Google Transit for the Metro commuters in Delhi & NCR

Saturday , Mar 06, 2010

Delhi Metro has fast been growing as the daily means of transport in the Delhi & NCR region. With Delhi Metro expanding its horizon, reaching the near-by NOIDA, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, and covering more kilometers, passengers want to know the routes and schedules, when they are on move. For this, DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) has partnered with Google India to provide information on Delhi Metro schedules & routes. Called Google Transit, this service will be available free of cost on mobile devices & desktops with Google Maps.

It will provide information on route changes, train timings, station locations, frequency of services, travel time & ticket fares. This will help people to manager their travel time better and make their travel more organised. This will also help the new commuters who start travelling on the new routes getting adding every few days.

Delhi is hosting the CommonWealth Games in October, and there are thousands of visitors expected. Delhi is gearing up to provide a world-class experience to all the visitors, and having the public transport system information on the mobile is a step towards it. Currently the Delhi Metro has 9,50,000 commuters per day, on the 96 kms span. By October, it is expected to cover 190 kms.

In addition to metro information, Google Transit will also provide driving directions to specified destinations. Future plans are to include more modes of transport like the buses and trains.

Google also provides such transit information on Chennai MRTS in Chennai, Kolkata Metro in Kolkata and Hyderabad Metro in Hyderabad cities.

Original news source http://www.moneymint.in/business/google-transit-for-the-metro-commuters-in-delhi-ncr