a frequency of 70 minutes covering a distance of 44.2 km, to airport with stops at Jalahalli Cross, Goraguntepalya, Alisda, Air Force Cross, BEL Circle, Hebbal and Yelahanka.

Five buses will be deployed from HAL Airport to the new airport at a frequency of 55 minutes, covering 46 km with stops at HAL, Suranjan Das Road, Old Madras Road, MEG Centre, Coles Park, St. John’s Road, J.C. Nagar, Mekhri Circle, Hebbal and Yelahanka.

Suggestions and proposals could be sent to ctmobmtc@gmail.com or over telephone/fax on 22952534.