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{{Short description|Transport corporation of Karnataka}}
{{About|the state-owned road transport corporation in Karnataka|the Kerala state corporation|Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
| image = KSRTC-Scania-Airavat-Diamond-Class.jpg
| logo =
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Public Sector Corporation under the Ministry of Transport of the State [[Government of Karnataka]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1948|09|12|}}<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/pages/history.html|title = KSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - KSRTC.in}}</ref> as Mysore Government Road Transport Department
| location_city = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| key_people = M. Chandrappa<br/>{{small|(Chairman)}}<ref name="Setc ksrtc">{{cite web|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/pages/management.html |title=Management | Book Bus Ticket Online – KSRTC |publisher=ksrtc.in|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref><br />S. N. Eshwarappa<br/>{{small|(Vice-Chairman)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/pages/management.html|title = KSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - KSRTC.in}}</ref>
| area_served = [[Karnataka]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
| industry = [[Public transport bus service]]
| services = [[Public transport]]
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees =
| subsid = <div>
*[[Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation]]
*[[North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation|Kitturu Karnataka Road Transport Corporation]]
*[[Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation]]
</div>
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| website = https://ksrtc.karnataka.gov.in/english (main website)<br/>https://m.ksrtc.in/ (ticket booking)
| footnotes =
}}

The '''Karnataka''' '''State Road Transport Corporation''' is a state-owned public road transport corporation in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is wholly owned by the [[Government of Karnataka]]. It serves routes to towns and cities in the Southern part of Karnataka and connects it to the rest of the state and the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Goa]] and the Union territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. It offers online booking of ticket along with its subsidiaries.

==History==
The state of Mysore, Mysore Government Road Transport Department (MGRTD) was inaugurated on 12 September 1948 with 120 buses.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/pages/history.html|title = KSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - KSRTC.in}}</ref> The transport department of The Mysore state was administrated until 1961. After the Government of Mysore was subsequently converted into an independent Corporation under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 on 1 August 1961, In 1961, after successfully converting into an independent corporation all assets and liabilities of MGRTD was transferred to MSRTC.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/pages/history.html|title = KSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - KSRTC.in}}</ref> On 1 October 1961, Bangalore Transport Service (BTS) was merged with the MSRTC.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/pages/history.html|title = KSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - KSRTC.in}}</ref> On 1 November 1973, the state of Mysore was renamed as Karnataka thus, renaming it into Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. On 15 August 1997, [[Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation]] (BMTC) was bifurcated out of KSRTC, on 1 November 1997, North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation ([[NWKRTC]]) was bifurcated to cater to the transportation needs of North Western parts of Karnataka and on 15 August 2000, North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC) was bifurcated to cater to the transportation needs of North Eastern parts of Karnataka.<ref name=KSRTChistory>{{cite web|title=KSRTC History|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru/Wheels-of-change-turn-Karnataka-State-Road-Transport-Corporation-into-a-winner/articleshow/15085055.cms|website= timesofindia.com|access-date=24 Jul 2016}}</ref><ref name=KSRTCHIS>{{cite web|title=Ksrtc history|url=http://www.ksrtc.in/site/history|website=www.ksrtc.in|access-date=24 Jul 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317003217/http://www.ksrtc.in/site/history|archive-date=17 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation has been renamed as Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation ([[KKRTC]]) by the State Government on 6 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us - Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation|url=https://kkrtc.karnataka.gov.in/page/About+Us/en|access-date=2021-10-04|website=kkrtc.karnataka.gov.in}}</ref>

