Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation


Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of Vijayawada. Many other Indian metro towns in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Yanam and Chhattisgarh are also linked with the APSRTC services.
APSRTC was the first state transport system which uses Live tracking facilities for tracking of busses. GPS is fixed in all types of busses.

History

APSRTC was formed on 11 January 1958 as per Road Transport Corporations Act 1950. Earlier, it was a part of Nizam State Rail and Road Transport Department.
Consequent upon bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state into Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh, TSRTC is operated as a separate entity from 3 June 2015.APSRTC is working from Vijayawada as Headquarters for the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Administration

The organisation is divided into four zones with twelve Regional Managers. It has a total of 11,678 buses operating in kilometers and has a total of 426 bus stations and 126 bus depots. From 30 January 2019, all the APSRTC vehicles in the state are registered as AP–39, followed by "Z" and four digits.

Services

APSRTC operates various services, such as Vennela, Night Rider, Amaravati, Garuda Plus, Indra, Super Luxury, Ultra Deluxe / Deluxe, Express, Saptagiri Luxury, Saptagiri Express, Metro Express, Metro Luxury, Metro Luxury Semi Low Floor, Metro Deluxe, Telugu Velugu, City Ordinary.

Performance and earnings

, the organisation has a gross earnings of per km., with a loss of.

Awards and achievements

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has a number of firsts to its credit in India.