To improve the first and last mile connectivity of Delhi Metro, a super-smart electric bike will now be available at metro stations. DMRC has tied up with private e-vehicle company Yulu to provide this facility at all metro stations of the metro rail network. This bike will run with a battery and its speed will be slightly faster than a bicycle. Under the first phase, this facility was started on 7 metro stations of Delhi Metro on Monday.

These eco-friendly bikes are available for metro commuters at the Metro lines of Delhi Haat INA, Jor Bagh and Patel Chowk, Blue Line’s Mandi House and Pragati Maidan and Violet Line’s Khan Market and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro stations. Has been made. The specialty of these bikes will be that in order to operate them, metro passengers will have to download the Yulu app on their mobile. The QRcode on the bike will have to be scanned through the app. After this, the control of the bike will be in the hands of the bike rider.

No license required to ride a bike

This bike weighs only 45 kg and can be easily run by 12-year-old children and women. No license is required to run it. It will be like a bicycle, but it will work like a small scooty, with the option of brake and race in the hands. This bike will run for about 60 km once the battery is charged. Currently, 250 bikes have been made available at seven metro stations.

5 thousand bikes will be available by December

According to the company that operates these bikes, DMRC has tied up to provide parking for their use at all metro stations. By December 2019, 5 thousand super-smart bikes will be made available at Delhi Metro stations. The target is to provide 2500 bikes on the Delhi-NCR metro rail network in the early months of 2020 next year.

In this way, the traveler will get the benefit, even stealing is not easy

If a passenger has any work in the 60 km radius of the metro station, then he can use these bikes. For this, he has to pay around 70 rupees per hour. Registration will be done through the mobile number of the passenger to take the bike. It will be allowed to run after an OTP. If someone tries to escape by stealing a bike, then he has GPS, which will be connected to the metro. Despite this, even if someone is successful in stealing, he will never be able to charge its battery. According to the Metro official, its design has been done in such a way that its battery cannot be removed. It can only be charged at the charging station of the metro.