==Present status==
The corporation has its Corporate office at [[Shantinagar Bus Station|Shanthinagar]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]]. Presently, excluding its subsidiaries, it covers seventeen Districts i.e., [[Bangalore Urban district|Bengaluru Urban]], [[Bengaluru Rural District|Bengaluru Rural]], [[Ramanagara district|Ramanagara]], [[Kolar district|Kolar]], [[Chikkaballapura district|Chikkaballapura]], [[Tumakuru district|Tumakuru]], [[Chitradurga district|Chitradurga]], [[Davanagere district|Davanagere]], [[Shimoga district|Shivamogga]], [[Dakshina Kannada]], [[Udupi]], [[Chikmagalur district|Chikkamagaluru]], [[Hassan district|Hassan]], [[Mysore district|Mysuru]], [[Mandya district|Mandya]], [[Chamarajanagar district|Chamarajanagara]], [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] in the State under its operational jurisdiction. It has totally 17 Divisions – 16 operating Divisions viz. Bengaluru Central, Ramanagara, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Mysuru City, Mysuru Rural, Mandya, Chamarajanagara, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Mangaluru, Puttur, Davanagere, Shivamogga, Chitradurga and one bus station division viz., [[Kempegowda Bus Station]] in Bengaluru City. KSRTC has 84 Depots, 166 Bus station, 2 Regional Workshops ([[Bangalore]] and [[Hassan, Karnataka|Hassan]]), 1 Central Training Institute, 4 Regional Training Institutes, 1 Printing Press and 1 Hospital. [[KKRTC]] has 53 depots and one Regional Workshop at [[Yadgir]]. [[NWKRTC]] owns 51 Bus depots and a Regional Workshop in [[Hubli]]. It has a workforce of about 37019 employees (excludes its subsidiaries). It operates 26.65 lakh km daily holding a fleet of 8744 (excludes its subsidiaries) and it earns traffic revenue of Rs 976.10 lakh daily catering to 30.12 lakh passengers on average (excludes its subsidiaries).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ksrtc.in/pages/key-statistics.html|title=KSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - KSRTC.in}}</ref> It stands fifth amongst STUs in the Nation by size (excludes its subsidiaries).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About KSRTC - Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation |url=https://ksrtc.karnataka.gov.in/info-1/About++KSRTC/en |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=ksrtc.karnataka.gov.in}}</ref>

==Services==

Corporation services covers 92% villages in Karnataka (includes it's subsidiary's).<ref name="ksrtc.in">{{Cite web |url=http://ksrtc.in/Milestones.html |title=KSRTC milestones |access-date=19 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208183553/http://ksrtc.in/Milestones.html |archive-date=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It operates with a total fleet of 8280 buses. On an average, it transports 74.57 Lakh passengers per day. It also operates to the neighboring states of [[Maharashtra]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Goa]] and [[Kerala]]. It was the first state transport corporation to introduce [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] [[B7RLE]] low floor city buses in India in 2005. At present, it operates Tata, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]], Mercedes-Benz, Scania buses under the non A/C and A/C (Airavat) services (Airavat means the white elephant in Sanskrit).<ref name="gpstrack">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article918913.ece|title=GPS to track movement of 2,000 KSRTC buses|date=28 November 2010|access-date=9 September 2012|agency=[[The Hindu]]|location=Bengaluru}}</ref>

==Types of services==
*'''Ambaari Dream Class'''
Longest bus in Asia (15m long) with 40 spacious sleeper berths fabricated as per AIS 119 standards with more headroom and legroom. The 410 HP Volvo B11R Ambari Dream Class have Bodies from Prakash and MG whose Products Celeste and Starz respectively features panoramic windows, roof ventilator, emergency door at the middle of the bus as per CMVR regulations, fire detection and suppression systems, mobile charging points, bottle holders and headrests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/ksrtc-to-roll-out-volvo-multi-axle-sleeper-buses/articleshow/68504876.cms|title=KSRTC to roll out Volvo multi-axle sleeper buses|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>

*'''Flybus'''
Fully air conditioned nonstop luxury, [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] multi axle bus service between [[Kempegowda International Airport]] and [[Mysuru]] with chemical toilet

*'''Airavat'''[[File:Bangalore Bus.jpg|thumb|Airavat]]
Fully air conditioned luxury bus service operated using [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] and Mercedes Benz buses with semi-recliner seats.

*'''Airavat Bliss'''
Fully air conditioned luxury [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] multi axle bus service with chemical toilets, wifi, pantry and individual TV screens.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/today's-paper/tp-national/tp-Karnataka/ksrtc-launches-Volvo-buses-with-pantry-and-toilet/article3655889.ece|title= KSRTC launches volvo with pantry|access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref> This service was stopped in 2017.

