<p>The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Tuesday launched Volvo bus services to Chikkaballapur on a pilot basis.</p>.<p>This is the BMTC's longest service and the first time that the corporation is operating buses beyond its jurisdiction, which is 25 km outside the BBMP limits.</p>.<p>The BMTC could do this only after taking permission from the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).</p>.<p>Route number 298MN will run from Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic) to Chikkaballapur via Hebbal, Yelahanka and Rani Cross/Devanahalli. The bus service was flagged off at the Chikkaballapur civil bus station by local MLA and Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar.</p>.<p>The BMTC has deployed two Volvo buses on the route that will make six round trips each day.</p>.<p>It has kept the fare as low as Rs 80. For context, the BMTC's Vayu Vajra Volvo service from Majestic to the airport costs more than Rs 300 each way.</p>.<p>A BMTC official said that the fare of the Chikkaballapur bus service had been kept low because it was a pilot project.</p>.<p>Some airport travellers might find the Chikkaballapur Volvo bus useful and cheaper, because it has a stop near the NHAI toll plaza just before the trumpet flyover.</p>.<p>The buses will depart from Chikkaballapur at 8.10 am, 8.20 am, 12.35 pm, 1.05 pm, 7.15 pm and 7.35 pm.</p>.<p>They will reach Majestic at 10.25 am, 11 am, 5.30 pm, 5.45 pm, 9.15 pm and 9.35 pm, according to BMTC.</p>
<p>The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Tuesday launched Volvo bus services to Chikkaballapur on a pilot basis.</p>.<p>This is the BMTC's longest service and the first time that the corporation is operating buses beyond its jurisdiction, which is 25 km outside the BBMP limits.</p>.<p>The BMTC could do this only after taking permission from the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).</p>.<p>Route number 298MN will run from Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic) to Chikkaballapur via Hebbal, Yelahanka and Rani Cross/Devanahalli. The bus service was flagged off at the Chikkaballapur civil bus station by local MLA and Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar.</p>.<p>The BMTC has deployed two Volvo buses on the route that will make six round trips each day.</p>.<p>It has kept the fare as low as Rs 80. For context, the BMTC's Vayu Vajra Volvo service from Majestic to the airport costs more than Rs 300 each way.</p>.<p>A BMTC official said that the fare of the Chikkaballapur bus service had been kept low because it was a pilot project.</p>.<p>Some airport travellers might find the Chikkaballapur Volvo bus useful and cheaper, because it has a stop near the NHAI toll plaza just before the trumpet flyover.</p>.<p>The buses will depart from Chikkaballapur at 8.10 am, 8.20 am, 12.35 pm, 1.05 pm, 7.15 pm and 7.35 pm.</p>.<p>They will reach Majestic at 10.25 am, 11 am, 5.30 pm, 5.45 pm, 9.15 pm and 9.35 pm, according to BMTC.</p>
