Uttarakhand Transport Corporation

Uttarakhand Transport Corporation
उत्तराखण्ड परिवहन निगम
Parent Ministry of Transportation, Government of Uttarakhand
Founded 30 October 2003[1]
Headquarters 1, Raj Vihar, Chakrata Road, Dehradun,[2] Uttarakhand
Locale Uttarakhand
Service area Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir[3]
Service type Bus service
Routes 337[4]
Hubs 3
Lounge 11[5]
Depots 18
Fleet 1419[6]
Fuel type Diesel
Website Corporate Website

Uttarakhand Transport Corporation also referred to as UTC, is the state run bus service of Uttarakhand state of India. UTC with its 1419 buses serves routes to towns and cities within Uttarakhand and adjoining states of Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir covering over 350,000 kilometers catering to the travel needs of over 100,000 people every day. It also offers a facility for online booking of tickets.

History

Upon bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh in year 2000, the newly created Uttarakhand state felt the need of its own state owned transport agency, hence Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) was incorporated on 30 October 2003 under the provisions of the Road Transport Act, 1950.

Supporting Infrastructure

UTC has its corporate office at Dehradun, and three divisional offices at Dehradun, Nainital and Tanakpur. Each division has a regional workshop where major repair and maintenance work as well as assembly reconditioning work is performed. Each region has been further divided into operational units called Depots. The total number of depots in the corporation is 18, each depot has a workshop attached to it to provide supportive maintenance facilities.[7] UTC also owns one tyre retreading plant at Dehradun to provide in-house tyre retreading facilities.

Fleet

An ordinary bus near Takula, Almora

UTC currently owns 1200 buses, and it has hired 55 privates buses. UTC categorize its buses into 5 categories as Volvo buses, Deluxe buses, Air Conditioned buses, Low floor buses that ply in association with JNURM to fulfill urban transportation needs, and Ordinary buses.[8] Current buses-to-staff ratio is 3.71[9]

Division Ordinary buses Deluxe buses AC buses Hired buses Volvo buses LF buses Total
Dehradun 437 33 27 33 16 99 645
Nainital 374 11 23 1 5 46 460
Tanakpur 227 9 0 0 0 0 236

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