Volvo Adds More Cities To Its Intra-City Travel In India

In June, Puducherry and Solapur became two new cities to opt for Volvo 8400 city buses, while Kolkata augmented its existing fleet of Volvo city buses. With this, the presence of Volvo in the high-performance city bus segment in India expands to 15 cities.  

Volvo is among the first to be ready and commence delivering city buses under the recent Urban Bus Specification (UBS) scheme to State Transport Undertakings (STUs). 

By end of this year, one can expect to see more cities in India opting for Volvo city buses, besides existing cities working towards augmenting their current fleets. 

The new Volvo 8400 city bus, built to meet the current Urban Bus Specifications comes with a host of new features, and enhances standards in safety, and passenger convenience & comfort.

This includes features such as rear under-run protection; lateral protection; wider wheel chair ramps; walking crutch holders for passengers with special needs; new high-comfort seats with headrest & greater reclining; automatic fire detection & suppression system in the engine area and finally on-board telematics for better passenger information systems.