Public Buses In Delhi: Public Transport undergoing revolutionary changes

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024

Total num of buses:
2018: 5576[1]
Aug 2024: 7683 (5713 + 1970 eBuses)[2] -> 37.7% Increase

Target 2025 & Electric Revolution: Total Delhi buses will be 10480 & 80% will be electric: CM Kejriwal[3]

Since October 2018: For convenience & reliability of buses, Delhi Government made available GPS feeds of all buses via OTD* for viewing real time arrival times[1:1]

Non eBuses[4]

Updated till 31st March 2023

Bus fleet Type Non EV Buses
(Aug 2024)		 Average daily ridership % Pink Tickets Fleet Utilisation % buses with GPS in OTD*
Cluster Buses 2,747[2:1] 15.61 Lakh 41.06% 98.82% 100%
DTC Buses 2,966[2:2] 24.94 Lakh 43.28% 83.59% 80%

*OTD = Open Transit Database

E-Buses: Electric Revolution

All details of Electric Revolution including new Business & Operating model, Current status, targets and impact covered separately

Mohalla eBuses: First & Last mile connectivity

All details of Mohalla Electric Buses covered separately

Women Security in Buses

Real time ETAs & GPS feeds of all buses[1:2]

  • In October 2018 the Delhi Government in collaboration with IIIT Delhi launched an open transit data (OTD) platform, sharing GPS feeds of buses & several static datasets
  • This allows third party developers and researchers to access data covering buses, routes and depots
  • Currently Harvard University, IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, TCS Research, Chalo, Moovit, Uber, Google Maps, Ford Mobility, Here maps, Mapmyindia, Chartr and Tu-Munich are users of dynamic data under OTD

References:

  1. https://ddc.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-06/Transport_Report_2015-2022.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/320-new-electric-buses-take-delhis-count-to-1970-overall-fleet-crosses-7600-dtc-buses-2574173-2024-07-31 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in-2025-80-of-total-bus-fleet-in-delhi-will-be-electric-cm-kejriwal-123010200987_1.html ↩︎

  4. https://delhiplanning.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Planning/generic_multiple_files/outcome_budget_2023-24_1-9-23.pdf ↩︎