Telangana State Road Transport Corporation
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Native name | తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్ర రోడ్డు రవాణా సంస్థ |
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| Industry | Bus Service |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Area served | Telangana, and Neighbouring states |
| Services | Public Transport |
Number of employees | 57,018 (2015) [1] |
| Parent | Ministry of Road Transport, Government of Telangana |
| Website |
tsrtconline |
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is a state-owned company that runs transport services within the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.[2] Many other Indian metro towns in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Orissa and Chhattisgarh are also linked with the services of TSRTC. It serves about 9.2 million passengers every day, having three zones and Services operating through 94 depots.[3]
TSRTC online booking official website
The Telangana State Road Transport TSRTC official online booking website www.tsrtconline.in launched by Telangana RTC officials, after formation of new Telangana state according to AP reorganisation Act APSRTC divided by TSRTC.
Services
TSRTC will have three zones, 11 regions, 95 depots and 357 bus stations. The TSRTC buses will undertake operations on 3,687 routes, having an approximate fleet of 10,460 under its wing.[4]
Types of TSRTC services
Garuda And Garuda Plus
The Garuda and Garuda plus services are the A/C services running from district headquarters to Hyderabad and other cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Shridi, Mumbai, Pune, Adilabad, Vijayawada, Eluru and other cities.
The RTC provides disposable seat covers by changing over for every trip including air freshener, face freshener and water bottle.
The Garuda buses are of Volvo B7R, Isuzu and AL Luxura. The Garuda plus buses are of Volvo (B9R & B11R) and MercedesBenz Multiaxles.
Hyderabad city buses
The Hyderabad city buses very primarily called ordinary buses with green and dark green shades. They were supplemented with few double-decker buses, but in the year 2003 the corporation has decided to withdraw double-deckers because of the operation difficulties. The colour scheme of the ordinary city buses has also been changed to white and orange gradually from the year 2002. Types of Hyderabad Bus Services are Ordinary, Metro express, Metro deluxe, City Sheetal (a/c), Metro Luxury (a/c)
Airport Services (Hyderabad)
TSRTC provides airport bus services called "Pushpak" to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from different places of Hyderabad. The fare ranges between INR100-200. Buses operate between 3 in the morning to 12 midnight.
Routes:
- Secunderabad - RGIA (Via: L.B. Nagar, Pahadi Shareef)
- Secunderabad - RGIA (Via: Secretariat)
- S.R.Nagar - RGIA (Via: Paryatak Bhavan, Pension Office)
- JNTUH (Kukatpally) - RGIA (Via: Malaysian Township, Shilparamam (Hitech City))
Deluxe and Super luxury
Deluxe services previously known as TSRTC Luxury buses have been named has Deluxe, can be seen in different colour pattern but mostly in purple and white combination. These buses do not have push backable seats. Super Luxury are non-ac and video coaches which are running from various places to various places. Buses Run From Hyderabad to Bangalore, Pune, Nagpur, Macherla, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Adilabad, Mahabubnagar, Warangal(Hanmakonda), etc. They are semi-sleepers.
Pallevelugu
This bus was old red bus. Colours and red bus name changes to TSRTC Pallevelugu the colour scheme is predominantly dark green over, usually connects the villages to nearby towns.
Express
This is similar to the TSRTC express service before but in new white and sky blue stripes.
The express buses serve from district headquarters to nearby towns and cities and also between major cities.
Current fleet
Advance reservation facility is provided through Online Passenger Reservation System (OPRS) for the different types of services mentioned hereunder:
| Type | Number of Buses |
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| Garuda Plus (AC Semi-Sleeper Multi Axle) | 28 |
| Garuda (AC Semi-Sleeper Volvo / Isuzu) | 34 |
| Indra (2 + 2 AC Semi-Sleeper) | 58 |
| Vennela (AC Sleeper) | 3 |
| Super Luxury (2 + 2 Non-AC Pushback) | 407 |
| Deluxe (2 + 2 Non-AC) | 329 |
| Express (3 + 2 Non-AC) | 1864 |
References
- ↑ "TSRTC AT A GLANCE".
- ↑ Krishnamoorthy, Suresh (16 May 2014). "It will be TGSRTC from June 2". The Hindu (Hyderabad). Retrieved Jan 28, 2015.
- ↑ "TSRTC BUSES Complete Information". rtc.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 24 Nov 2015.
- ↑ Srinivas, K. "RTC Bifurcation into APSRTC, TSRTC soon". The Hans India. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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