Volvo bags Rs. 60 crore order from VRL for 51 multi-axle buses.

Leading bus transport service provider VRL Logistics recently said it has placed an order for 51 multi-axle intercity coaches worth Rs. 60 crore with Volvo Buses India.

'We have placed an order with Volvo Buses for 51 multi-axle intercity coaches worth Rs. 60 crore,' VRL Logistics Limited Vice President (Travels) Prabhu Salageri told reporters.

He said VRL operates Volvo buses on one of the longest routes in India at present, connecting Bengaluru to Jodhpur in Rajasthan, and plans to operate in new routes including Bengaluru-Nashik, Bengaluru-Nagpur and Bengaluru-Indore.

The other new routes being planned are Goa-Mumbai, Nagpur-Pune, Visakhapatnam-Chennai and Bengaluru-Visakhapatnam, he added.

Salageri said there is a spurt in demand for road travel because of improved road conditions and problems in booking train or flight tickets.

'The improved road conditions and reduction in travel time has increased demand for road travel, and hence it has prompted us to expand by operating in new cities.


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