Uttarakhand Transport Corporation also referred to as UTC or Uttarakhand Roadways, is the state run bus service of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

state of

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. UTC buses serves routes to towns and cities within Uttarakhand and adjoining states and union territtories of

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covering over 350,000 kilometers catering to the travel needs of over 100,000 people every day. It also offers a facility for online booking of tickets.

History

Upon bifurcation of

in year 2000, the newly created

state felt the need of its own state owned transport agency, hence Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) was incorporated on 30 October 2003 under the provisions of the Road Transport Act, 1950.

Supporting infrastructure

UTC has its corporate office at

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...

, and three divisional offices at Dehradun,

Nainital Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

and

Tanakpur Tanakpur (Kumaoni: टनकपुर) is a city and a municipal board in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state of India. Located in the plains area in the northern part of India. The town is the gateway for Purnagiri Temple (around 24 ...

. Each division has a regional workshop where major repair and maintenance work as well as assembly reconditioning work is performed. Each region has been further divided into operational units called Depots. The total number of depots in the corporation is 19, each depot has a workshop attached to it to provide supportive maintenance facilities. UTC also owns one tyre retreading plant at Dehradun to provide in-house tyre retreading facilities.

Fleet

UTC currently owns over 1355 buses. Of the total buses, around 600 ply on hilly routes of the state. UTC categorize its buses into 5 categories as

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es, Deluxe buses, Air Conditioned buses,

Low floor bus A low-floor bus is a bus or trolleybus that has no steps between the ground and the floor of the bus at one or more entrances, and low floor for part or all of the passenger cabin. A bus with a partial low floor may also be referred to as a low- ...

es that ply in association with JNURM to fulfill urban transportation needs, and Ordinary buses. Current buses-to-staff ratio is 3.71 Haldwani bus station - panoramio (1)

References

External links

Official website

Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
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