Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation or APSRTC is the state owned road transport corporation in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is acknowledged as the single corporation having the largest fleet in the world. This has been certified by the Guinness World Records for being the largest bus operator in the world.

History

APSRTC was established in 1932 as a unit of Nizam's State Railways - Road Transport Division. The initial fleet consisted of 27 buses and has been expanded since to about 20,972 buses as of 30 January 2009.

Operations

The network connects cities, towns and villages in the state. Every town has a Bus Depot, which have administration to plan and oversee the operations. It operates in the cities of Hyderabad,karimnagar, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Tirupathi. It also operates to the neighboring states as per the agreement reached with the respective state bus corporations of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Orissa, Chattisgarh and Goa.

APSRTC serves about 14 million passengers every day, equal to the number of passengers ferried by Indian Railways.

Present size

1. Number of buses (As on 21 November 2010) : 23000
2. Number of Employees (As on 30.04.2009) : 99000
3. Number of Depots : 210
4. Number of Regions/Zones : 23/7
5. Number of Bus Stations : 523
6. Total Bus Stations : 523+242 = 765
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