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). Em novembro de 1997, outra nova corporação de transporte rodoviário chamada North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) foi formada para atender às necessidades de transporte das partes do 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. O KSRTC foi a primeira Corporação de Transporte do Estado a introduzir ônibus da cidade de baixo andar da Volvo B7rle na Índia em 2005. Atualmente, o KSRTC opera a Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Scania Buses sob os serviços da Airavat (em homenagem ao mítico elefante branco). [3]

Types of Services

Flybus

O luxo sem ar-condicionado sem ar condicionado, de luxo, serviço de ônibus com vários eixos entre o Aeroporto Internacional de Bengaluru e Mysuru e entre o Aeroporto Internacional de Kempegowda e Kundapur com despensa, banheiros químicos, exibição ao vivo de horários de voo, GPS, instalações WiFi e entretenimento ao vivo no banco. [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

Serviço de ônibus de luxo totalmente com ar condicionado operado usando ônibus de vários eixos Scania com câmeras de visão noturna de alta definição para gravar dentro do sistema de gerenciamento de ônibus e frota para monitoramento de desempenho no ônibus. [7]

Airavat Club Class

Serviço de ônibus de luxo totalmente com ar condicionado operado usando ônibus Volvo e Mercedes Benz Multi-Exle com assentos semi-reclinadores e com suporte de panturrilha. [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).