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{{Short description|Bus service in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox bus company
| name             = Nashik Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited- Citilinc
| logo             = File:Citilinc Logo.png
| logo_size        = 150px
| image            = Citilinc.png
| image_size       = 
| image_caption    = Citilinc bus at Bhagur Bus Stand
| parent           = Nashik Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (NMPML)
| founded          = 8 July 2021<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/citilinc-bags-urban-transport-award/articleshow/87243358.cms|title=Citilic-Nashik city service was launched by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on July 8|publisher=Times of India|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
| headquarters     = NMPML, Nr. Golf Club Ground, Trambakeshwar Road, Opp. Veer Savarkar Taran Talav, [[Nashik]], [[Maharashtra]] 422002
| locale           = [[Nashik Metropolitan Region]]
| service_area     = [[Nashik]]
| service_type     = [[Public transport bus service|Bus]]
| alliance         = 
| routes           = 63<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://citilinc.nmc.gov.in/|title=Nashik Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited's Cititlinc daily ridership route}}</ref>
| stops            = 1392
| hubs             = {{flatlist|
* Tapovan
* Nimani
* New CBS
* [[Nashik Road]]
* Adgaon (Under construction for E-Buses)
}}
| depots           = 4
| fleet            = 250 (50 more AC E-Bus to be inducted by March 2025) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://citilinc.nmc.gov.in/#/|title=Citilic-nashik city bus service home page}}</ref>
| ridership        = 1.15 Lakh daily <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://citilinc.nmc.gov.in/#/|title=Nashik Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited's Cititlinc daily ridership}}</ref>
| annual_ridership = 
| fuel_type        = Diesel, CNG<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/citilinc-bags-urban-transport-award/articleshow/87243358.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2021-10-25|title=The NMPML has 200 CNG-run and 50 diesel-run buses and at present, 105 buses are operational across the city.|date=25 October 2021 }}</ref>
| leader_type      = Chairman & Managing Director
| leader           = Dr.Ashok Karanjkar, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| website          = {{URL|https://citilinc.nmc.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Citilinc''' is the public transport bus service provided by '''Nashik Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd''' ([[Special Purpose Vehicle|SPV]] of [[Nashik Municipal Corporation]]) for the city of [[Nashik]], in [[Maharashtra]]. It operates 63 routes around Nashik and its suburban areas with the use of a fleet of nearly 250 buses. Presently, the routes cover a radius of 20km in and around the Nashik area.

== History ==
In 2020, the Nashik Municipal Corporation submitted a feasibility report to the [[Government of Maharashtra]], for the privatisation of bus services in Nashik, as existing services being operated by the state-run [[Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation]] (MSRTC)<ref>{{Cite news|date= 27 September 2020|first=Tushar|last=Pawar|title=NMC to gift its city bus service to citizens on Diwali |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/nmc-to-gift-its-city-bus-service-to-citizens-on-diwali/articleshow/78338950.cms|access-date=9 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> were found to be loss-making and insufficient for the needs of the city.

== Operations ==
NMPML has a fleet of 250 buses out of which 200 are diesel and 50 are run on CNG which are maintained at 2 bus depots, which ferry around 68000 passengers every day. Distant towns like Sinnar, Dindori, Sukena, Pimpalgaon Baswant, Jategaon, etc. are becoming part of the service. NMPML also plans to acquire 100 electric buses under [[Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation|PM Amrut Scheme]] in to the existing fleet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/nashik/nashik-revs-up-for-green-transit-50-electric-buses-to-roll-out-soon-under-pm-amrut-scheme-a505/|title=Nashik Revs Up for Green Transit: 50 Electric Buses to Roll Out Soon Under PM Amrut Scheme|work=Lokmat Times|date= 2 May 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bus transport in India]]
[[Category:Nashik]]
[[Category:Transport in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Municipal transport agencies of India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2021]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2021]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 2021]]