India Transportation: Trams & Buses II

[venkateshk]

State of afires in any Govt. transport corporation is same.

[Cosmicbliss]

Venkatesh agreed. But KSRTC on the whole is much better.

[venkateshk]

Originally Posted by Cosmicbliss

Venkatesh agreed. But KSRTC on the whole is much better.

I agree with you. I see many from Karnataka preferring KSRTC even when they have choice of a private operator. Case is different in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. But for the past couple of years things have improved with APSRTC.

Last Sunday, 6th May, I traveled from Hyderabad to Vijayawada in APSRTC's Garuda Plus - Mercedes Benz Tri Axle. I was talking to the driver, he is working with APSRTC for the past 20 years. He is telling me that since the corporation expenses are more (in terms of number employees, other support services), the depot managers generally advice the mechanics to just make sure the vehicle is able to run. They postpone or avoid any kind of small repairs to save on costs. That's why over time the vehicles go out of shape. He was justifying saying that RTCs are for service and then business. The case reverse in private sector.

[nandan_ks]

Originally Posted by venkateshk

Thanks for the help. I did exactly as you said, but still my pics are not showing up! . Any other suggestions?

I'm able to see your pics.

Remove the "S" in h t t p s :// you'll be able to see.

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by venkateshk

I agree with you. I see many from Karnataka preferring KSRTC even when they have choice of a private operator.

Add me into that many..though Karnataka private bus transport have the most modern sleepers,volvos which are very well maintained..KSRTC beats them even then

[venkateshk]

Originally Posted by nandan_ks

I'm able to see your pics.

Remove the "S" in h t t p s :// you'll be able to see.

Thank you! Even I'm able to see them.

[santynair]

Originally Posted by maswath

This operator is operating between Mumbai-Bangalore for more than a year, they even started and operated Mumbai-Bangalore-Chennai for sometime

i travelled in this last week to blore...good service the LCD does not work but bus quite comfortable and it did speeds of 110 on the run....AL viking 12m

[engineer.akash]

KSRTC WINS INNOVATION AWARD

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has won the 'National Telecom Award 2012' under the category of 'Innovation in Public Service Applications.' Picture shows Minister for Home & Transport R. Ashok, who is also the Chairman of KSRTC & BMTC and N. Manjunatha Prasad, Managing Director, KSRTC, receiving the award from Vir Bhadra Singh, Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General, International Telecom Union, Geneva, during the awards ceremony held at Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi yesterday. This Award is instituted by Association of India Communication Multimedia and Infrastructure in association with Department of Information Technology and Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India, to identify and recognise outstanding contributions. Out of 784 nominations, KSRTC emerged winner by bagging Telecom Technology award for its innovations in the field of Information Technology to provide world class transport services. [Pic. by M.M. Joshi]

[engineer.akash]

NWKRTC Hubli city bus



Copyright Chetanvh on SSC I

[venkateshk]

APSRTC Super Luxury - Marcopolo Built Non AC Semi Sleeper Bus
















What do you feel about look of the bus? I liked the looks. But there is too much of ventilation inside the bus. The glasses have to be filmed to cut glare, only then passengers will have decent sleep.

[Cosmicbliss]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Add me into that many..though Karnataka private bus transport have the most modern sleepers,volvos which are very well maintained..KSRTC beats them even then

If only they could have quality resteraunts along highways it would be really good. I've noticed a lot of KSRTC buses stop only at veg places. Not sure why.

[Sunilkumarm]

Don’t be surprised if you spot extraordinarily long buses plying on the city roads soon. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to launch the Volvo ‘long chassis’ bus, which would be able to accommodate up to 150 passengers by the month-end.
Transport Minister R Ashoka said the BMTC will be the first transport corporation in the country to launch such a bus for city commuting. This bus would be able to carry almost the double number of passengers as compared to ordinary buses, thus saving road space as well as fuel.
“The bus will have a length of 14.5 metres and will come with 65 seats while the equal number of passengers can be accommodated as standing commuters. This will be considerably longer compared to the current buses which are 12 metres long and have 50 seats,” said BMTC managing director K R Sreenivas. He said the bus would also have a special provision for specially abled people to board.
The BMTC is at present studying the routes in which this bus can be operated as city roads are notorious for narrow lanes and sharp turns. The bus is likely to be launched on the Outer Ring Road from Hebbal to Banashankari section, which is also considered as techie corridor.
BMTC officials said Volvo company will provide the buses for the trial for the initial few months when the corporation has to spend money only on fuel. Only if the commuter response is favourable, the BMTC will consider buying the buses, they said.


Bangalore Mirror

[Coolguyz]

AS-4 first trip to backbay which later runs on Fort ferry route throughout the day before returning to Oshiwara at night
The films title in the background aptly describes the bus

cc bombaywala

[bhargavsura]

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[Vicvin86]

[Reno Ruberts R]

Cross posting from TN bus thread.
KeSRTC had few TTC (now SETC) built EXpress buses. This one Fully built by Nagercoil unit.

Originally Posted by SahadevanVijayakumar

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[azzi282]

BSRTC Merc busses in Patna:







Copyright: rehanrathoresingh

[s.yogendra]

Karnataka - NWKRTC Airavat Gold Class

image hosted on flickr


Copyrights:- RVK.RTC

[engineer.akash]

Stunning Airavat and congrats bihar for merc buses

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by Cosmicbliss

If only they could have quality resteraunts along highways it would be really good. I've noticed a lot of KSRTC buses stop only at veg places. Not sure why.

They are coming up with their own restaurants the KSRTC guys (karnataka)....BTW they stop at decent restaurants like Kamath,Pai mostly udupi style restaurants who serve veg food only.

Stopping at Veg restaurants sets a good image(hygiene) among the travelers majority of them would prefer veg food during travel.