KLPL launches Volvo service to Kolkata

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:51 [IST]

Visakhapatnam, Feb 26 (UNI) Kaushik Logistics Private Limited (KLPL) today introduced a 45-seater air-conditioned super luxury Volvo bus service between Visakhapatnam and Kolkata via Bhubaneswar.

Talking to newspersons here, KLPL Operations Chief P K Joardar said the service was launched to meet the growing demand for comfortable long distance travel.

The bus would leave from here at 1500 hrs daily and reach Kolkata the following morning at 0600 hrs with halts at Berhampur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore and Karagpur. The fare would be Rs 1,050, he added.

Mr Joardar said the company would introduce similar bus service from Silguri to Guwahati on March five and another from Kolkata to Varanasi in the third week of March.

At present two volvo buses were in operation with a two-and-fro courier service, he added.

UNI

Topics: TRANSPORT-AP-LAUNCH

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