Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ನಿಗಮ
Karnāṭaka Rājya Raste Sārige Nigama
Public transport corporation
Industry Public transport bus service
Founded 1961
Headquarters Bengaluru, India
Area served
 Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana and Puducherry
Key people

Ramalinga Reddy (Chairman)[1]

Rajender Kumar Kataria (MD)
Services Public transport
Revenue ₹16.3585 billion (US$240 million) (2008-09) [2]
Subsidiaries
Website KSRTC
Airavat Diamond Class

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transportation company in the state of Karnataka in India. KSRTC has the largest fleet of Volvo buses among state owned transport companies.[3]

History

KSRTC was set up in 1961 under the provisions of Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka. In August 1997, KSRTC was divided to form Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). In November 1997, another new road transport corporation called North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) was formed to cater to the transportation needs of North Western parts of Karnataka. Later, the North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC) was also formed with its corporate office in Gulbarga.[4][5]

Services

KSRTC services covers 92% villages in Karnataka.[6] KSRTC operates with a total fleet of 17310 buses (KSRTC-8280, NEKRTC-4300, NWKRTC-4720). It transports, on an average, 74.57 lakh passengers per day. It also operates to the neighboring states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Goa and Kerala. KSRTC was the first state transport corporation to introduce Volvo B7RLE low floor city buses in India in 2005. At present, KSRTC operates Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Scania buses under the Airavat services (named after the mythical white elephant).[3]

Types of Services

Fully air conditioned nonstop luxury, Volvo multi axle bus service between Bengaluru International Airport and Mysuru with pantry, chemical toilets, live display of flight timings, GPS, wifi facilities and in-bus live entertainment.[7]

Fully air conditioned luxury Volvo multi axle bus service with chemical toilets, wifi, pantry and individual TV screens.[8]

Fully air conditioned luxury bus service operated using Scania multi-axle buses with hi-definition night vision cameras for recording inside the bus and fleet management system for performance monitoring in the bus.[9]

Fully air conditioned luxury bus service operated using Volvo and Mercedes Benz multi-axle buses with semi-recliner seats and with calf support.[10]

Airavat Club Class

Fully air conditioned luxury bus service operated using Volvo and Mercedes Benz buses with semi-recliner seats.

Non air conditioned deluxe bus service with recliner seats in 2+2 configuration built on Tata and Ashok Leyland chassis.

Corona Ambaari.

Fully air suspension non AC reclinable seat bus, other than Raajahamsa which normally ply over North Eastern Karnataka regions.

Fully air conditioned sleeper bus service.

Non air conditioned sleeper bus service built on Tata chassis.

Fully air conditioned and air suspension bus with 2+2 reclinable seats. Can consider it to be an alternate option for Airavat.

Fully air conditioned and air suspension vehicle with 3+2 non-reclinable seats built on Ashok Leyland chassis. Mostly operates between Mysuru and Bengaluru, but now it has been replaced with Volvo Airavat.

KSRTC Vaibhav

Non air conditioned deluxe bus service with recliner seats in 2+2 configuration built on Tata and Ashok Leyland chassis.The seats recline less when compared to Rajahamsa.

Widely abundant mode of bus service with 3+2 non reclining seats in KSRTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC found in red-white or green and red/orange - cream liveries respectively. These are built on Ashok Leyland, Tata and Eicher chassis.

Buses which connects villages with ordinary fare (slightly costs lesser than suvarna sarige).

These are intra city/town buses plying in Tier-2 cities and towns across Karnataka built on Ashok Leyland, Tata and Eicher chassis.

Major Awards and Recognitions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Management | Book Bus Ticket Online - KSRTC". ksrtc.in. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ↑ KSTRC financial info
  3. 1 2 "GPS to track movement of 2,000 KSRTC buses". Bengaluru. The Hindu. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "KSRTC History". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 24 Jul 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ksrtc history". www.ksrtc.in. Retrieved 24 Jul 2016.
  6. ↑ KSRTC milestones
  7. ↑ "Flybus to BIAL". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "KSRTC launches volvo with pantry". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Scania delivers first batch to KSRTC". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "KSRTC starts service to Nashik". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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