The Hindu Business Line : KPN Travels to operate buses with toilets

MADURAI: Seeking to take passenger comfort to a new plane, leading south-India based private bus operator KPN Travels India Limited plans to introduce luxury coaches that will have improved onboard facilities, including toilet.

A pioneer in innovative models, KPN planned to operate luxury buses with bigger wheel base once the ongoing work on four laning of highways was completed.

“It will be like flying on the road. The buses will have all comforts such as fridge, toilet etc,” Mr K P Natarajan, Managing Director of the company said.

He said the four laning of the roads undertaken by the Centre under the National Highway Development Project would lead to a tremendous growth in the transport sector.

The four decade old company, which operates services in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Karnataka, also planned to have its own highway motels so that passengers need not wait for long time in motels for eatables or toilets, he said.

Special goods carriers would be introduced to Mumbai, he said adding the parcels would be delivered in around 36 hours.

Mr Natarajan, giving a speech on the “Success Story of KPN Travels” at a recent meeting organised by Confederation of Indian Industries here, said passenger comfort was the sole mantra behind the growth of his company from a single bus operator in 1968 t o a fleet owner of around 400 buses, including 250 passenger carriers.

His passion to know about the minute details about buses and quality and timely service and excellent labour relations are the other foundations on which the company had been built. - PTI

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