Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated GSRTC, is a Government State Transport Undertaking of Gujarat for passengers facilitating with road public transport in moffusil / city services. GSRTC operates within the state of

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and neighboring states. It has a fleet of 8703 buses.

Overview

Ahmedabad GSRTC Central Bus Station Geetamandir

GSRTC has been incorporated since 1 May 1960 with 7 divisions, 76 depots and 7 divisional workshops, which has been expanding. The public undertaking is covering 98% of the villages and 99% population of Gujarat in addition to plying to major cities of the country (in long-distance routes). Infrastructure across the state: * 16 divisions * 125 depots * 263 bus stations * 1554 pickup stands Daily operation with: * 40,000 employees * 8703 buses * 8500 schedules * 47462 trips * 32.50 lakhs km * 25 lakhs passengers (99.5%) of population * It covers 18,551 (99.33%) villages of Gujarat out of total 18,676 villages * It has iconic one-of-its-kind Bus Ports in 6 major cities of Gujarat * Technological up-gradation in major departments i.e. IT, technical, HR etc. * GSRTC daily facilitates 13 lakh obligatory passengers including students out of total 25 lakh passengers by operating 8530 obligatory trips.

Divisions

GSRTC has 16 divisions: * Ahmedabad division referred as

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division referred as

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division referred as Narmada *

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division referred as Shetrunjay *

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division referred as Kutch *

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division referred as

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* Himmatnagar division referred as Sabar *

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division referred as

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division referred as Somnath *

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division referred as Modhera *

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division referred as

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division referred as Banas *

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of ...

division referred as Saurashtra *

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division referred as Surya Nagri *

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division referred as

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division referred as Daman Ganga In Ahmedabad division

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depot has some special buses referred as Vikas Route .

Depots

New Bus Terminals

It is as per the vision of the Prime Minister when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat to facelift the bus terminals with facilities that are available at international airports. The government has already built six such bus terminals - two in Ahmedabad at Gita Mandir and Ranip, two in Vadodara at Central and Makarpura, at Surat and Mehsana. Ahmedabad GSRTC Central Bus Station New

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani now proposed to build ten modern district level bus terminals at Amreli, Bhuj, Bharuch, Rajkot, Nadiad, Navsari, Modasa, Patan and Palanpur at a cost of Rs.913.30-crore with facilities for commercial activities. Boat jetties are also planned along with helipads. Every bus station will offer direct flights to Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. GSRTC is training its drivers to fly helicopters and planes to start service. All these ten bus terminals, to be designed, built, operated and transfer model, will have a digital display, variable message sign boards, CCTV cameras, surveillance system, deluxe waiting hall, tourist information centre, cloakrooms, restaurants, food courts, plaza, budget hotels, and multiplex for commercial activities, besides Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) administrative office, parcel room, maintenance workshop and fuel pumps. The bus terminals will have a clause for maintenance and repairs as an when required for 30 years.

Passenger

GSRTC purchased 1500+ new buses including air conditioned, Sleeper coaches Volvo buses in 2009 and also purchased 1000+ new Intercity Mini buses in 2017. GSRTC daily 28 lakh kilometre with 40000 trips and catering daily 24 lakh passengers ... GSRTC provides online and mobile phone ticket booking facility. It also provides wi-fi internet service in Volvo buses for free. Currently the fleet of buses having online ticket booking facility includes Express, Gurjarnagri, Sleeper and Volvo buses.

Command & Control Center and IT Initiatives

GSRTC has established its Command & Control Center of GSRTC at Central Office, Ranip, Ahmedabad. 24 × 7 rigorous monitoring of various parameters in CCC (Command & Control Center) & DCCC (Division Command & Control Center) through various IT tools, i.e., * GPS based Integrated Vehicle Tracking & Passenger Information System * Integrated Depot Management System * Online Passenger Reservation System * Inventory Management System * Electronic Ticketing Machine * Discipline & Appeal Management System * MIS Generation * Automated Fuel Management System * Automated Driver Testing System * CCTV Camera-based Surveillance Vigilance System * Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan Mobile App * 24 × 7 toll-free helpdesk with IVRS * Online Grievance Redressal * MPLS – VPN

Technical

It has built up many technical facilities. Including: * Three level maintenance and repair facility - 126 depot workshops, 16 divisional workshops and a central workshop * 7 Tyre retreading plant

Volvo Services

* Ahmedabad to

(frequency of every 15 minutes) * Ahmedabad to

(frequency of every 30 minutes) * Ahmedabad to

(daily 10 services) *

(daily 4 services)

Intercity Minibus Services

* Ahmedabad to

(frequency of every 15 minutes) * Ahmedabad to

(frequency of every 30 minutes) * Ahmedabad to

(frequency of every 1 hour) * Ahmedabad to Anand (frequency of every 30 minutes) * Ahmedabad to

(frequency of every 30 minutes) * Ahmedabad to

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(frequency of every 20 minutes) *

to Ranip (frequency of every 30 minutes) *

(frequency of every 30 minutes) *

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to Becharaji (frequency of every 30 minutes) *

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(frequency of every 20 minutes) *

to Anand (frequency of every 15 minutes) *

to Godhara (frequency of every 30 minutes) * Godhara to Ahmedabad (frequency of every 20 minutes) *

(frequency of every 1 hour) etc. and many more Intercity services to and from major cities of Gujarat.

Service types

* Volvo Seater and Sleeper *A. C. Seater and Sleeper * Non A. C.- Sleeper (2+1) * Gurjar Nagri Express * Deluxe Express * Mini Bus (Mini Distance bus) *Ordinary

Buses used

* TATA * Eicher *

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Awards

References

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