The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation

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.

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). En noviembre de 1997, se formó otra nueva corporación de transporte por carretera llamado Corporación de Transporte Road de Karnataka del Noroeste (NWKRTC) para satisfacer las necesidades de transporte de las partes noroeste de Karnataka. Later, the North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC) was also formed with its corporate office in Gulbarga.

KSRTC services covers 92% villages in Karnataka.[4] 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 fue la primera corporación de transporte estatal en introducir los autobuses de Volvo B7rle Low Floor City en India en 2005. En la actualidad, KSRTC opera Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Buses de Scania bajo los servicios de Airavat (llamado así por el mítico elefante blanco). [3]

Types of Services

Flybus

Servicio de autobús múltiple de la volvo con aire acondicionado, el servicio de autobuses múltiples Volvo entre el aeropuerto internacional de Bangalore y Mysuru y entre el aeropuerto internacional de Kempegowda y Kundapur con despensa, inodoros químicos, exhibición en vivo de horarios de vuelo, GPS, instalaciones de WiFi y entretenimiento en vivo en el trabajo. [5]

Airavat Bliss CD

Fully air conditioned luxury Volvo multi axle bus service with chemical toilets, wifi, pantry and individual TV screens.[6]

Airavat Superia

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

Airavat Diamond Class

Servicio de autobuses de lujo totalmente con aire acondicionado operado utilizando buses de múltiples eje de Scania con cámaras de visión nocturna de alta definición para grabar dentro del sistema de gestión de autobuses y flotas para el monitoreo del rendimiento en el bus. [7]

Airavat Club Class

Servicio de autobuses de lujo totalmente con aire acondicionado operado con buses múltiples Volvo y Mercedes Benz con asientos semi-reclinadores y con soporte de pantorrilla. [8]

Airavat

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

Rajahamsa

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

Suhasa

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

Corona Ambari

Fully air conditioned sleeper bus service.

Corona Non AC Sleeper

Non air conditioned sleeper bus service.

Corona

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

Sheethal

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 nowadays its replaced with Volvo Airavat.

Vaibhava

Non air conditioned sitter buses in white livery with recliner seats in 2+2 configuration.

Suvarna Sarige, Vayavya Karnataka Saarige and EEshanya Karnataka Saarige

Cheapest and widely abundant mode of bus service in KSRTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC found in red-white or light green-white livery.

Grameena Sarige

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