![]() ![]() The rear engine helps reduce the noise level. Internally, the Starbus LE is equipped with air-flow curtains over the doors to keep the interior temperature low and improve the riding comfort. The floor with only 380 millimeters of height from the soil and the large doors make it easy for passengers to get in and out, reducing the time at stops, shortening the time taken for a trip and increasing the service efficiency. The Starbus LE has a low floor and air-conditioner developed to satisfy the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) of New Delhi. The Starbus LE has already been commercialized in India, and the DTC order for 525 buses for the new system of public transport in New Delhi has been executed by the Lucknow plant. ![]() The chassis supplied by Tata Motors and the bus bodies are built at Lucknow with the help of engineers from Marcopolo. TMML has developed two new models for the Indian market, Starbus LE and a 28-seater Starbus which is also called the Microbus. The new plant will have capacity to manufacture 1,50,000 buses at the end of five years. (TMML) is setting up the world’s largest bus manufacturing facility at Dharwad in Karnataka and is expected to start commercial production by the first half of 2009. The new company Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd. After initial delays in setting up the manufacturing facility, the new JV started building buses at Tata Motors’ existing plant at Lucknow. The 51:49 JV between Tata Motors and Marcopolo had agreed on an investment of Rs. It’s almost two years since Tata Motors entered into a JV agreement with Marcopolo of Brazil to set up a project to manufacture buses both for the domestic and export markets.
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