Bengaluru, 20 December 2019: Yulu, a leading Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider today officially announced its partnership with Southern Railways. Yulu will start the operations by deploying 130 battery-operated two-wheelers at exclusive parking zones provided by the Southern Railways at 7 stations- Bengaluru Cantonment, Bangalore East, Whitefield, Hoodi Hault, Bellandur Road, K R Puram, and Baiyapnahhli.
The official launch took place at Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Station and was graced by Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager of Southern Railways, Mr. Ashok Kumar Verma, DMR. Southern Railways and Dr. A N Krishna Reddy, Sr. DCM Bengaluru. Through this collaboration, Southern Railways and YULU are providing convenient, eco-friendly and affordable first and last-mile commute to citizens traveling intercity or intracity. This partnership yet again showcases Yulu’s commitment to transform urban commute in India.
Mr. Hemant Gupta, Co-Founder & Chief of Operations, YULU, said, “Our collaboration with Southern Railway was a logical step and a natural extension of our services. We are reinventing Bengaluru as a green silicon city of India. We are happy to witness such positive support from state-run railways. Our eco-friendly battery-powered two-wheelers will help a large number of citizens reach their destinations faster who travel with Southern western railways on a daily basis for their livelihood. We are delighted that Southern Railways supports our vision and mission of making the commute smart, shareable and sustainable.”
Mr Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager of Southern Railways, said, “Southern Railways is happy to support Yulu that is driving the country towards sustainable mobility. The foundation of our collaboration is based on providing a hassle-free alternative first and last-mile mobility solution. Allotment of exclusive parking space for EVs is in its final stages, and YULU is the first EV company to be permitted to operate across seven stations in Bengaluru. We begin with launching today at Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Station. We are glad to collaborate with Yulu offering a better experience in intracity travel.”
The engagement with Southern Railways offering the shared mobility space will help in making intracity traveling easier. The service will be additionally extended to all the railway stations of Bengaluru by 2020.
Yulu wants to revolutionize the way people commute in India. It has introduced micro-mobility to save traveling time within the city and ease traffic congestion. With its IoT-empowered EV fleet and Machine Learning (ML) driven system insight.
