Leading Private Sector Bus Operator in India Selects Trapeze Group

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - July 14, 2016) - Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd (PPMS), a leading private sector bus operator in India, has entrusted Trapeze Group with providing an integrated transport solution and services for better Planning & Scheduling, Operations and Depot Management to help improve operational efficiency and delivery of services to its passengers.

The Trapeze solution for Prasanna Purple is expected to be implemented in Pune and then rolled out to other locations including Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Indore, Bhopal and Surat.

"Trapeze understands the needs of the Indian transportation market and brings global capabilities and best practices that can help us enhance our operational efficiency and provide a better experience to our passengers," said Prasanna Purple Chairman & MD, Mr. Prasanna Patwardhan. "The Trapeze solution can help us achieve an integrated system across many functional areas to improve our fleet management, operational efficiency and provide greater visibility to all activities of fleet management, operations along with resource allocation and cost incurred across the organisation."

Bill Delaney, Managing Director of Trapeze Group, Asia Pacific, explained, "We're proud to work with Prasanna Purple to help set new benchmarks in the Indian transport industry. We regard Prasanna Purple as a forward-thinking organisation, helping to lead the way in the optimisation of public transportation within India."

Prasanna Purple has a long history of more than 25 years in passenger mass transit operation and has pioneered the art of surface mobility solutions. It has an array of mobility solutions like city and intercity buses, bus and car rentals, corporate and school bus services, hop-on hop-off city sight-seeing services, corporate MICE movement and individual and group tours. Presently Prasanna Purple operates around 1200+ vehicles of different categories carrying One Million passengers daily on City buses and 5000 passengers on Intercity buses.

Trapeze Group works closely with public transit agencies and their communities to develop and deliver smarter and more efficient public transit solutions. From software, to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and mobile applications, Trapeze provides some of the most advanced technologies in the industry. For more than 25 years Trapeze has been "Here for the journey" in the evolution of public transport and continues to work with our customers around the world helping them to move people from point A to Z and everywhere in between.