Ola Launching Bus Shuttle Service In Bangalore and Gurgaon [Full Details]

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After capturing nearly 75 percent of mobile app based cab rental market, Ola now wants to make inroads into other forms of public transport – Ola has confirmed that they will soon be launching bus shuttle service in cities of of Bangalore and Gurgaon. The service is expected to go live from 21st September.

Ola has committed to invest upwards $50 million on this initiative. To start with, 500 shuttles will ply over 100 fixed routes in cities of Bangalore and Gurgaon.

The shuttle service is primarily targeted at users who would generally use their cars or bikes to travel to their destination. With Ola shuttles boasting of features like Air-conditioners, WiFi and in-vehicle entertainment, these users can comfortably travel at very competitive rates.

Ola has confirmed that the maximum price for taking these shuttles will be less than one dollar (between Rs. 50 to Rs. 60)

Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder & CEO at Ola, said in regards to the shuttle launch, “Millions of Indians undertake their daily commute in our cities using their own vehicles, cabs or other modes of personal transportation. With Shuttle, we intend to create a comfortable and reliable commute experience for them at the tap of a button on their smartphones. This will bring in efficiencies at scale, for suppliers who will work with us and will help enable mobility for a billion people.”

How will Ola Shuttle Operate?

The service will operate exactly how Ola cabs operate. Once user fires the Ola app, they will see real-time info of shuttles plying on the routes. They can book the shuttle through the app and will need to travel to nearest point on the route to aboard the shuttle. These shuttles are expected to be 12 to 20 seater and user can only book if there are empty seats available!

Once the Shuttle is booked by the users they can choose to pay through Ola Money wallet on the app or even pay cash.

It is currently not clear whether Ola will own these shuttles or whether they will just be aggregators of shuttles, where they tie up with shuttle owners. We are trying to get more information on this and will update the post as soon as we know more.

We think Ola Shuttle can really appeal in urban cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon etc where there are plenty of office goers who take their own vehicle. If the distance to travel is especially over 8-10 kilometers, a shuttle service will really appeal to such users as it will be very cost effective compared to taking cabs or going by own vehicle.

Currently, no other company is targeting this segment, and Ola again wants to have the first mover advantage in this space!

If you live in cities of Bangalore and Gurgaon, do fire up Ola app on September 21st to see if you can see any Ola Shuttles plying the roads!

11 Comments
  1. […] bus services like Ola Shuttle and Shuttl started off with an idea to provide transportation to people from Delhi to NCR regions […]

  2. prabhu says

    need ola shuttle between PES IT engineering college from bsk 3rd stage Nice road toll to Electronics city. Wipro gate. Bangalore.

  3. lakshmi says

    required OLA Shuttle service from Cognizant GVC (Golf view campus) location

  4. Niharika says

    Required shuttle service from new colony gurgaon to old Delhi kapasera road.

  5. mala grover says

    required ola bus from sector 55 ghata chok to sikander pur .

  6. K K ADLAKHA says

    REQUIRED OLA SHUTTLE SERVIC E FROM NEW COLONY GURGAON TO UDHYOG VIHAR PHASE I

  7. SK says

    Infocity bol k sona road chhod diya.. worst service i ever had, SHUTTLE is best. U assured me that there is a camera for girls safety but what about the girls safety when you left me in a mid way, a place from where their was not any easy convince to go further. M nt gonna hire this ever agn and gonna tell this all my friends. One big unlike to you.. OLA Shuttle sucks :/

  8. Mamatha says

    Zipgo isnt active in all localities still. I put up in basaweshwarnagar. No zipgo here :(

  9. kamlesh says

    zip go is already working on o

  10. Deepak Kanakaraju says

    There is ZipGo in Bangalore. They are doing something similar.

    1. Arun says

      ZipGo? Have you tried it? How do they operate? Through app? and what are the prices? But, with Ola coming into picture, it is surely going to be on a much larger scale and adoption will be much faster… I see many more such services coming up in next couple of years…

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