The Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation (KURTC) was a state-run bus company which started with more than 500 low-floor buses (A/C & NON A/C) in

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. KURTC used to run complete and individual services in Thiruvananthapuram &

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districts. The remaining 12 districts were divided into 5 clusters; Cluster I comprises Kozhikode, Wayanad and Malappuram; Cluster II Kottayam, Thodupuzha, and Pathanamthitta; Cluster III Kannur and Kasaragod; Cluster IV Thrissur and Palakkad; and Cluster V Kollam and Alappuzha. COVID gravely affected the profitability and sustenance of this service, and the buses got rusted due to non usage and only 97 were functional out of which 70 were then given to City Circular Bus service. KURTC shut down all operations in 2022. Even their official website www.kurtc.in was closed down, thus signaling the end of a golden era of cheap and convenient transport service for customers.

History

The Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation was inaugurated in April 2015 by

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, the then

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, with headquarters in

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, to operate low-floor buses which were procured with the financial assistance from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). It featured a separate account and logo.

Gallery

File:Inside Bus W.jpg, Interior of Low Floor Buses File:Kerala State Road Transport Volvo 8400 operating Route 610.jpg, KURTC

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External links

* https://kurtc.in/ * http://www.kurtcbooking.com/ {{Authority control Bus companies of India Transport in Kerala State road transport corporations of India State agencies of Kerala Indian companies established in 2014 Companies based in Kochi 2014 establishments in Kerala Government agencies established in 2014

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