Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation

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Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation
ગુજરાત રાજ્ય માર્ગ વાહન વ્યવહાર નિગમ
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Parent Government of Gujarat
Founded May 1, 1960 (1960-05-01)[1]
Headquarters Central ST Workshop, Naroda, Ahmedabad[2]
Service area Gujarat
Service type Bus
Stops 1554[1]
Stations 226[1]
Depots 125[1]
Fleet 6514 on road (2009-2010)[3] of 8000 total[1]
Daily ridership 2324000 (2009-10)[3]
Annual ridership 848 Million (2009-10)[3]
Fuel type Diesel, CNG
Chief executive B.H. Ghodasara (Chairman)[4]
Vice-Chairman & Managing Director Mukesh Puri[4]
Website www.gsrtc.in
www.gujaratsrtc.com

Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) is a state owned corporation for passenger transport providing bus services both within state of Gujarat, India and neighbouring states. It has workforce of 50000.

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History [edit]

GSRTC was established on 1 May, 1960 with formation of Gujarat state. From a beginning of 7 divisions, 76 depots and 7 divisional workshops and a fleet of 1767 buses; it has gone to 16 Divisions, 126 Depots, 226 bus stations, 1554 pick up stands & 8000 buses.

Facilities [edit]

Passenger [edit]

GSRTC purchased 1500 new buses including 20 air conditioned, 50 sleeper coaches and 2 Volvo buses in 2009.[5]

GSRTC started provides online and mobile phone ticket booking facility.[6][7] It also provides wi-fi internet service in Volvo buses for free.[8]

Technical [edit]

It has built up many technical facilities. These are :

  • Three level maintenance and repair facility - 126 depot workshops, 16 divisional workshops and a central workshop
  • 7 tyre retreading plant
  • Bus body building plant (1000 bus bodies/year)
  • Ticket printing press

Divisions [edit]

There are 16 divisions:

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Bhuj
  3. Bharuch
  4. Mehsana
  5. Palanpur
  6. Vadodara
  7. Surat
  8. Valsad
  9. Nadiad
  10. Godhra
  11. Himatnagar
  12. Bhavnagar
  13. Amreli
  14. Jamnagar
  15. Junagadh
  16. Rajkot

Awards [edit]

  • National award for fuel economy 2006-2007 by India State Road Transport Undertaking and Ministry of Road Transport & Highway, Government of India.[9]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "About us". GSRTC. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  2. ^ Patel, Aarti. "GSRTC contact number". www.customercarenumber.co.in. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  3. ^ a b c "GSRTC performance". GSRTC. 2009-10. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  4. ^ a b "Leadership". GARTC. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  5. ^ "GSRTC gets 1,500 new buses". The Times of India. TNN. February 8, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  6. ^ Thakkar, Mitul (July 20, 2005). "GSRTC to launch online ticket booking". Business Standard (Ahmedabad). Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  7. ^ "Booking GSRTC ticket through mobile phone to be possible". DeshGujarat.com. August 12, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 
  8. ^ "Now, surf the internet on GSRTC’s Rajkot-Ahmedabad buses". The Times of India (Rajkot). TNN. December 18, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
  9. ^ "GSRTC bags national award for fuel economy". The Times of India. October 20, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2013. 

External links [edit]

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