*'''Airavat Superia'''
Fully air conditioned luxury [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] multi axle bus service with chemical toilets, wifi, and auto hand wash system. The service was stopped in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/KSRTC-launched-its-multi-axle-volvo-with-toilets-and-pantry-segments-today-Bus-with-chemical-toilet-and-in-house-pantry-will-be-called-Airavat-Bliss-and-one-with-only-chemical-toilets-will-be-called-Airavat-Superia-Two-Airavat-Bliss-and-four-Airavat-Superia-were-launched/articleshow/15029641.cms|title=KSRTC launched four Airavat Superia buses with chemical toilets. }}</ref>

*'''Airavat Diamond Class'''
Fully air conditioned luxury bus service operated using [[Scania AB|Scania]] multi-axle buses with hi-definition night vision cameras for recording inside the bus and fleet management system for performance monitoring in the bus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.motorindiaonline.in/buses/scania-delivers-first-batch-of-airavat-diamond-class-premium-buses-to-ksrtc/|title= Scania delivers first batch to KSRTC|access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref> Currently this service was renamed to Airavat Club Class .

*'''Airavat Club Class'''[[File:KSRTC-Airavat-Club-Class-Volvo-B9R.jpg|thumb|Airavat Club Class]]
Fully air conditioned luxury bus service operated using [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] and Mercedes Benz multi-axle buses with semi-recliner seats and with calf support.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ksrtcblog.com/karnataka-rtc-2/karnataka-rtc-started-volvo-from-bangalore-to-nasik/|title=KSRTC starts service to Nashik|access-date=20 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223051830/http://www.ksrtcblog.com/karnataka-rtc-2/karnataka-rtc-started-volvo-from-bangalore-to-nasik|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*'''Rajahamsa'''
Non air conditioned deluxe bus service with recliner seats in 2+2 configuration built on [[Tata Motors|Tata]] and [[Ashok Leyland]] chassis.
*'''Suhasa'''
Fully air suspension non AC reclinable seat bus, other than Rajahamsa which normally ply over North Eastern Karnataka regions.

*'''Ambaari'''[[File:KSRTC Corona AC Sleeper..jpg|thumb|Corona Ambaari.]]

Fully air conditioned sleeper and Non AC bus service. These busses were built CORONA chassis.

*'''Ambaari Non A\C Sleeper'''
Non air conditioned sleeper bus service built on [[Tata Motors|Tata]] chassis.

*'''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 now replaced with [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] Airavat.

*'''Vaibhav'''[[File:KSRTC Ambari Corona.JPG|thumb|Vaibhav]]
Non air conditioned deluxe bus service with recliner seats in 2+2 configuration built on [[Tata Motors|Tata]] and [[Ashok Leyland]] chassis. The seats recline less when compared to Rajahamsa.

*'''Karnataka Sarige, Suvarna Sarige, Vayavya Karnataka Sarige and Eshanya Karnataka Sarige'''

Widely abundant mode of bus service with 3+2 non reclining seats in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, NWKRTC and KKRTC

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation livery: Dual horizontal bands consisting of Silver and Red colours.
Panchrangi Livery (NWKRTC): Consisting of 5 colours, with green being the dominant.

Tirangi Livery (KKRTC) : Consisting of three colours, with a small green paint, although it may differ depending on the region served.
These are built on [[Ashok Leyland]], [[Tata Motors|Tata]] and [[Eicher Motors|Eicher]] chassis.

*'''Gramantara Sarige'''
Buses which connects villages with ordinary fare (slightly costs lesser than Suvarna Sarige).
*'''Nagara Sarige'''[[File:KSRTC-MCTC-Bus.jpg|thumb|Nagara Sarige.]]
These are intra city/town buses plying in Tier-2 cities and towns across Karnataka built on [[Ashok Leyland]], [[Tata Motors|Tata]] and [[Eicher Motors|Eicher]] chassis.

==See also==
* [[List of bus depots in Karnataka]]
* [[List of bus stations in Karnataka]]
* [[Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation]] (BMTC)
* [[North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation]] (NWKRTC)
* [[Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation]] (KKRTC)
* [[Nrupatunga city bus service]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation}}
* [https://ksrtc.in/ Karnataka SRTC Official Website]
* [https://bustimings.in/ksrtc KSRTC Bus Timings]
* [https://ksrtc.in/pages/key-statistics.html]

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