He added that the 26-seater-buses will also be customized to incorporate DMRC requirements. Destination display boards will be installed on the front and side of the buses. They will also have a public address system and provisions for ticket vending machines.

'Although the fares for travel on these feeder buses has not been decided, they are likely to be the same as the Delhi Transport Corporation fares for AC buses at Rs.10 to Rs.15,' another DMRC spokesperson said.

The Metro's AC buses are being manufactured by Swaraj Mazda company while its 120 non-AC buses plying on 15 routes were manufactured by Tata Motors.

DMRC presently has 68 operational stations and another 76 will be added when the Phase-II is completed by October 2010.

Delhi Metro operates three hugely popular lines connecting the northern, central, eastern and southwestern parts of Delhi. Around 800,000 commuters daily use the network covering a total of 190 km.