Now, commuters of Haryana will be able to enjoy ‘premium travelling service’ from State capital to various districts of Haryana with the State Roadways deciding to start luxury air conditioned Volvo and Mercedes Benz buses from Chandigarh to Hisar, Rohtak, Rewari and Yamunanagar from September onwards.
Director General, State Transport (DGST) Arun Kumar said that this was for the first time that this premium traveling service was being launched for these cities from the State capital. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will formally launch the luxury service on September 1.
“The luxury bus would start from Chandigarh at about 5 pm for Hisar and reach its destination at 9.30 pm. It would pass through Ambala City, Kaithal, and Narwana. The bus would start from Hisar at 5.30 am and reach Chandigarh at 10 am”, added Kumar.
Towards Rohtak, the luxury bus would start from Chandigarh at 5 pm and reach Rohtak at 9 pm, passing through Ambala Cantt, Pipli, Karnal, Panipat and Gohana and it would start from Rohtak at 6 am and reach Chandigarh at about 10 am.
Similarly for Rewari, the bus would start at 10 pm and reach Rewari at 5 am and would pass through Ambala Cantt, Pipli, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Jhajjar. From Rewari, the bus would start at 9 am and reach Chandigarh at 4pm, the DGST said.
Kumar added that Haryana Roadways would also launch its premium service from Chandigarh to Yamunanagar. The bus would start in the morning and would further go to Delhi and back in the evening. The fare of these buses would be 1.75 times of the fare for standard bus.