Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation

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 Gujarat, India and neighboring states. It has a fleet of 8703 buses.

Overview

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 Aashram
• Amreli division referred as Gir
• Bharuch division referred as Narmada
• Bhavnagar division referred as Shetrunjay
• Bhuj division referred as Kutch
• Godhra division referred as Pavagadh
• Himmatnagar division referred as Sabar
• Jamnagar division referred as Dwarka
• Junagadh division referred as Somnath
• Mehsana division referred as Modhera
• Nadiad division referred as Amul
• Palanpur division referred as Banas
• Rajkot division referred as Saurashtra
• Surat division referred as Surya Nagri
• Vadodara division referred as Vishwamitri
• Valsad division referred as Daman Ganga

Also in Ahmedabad division Gandhinagar 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.

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 and 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.^[6] GSRTC daily 28 lakh kilometre with 40000 trips and catering daily 24 lakh passengers ... GSRTC provides online and mobile phone ticket booking facility.^[7][8] It also provides wi-fi internet service in Volvo buses for free.^[9] Currently the fleet of buses having online ticket booking facility includes Express, Gurjarnagri, Sleeper and Volvo buses.^[10]

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

Services

Volvo Services

• Ahmedabad to Vadodara (frequency of every 15 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Surat (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Rajkot (daily 10 services)
• Rajkot to Vadodara (daily 4 services)

Intercity Services

• Ahmedabad to Vadodara (frequency of every 15 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Surat (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Rajkot (frequency of every 1 hour)
• Ahmedabad to Anand (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Nadiad (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Dahod (frequency of every 20 minutes)
• Mehsana to Ranip (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Palanpur to Mehsana (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Patan to Becharaji (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Surat to Navsari (frequency of every 20 minutes)
• Vadodara to Anand (frequency of every 15 minutes)
• Vadodara to Godhara (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Godhara to Ahmedabad (frequency of every 20 minutes)
• Rajkot to Jamnagar (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
• Midi Bus (Mini Distance bus)
• Luxury Coach
• Electric Intercity Bus
• Double Decker Electric Bus
• Ordinary

Buses used & awards

Buses used

• TATA
• Eicher
• Ashok Leyland
• Volvo
• Tata Marcopolo
• Switch_Mobility
• Olectra

Awards

References

External links

• Official website
• GSRTC