Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
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Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is the state run bus company in the Indian State of Kerala.It is one of the oldest state run public bus transport services in India.
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[edit] History
The KSRTC began as the Travancore State Transport Department, constituted by the erstwhile Travancore Government with a view to reorganize the transport service of the erstwhile state of Travancore. Mr E.G. Salter, Assistant, Operating Superintendent of London Passenger Transport Board was appointed as Superintendent of the Transport Department on 20th September 1937. It grew in size with nationalisation of key inter-state routes such as Thiruvanathapuram to Kanyakumari and Palakkad to Coimbatore
The first fleet consisted of 60 Comet chassis fitted with Perkins diesel engines, imported from England. The bus body was built by the staff of the Travancore State Transport Department under the supervision of Mr Salter himself. The selection of operating staff remains as a model which has been followed by the present staff as well. The department gave preference in recruitment for those who were likely to lose their jobs in the private transport companies due to the nationalization of Thiruvanathapuram Kanyakumari route. Thus, the Transport Department started with a staff of about a hundred graduates appointed as Inspectors and Conductors.
The State Motor Service was inaugurated by His Highness Sree Chithirathirunal on 20.2.1938. His Highness and his kin were the first passengers of the inauguration trip and Mr. Salter was himself the driver to that bus. This bus along with the 33 other buses brought on road driving through the Kawdiar Square was an attraction at that time.
Consequent on the enactment of Road Transport Corporation Act in 1950, Govt. of Kerala formulated KSRTC rules in 1965 by sec.44 and the department was converted into an autonomous corporation on 1st April 1965. The Kerala State road Transport Corporation was established by the government of Kerala by the notification dated, 15th March 1965.
[edit] Present Fleet
The corporation has a fleet consisting of Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Volvo bus andEicher minibusses. The distribution is as follows:
- 4704 - 2940 Ashok Leyland
- 1562 Tata Motors
- 200 Eicher
- 2 Volvo luxury buses
- Out of these 2124 buses ( 45.15% ) are aged more than 7 years of life.
- There are nearly 366 buses (7.78%) above 10 years of age being scrapped.
[edit] New services introduced
- Low Floor Ananthapuri Air Bus : 4
- Ananthapuri City Fast : 40
[edit] Facts
- The daily scheduled distance for bus services has increased from 12,00,000 km to 14,22,546 km.<http://www.keralartc.com/html/aboutus.html>
- Nearly 4704 buses run on a busy, tight schedule with an overwhelming 4232 schedules everyday.
- Average passengers transported in a day is 31.45 Lakhs (3.145 millions)
