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{{Infobox station
| name = Kollam KSRTC bus station
| native_name = കൊല്ലം കെ.എസ്സ്.ആര്‍.ടി.സി ബസ്സ്‌ സ്റ്റേഷന്‍
| native_name_lang = ml
| symbol_location =
| symbol =
| type = Bus station
| image = Kollam KSRTC Bus Station.jpg
| image_caption = A view of Kollam KSRTC bus station from [[Asramam Link Road]]
| address = [[Cutchery]], [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]]
| borough =
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|8.891194|76.585128|type:busstation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|Kerala State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC)]]
| operator = [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]]
| bus_stands = 4 (Towards [[Thiruvananthapuram|TVM]], [[Kochi|EKM]], [[Punalur|PLR]] & [[Adoor|ADR]])
| bus_operators = {{collapsible list|bullets=yes
| title = Services from Kollam
| 1 = [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] ''(Interstate & Intrastate)''
| 2 = [[Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation|KURTC]] ''(Intrastate)''
| 3 = [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation|Karnataka RTC]] & [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation|SETC]] ''(Interstate only)''
}}
| bus_routes =
| connections = [[Bus]] [[Kollam KSWTD Ferry Terminal|Ferry]]
| structure = At grade
| parking = No
| bicycle =
| disabled =
| code = KLM
| zone = Kollam Zone
| other =
| website =
| opened = 
| closed = 
| passengers =
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}}
'''Kollam KSRTC bus station''' is an important transport hub in the [[India]]n city of [[Kollam]], owned and operated by the [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation]] (KSRTC) under the depot code '''KLM'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Fund-mobilisation-for-cancer-patients/article17058511.ece |publisher=The Hindu|title=Fund mobilisation for cancer patients|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="KSRTC">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralartc.com/html/depots.html |title=Depots - KSRTC official website |access-date=18 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314023608/http://www.keralartc.com/html/depots.html |archive-date=14 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bus station is located in [[Cutchery|Taluk Cutchery]] and is close to [[Kerala State Water Transport Department]]'s [[Kollam KSWTD Ferry Terminal|Kollam City water transport terminal]]. Long distance intrastate, inter-state and city buses run regularly from the bus station. The bus station comes under Kollam Zone of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.
[[File:കൊല്ലം.jpg|thumb|right|View of [[Kollam]] KSRTC Bus Station from [[Adventure Park, Kollam|Adventure Park]]]]
[[File:KSRTC Bus Station, Kollam.jpg|right|thumb|View of Kollam KSRTC Bus Station from [[Asramam Link Road]]]]

==Services==
Kollam KSRTC bus station is one among the major [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] depots in the state.<ref name="Kollam KSRTC">[http://www.ksrtcblog.com/depots/kollam Kollam KSRTC Depot]</ref> Because of the geographical position of [[Kollam]], the depot is easily handling service through [[National Highway 47 (India)|National Highways – NH 66 (formerly NH 47)]], [[NH 220|NH 183 (formerly NH 220)]], [[National Highway 208 (India)|NH 744 (formerly NH 208)]] of [[Kerala]]. Inter-state service towards [[Tuticorin|Thoothukkudi]], [[Madurai]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Tenkasi]] are also running from here.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tnstc.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/timings-of-setc-tnstc-at-tuticorin/ |title=TNSTC Blog|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> The depot is also serving as a hub for [[Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation|KURTC]]'s A/C Volvo [[Kollam]] city bus services<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/the-first-batch-of-jnnurm-buses-for-12-districts-arrives/article6820336.ece |title=The first batch of JNNURM buses for 12 districts arrives|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref> & [[Kollam]]-[[Thiruvananthapuram]] Intercity A/C Volvo Bus services. [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]]'s regular A/C Garuda, Super Deluxe, Super Express, Super Fast, Limited Stop, Fast Passenger, Ordinary and all the other services are plying through this depot.<ref name="Sanctioned Stops - KSRTC">[http://www.keralartc.com/html/busstop/busstop.html Kollam KSRTC Depot]</ref> [[Kollam]] zone of [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] is the second most revenue generating zone in [[Kerala]].<ref name="Zone - Kollam KSRTC">[http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r599/ArunVR/Kollam_Zone.jpg Kollam KSRTC Zone]</ref>

On 8 January 2018, Kollam KSRTC Zone set a record in ticket collection by generating ₹1,92,12,134 (RTC ₹ 1,57, 97,932 and JNNURM ₹34,14,202); ₹7.44 was the total collection of KSRTC for that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/record-collection-for-state-utility/article22407119.ece |title=Record collection for State utility |publisher=The Hindu |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/01/10/ksrtc-rakes-in-highest-ever-daily-collection-on-jan-8.html |title=KSRTC rakes in highest-ever daily collection on Jan 8 |publisher=On Manorama |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>

==Modernization==
* Kollam Depot will soon become a part of [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]]'s real-time booking system. The facility will allow booking of ticket online from a boarding point other than the starting centre and destination if seats are available after the bus begins its service, with the help of a new set of electronic ticket machines (ETMs) that would have the technology to alert headquarters about vacant seats on a running bus.<ref name="Real-time booking on KSRTC buses soon">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Real-time-booking-on-KSRTC-buses-soon/articleshow/17327981.cms Real-time booking on KSRTC buses soon]</ref>
* As part of the modernization and qualitative improvement of [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]], total computerization and e-governance systems, data centre, GPRS control rooms at five centres, integration of control room, computers in the main office etc. would be setting-up in the [[Kollam]] depot, along with [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Thrissur]] and [[Kozhikode]].<ref name="Rs. 59.8-crore aid for KSRTC">[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rs-598crore-aid-for-ksrtc/article6311467.ece Rs. 59.8-crore aid for KSRTC]</ref>

[[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] also have a plan to start an operating centre in the [[Andamukkam City bus stand]] situated at [[Downtown Kollam]] area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article278225.ece?service=print |title=Shortage of drivers may hit services |publisher=The New Indian Express |access-date=2014-08-21 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]]
* [[Chinnakada]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Kollam KSRTC Bus Station}}

{{Kollam |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Bus stations in Kollam]]
[[Category:Bus stations in Kerala]]

Kollam KSRTC bus station - Revision history

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