Uttarakhand Transport Corporation
Parent | Under Ministry of Road Transport, Government of Uttarakhand |
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Founded | 30 October 2003[1] |
Headquarters | 1, Raj Vihar, Chakrata Road, Dehradun,[2] Uttarakhand |
Locale | Uttarakhand |
Service area | Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir[3] |
Service type | Bus service |
Routes | 337[4] |
Depots | 19 |
Fleet | 1355 |
Fuel type | Diesel & CNG |
Operator | Government of Uttarakhand |
Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC), also known as Uttarakhand Roadways, is the government-run bus service for the state of Uttarakhand, India. UTC operates buses across Uttarakhand and connects it to neighboring states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Madhya Pradesh. With a vast network exceeding 350,000 kilometers, UTC caters to over 100,000 daily passengers.
History
After the formation of Uttarakhand state on November 9, 2000, the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) was established in Dehradun on October 30, 2003, under the provisions of the Road Transport Act, 1950. Following the formation of UTC, it received 957 buses from the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC). Subsequently, in 2004, UTC purchased its own 457 buses.
Supporting infrastructure
The corporate office of the corporation is situated at Dehradun. For efficient functioning the corporation has been divided into 3 divisions Dehradun, Nainital and Tanakpur. Each region has a regional workshop where major repair and maintenance work as well as assembly reconditioning work is performed.
One tyre retreading plant is established at Dehradun to provide in-house tyre retreading facilities.
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 depot workshop attached to it to provide supportive maintenance facilities.
Fleet
UTC currently owns over 1,355 buses. Of the total buses, approximately 573 ply on hilly routes within the state. UTC categorizes its buses into five categories:
- Volvo buses
- Janrath buses
- Ordinary buses
- CNG buses (undertaking buses)
- Low-floor buses, which operate in association with JNURM to serve urban areas.
Divisions & Bus Depots
UTC has 3 divisions and 19 bus depots.
Divisions | Depots |
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Tanakpur | Lohaghat, Pithoragarh, Tanakpur |
Nainital | Almora, Bageshwar, Bhawali, Haldwani, Kathgodam, Kashipur, Ramnagar, Ranikhet, Rudrapur |
Dehradun | Dehradun, Dehradun Gramin, Dehradun Hill, Haridwar, Kotdwar, Rishikesh , Roorkee, Srinagar |
Service types
- Ordinary
- Volvo
- Janrath Ac
- CNG { Undertaking Bus }
- Chardham Yatra
- Nepal Maitri Bus Sewa
Buses used
- Tata
- Ashok Leyland
- Volvo
- Scania
Modes of service delivery
- Online booking portal
- Booking counters
- Pathik mobile app
- Authorised Agents
- Common Service Centre
Awards
Year | Type of Trophy Awarded |
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2008-09 | |
Highest bus productivity in mountainous services. | |
Highest improvement in bus productivity in hilly areas. | |
Highest tire lifespan in mountainous areas. | |
Highest diesel average in hilly areas. | |
Highest improvement in diesel average in hilly areas. | |
2009-10 | Highest bus productivity in mountainous services. |
Highest tire lifespan in mountainous areas. | |
Highest diesel average in hilly areas | |
Minimum operating costs in hilly areas | |
2010-11 | Highest tire life span in mountainous areas |
Highest diesel average in hilly areas | |
Minimum operating costs in hilly areas | |
Minimum accident rate in hilly areas. | |
2011-12 | Award by Transport Minister, Government of India for best road safety in hilly areas. |
Minimum accident rate in hilly areas. | |
Minimum Operating Cost | |
2012-13 | Highest utility on mountain roads. |
Highest diesel utilization on mountain routes. | |
Highest diesel average on mountain routes. | |
2013-14 | Bus productivity. |
Highest tire life span. | |
Highest kilometer (bu). | |
Highest operating. | |
2014-15 | Highest tire life span in mountainous areas |
Highest tire life span in mountainous areas | |
Highest bus productivity in hilly areas. | |
2015-16 | Maximum improvement in bus productivity compared to last year. |
Highest tire life span. | |
Minimum operating cost (tax free) | |
Maximum improvement in diesel average. | |
Highest performance in bus productivity. | |
Maximum diesel average. | |
2016-17 | Highest productivity of mountain services. |
Highest tire life span in mountain services. | |
Minimum operating costs on mountain routes. | |
2019-20 | Minimum accidents on mountain roads. |
2020-21 | Minimum accidents on mountain roads. |
References
External links
- Official website Archived 7 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)
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intra-state
services
- Andhra Pradesh (APSRTC)
- Arunachal Pradesh (APSTS)
- Assam (ASTC)
- Bihar (BSRTC)
- Delhi (DTC)
- Goa (KTC)
- Gujarat (GSRTC)
- Haryana (HR)
- Himachal Pradesh (HRTC)
- Jammu and Kashmir (JKSRTC)
- Karnataka (KSRTC, KKRTC, NWKRTC, BMTC)
- Kerala (KSRTC, KURTC)
- Maharashtra (MSRTC)
- Nagaland (NST)
- Odisha (OSRTC)
- Puducherry (PRTC)
- Punjab (PRTC, PR)
- Rajasthan (RSRTC)
- Sikkim (SNT)
- Tamil Nadu (TNSTC, SETC, MTC)
- Telangana (TSRTC)
- Tripura (TRTC)
- Uttar Pradesh (UPSRTC)
- Uttarakhand (UTC)
- West Bengal (NBSTC, SBSTC, WBTC)
services
- Karnataka (KSRTC bus depots)