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{{Infobox company<br />
|name = Assam State Transport Corporation<br />
|type = Public Sector Corporation under the Ministry of Transport of the State [[Government of Assam]]<br />
|industry = [[Public transport bus service]]<br />
|area_served = Assam and adjoining states<br />
|key_people = Ashok Kumar Bhattarai, ([[Chairperson]])<br> Rahul Chandra Das, ACS ([[Managing Director]])<br />
|products = <br />
|services = [[Public transport]]<br />
|operating_income = <br />
|net_income = <br />
|num_employees = <br />
|divisions = 10<br />
|subsid = Assam State Urban Transport Corporation<br />
|footnotes = <br />
|intl = <br />
|logo = Assam State Transport Corporation logo.png<br />
|foundation = 1970<br />
|location_city = Paribahan Bhawan, [[Paltan Bazaar]], [[Guwahati]]<br />
|location_country = [[India]]<br />
|location = <br />
|locations = <!--# of locations--><br />
|slogan = <br />
|homepage = {{url|astcbus.in}}<br />
|dissolved = <br />
}}<br />
'''Assam State Transport Corporation''' or '''ASTC''' is a [[Government of Assam|state government]] owned [[road transport]] corporation of [[Assam]], India which provides bus services within Assam and adjoining states. Assam State Transport was started as a state government department with four buses to run between [[Guwahati]] and [[Nagaon]]. Gradually the transport network of the department expanded throughout the state of Assam. The state transport department was converted to a corporation on 31 March 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://astcbus.in/opnav/aboutus |website=astcbus.in |accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Services==<br />
ASTC is the lifeline of road transport connectivity of the state as it operates buses on highways, city roads and even in the remote rural areas. The present chairperson is Ashok Kumar Bhattarai.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Chairperson|url=https://astc.assam.gov.in/about-us/detail/key-officials-29|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Assam State Transport Corporation}}</ref> It operates a fleet of 1100 buses including Hi-Tech Luxury (AC/Non AC) buses for long distances and Hi-Tech semi and mini deluxe bus services for city and rural areas. The subsidiary <br />
Assam State Urban Transport Corporation operates the city bus services within Guwahati city. There are also many private buses operating under ASTC. Apart from that the corporation also partnered with some private [[Volvo bus]] operators to operate on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/volvo-debuts-in-assam/cid/1455526|title=Volvo debuts in Assam|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=27 April 2021}}</ref> ASTC has 135 bus stations and 3 Inter State Bus Terminals ([[Guwahati]], [[Jorhat]] and [[Silchar]]) across the state with a fleet of more than 1100 buses with another fleet of Private Owned Buses being operated under the banner of ASTC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astcbus.in/opnav/aboutus|title = Assamrtc}}</ref><br />
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==Types of services==<br />
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'''Fleets'''<br />
* AC Hi-Tech Luxury Coach<br />
* Non AC Hi-Tech Luxury Coach<br />
* Bharat Benz Coach<br />
* Semi Deluxe Coach<br />
* Tata Marcopolo City Service<br />
* Volvo 8400 B7R LE Coach<br />
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'''PPP mode fleet'''<br />
* Volvo Semi-Sleeper Coach <br />
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==Divisions==<br />
ASTC has 10 traffic divisions across the state. These are - Tinsukia Division, Nagaon Division, Silchar Division, Jorhat Division, Sivasagar Division, Bongaigaon Division, Lakhimpur Division, Tezpur Division, Greater Guwahati Region City Service Division and ISBT-Guwahati Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://astcbus.in/opnav/schedulepdf|title=Bus Schedules Main Division |publisher=astcbus.in|accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Contribution==<br />
ASTC donated bus for the cancer patients of [[Assam]]. They had donated 20 [[BharatBenz]] buses to shift cancer patients from [[Assam]] to [[Tata Memorial Hospital]], [[Mumbai]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ASTC donated bus|url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/east/development-assam-mumbai-bus/2259037.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=UniIndia}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://astcbus.in/ Assam State Transport Corporation]<br />
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