Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

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B.M.T.C. stands for Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation.

1 History
2 About
3 Motto
4 Details
5 Areas covered in Bangalore by BMTC
6 External links

[edit] History

BMTC has its origin in a private company called Bangalore Transport Company (BTC) Limited founded in 1940 catering to the entire city with just 98 buses. The then Government of Mysore took over the city transport from the private company by an act and ran buses up to 10- mile radius in the city in 1956 calling it Bangalore Transport Service [BTS].

1961: Mysore State Road Transport Corporation- MSRTC - ('Mysore' was replaced by 'Karnataka' later because of the renaming of the State-KSRTC) is formed by a special act, with BTS as one of its divisions.
1993: BTS gets recognition as a Unit under a Director. Functions as two divisions, North and South.
August 15, 1997: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is incorporated as a separate entity having been bifurcated from its parent body KSRTC.

[edit] About

The BTS's were originally red in colour, but BMTC's now are blue in colour and the Pushpaks are chocolate brown. Recently, during the S.M. Krishna Government, almost all the buses were replaced by newer and better models. The public loved the new look buses which were originally termed as Parisara Vaahini which means eco-friendly vehicle, Janti Vaahana meaning dual bus. The Government also introduced Grameena Saarige for the rural areas close to the city, these were mini buses. The famous Pushpaks were the faster buses with limited stops and with a higher fare and a more luxurious seating. Today, they are the only profit making urban sector public corporation in India. BMTC has become the first public sector city transport carrier to introduce Air Conditioned Volvo Buses. BMTC plans to introduce more such buses to ease passenger discomfort. It has also introduced slew of measures to improve efficiency and women emancipation by making it mandatory that 33% of BMTC staff need to be women. Probably only city in India having lady conductors.

[edit] Motto

To provide 'Efficient, Economic, Safe, Reliable and Punctual services' to the commuters of City and Sub-urban areas of Bangalore.

[edit] Details

The BMTC has major bus depots situated in Subhashnagar (Kempe Gowda Bus Station popularly known as 'Majestic Bus Stand), Shivajinagar, City Market (Kalasipalyam) and a new one just constructed in Shantinagar, 28 Minor Bus Stations spread all over the City and 1200 Wayside Bus Shelters in city and sub-urban areas. These bus shelters are the new look bus stands with a modern look.

The BMTC is involved with 3125 schedules, with a fleet of 3207 buses, making 47,000 trips and carrying 28 lakh passengers per day.