Bangalore Central Business District Ho-Ho shuttle bus route map

First posted February 20th, updated March 4th.

Bangalore has introduced a Hop On Hop Off (HO-HO) shuttle bus service for the central business district (CBD) called Kendra Saarige which has been mooted by ABIDe with a view to reducing some of the nightmarish traffic congestion in the CBD.

This service is the first of its kind in India, and covers all the major shopping, entertainment, office, and commercial hotspots in the Bangalore CBD.

The Ho-Ho bus service as it is more commonly called, is operated by the air-conditioned Volvo fleet of BMTC, and charges a flat fee of Rs. 10 ($0.20) valid for a period 2 hours. In my opinion, this is unbeatable value.

The buses are painted in Blue and Orange colour to indicate the loops. Some of the Volvos may still be in the traditional Red, but will say Blue or Orange on the front display boards. The Blue loop runs clockwise, the Orange loop runs counter clockwise. Each full loop will take 40 minutes, and buses run at a 10 minute frequency starting around 7:30am and stopping at 10:30pm.

The stylised map below gives a good indication of the bus stops. You can obtain larger versions of either map by clicking on it.
I have also created a interactive Map with click-able bus-stop locations. Please feel free to use the image or the map and spread the news. Thanks in advance.