TSRTC to run 18 mini AC buses from Hyderabad to Nizamabad

TSRTC to run 18 mini AC buses from Hyderabad to Nizamabad
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Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) would run 18 mini A/c buses from the State capital to Nizamabad city after Diwali. 

Hyderabad: Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) would run 18 mini A/c buses from the State capital to Nizamabad city after Diwali.

The advantage of these mini buses is that the passengers will not have to go to the bus depot as it will be a ‘Home to Home’ service.

Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy and the TSRTC chairman S Satyanarayana who inspected the new A/c mini buses at Bus Bhavan here on Friday said the mini bus services starting from Hyderabad to Nizamabad would provide ‘Home to Home’ service.

They said unlike in case of the normal TSRTC services, passengers need to go to bus stations. These buses will pick up the passengers from 50 important points in Hyderabad and 39 select points in Nizamabad. The corporation would run 36 trips to Hyderabad on a daily basis.

The 21-seater mini buses would be called ‘Vajra’ and it will have many passenger friendly facilities including an air conditioner, video, audio, drinking water bottles, mobile charging point at every passenger’s seat.

Passengers can book tickets even half an hour before the journey time. All the buses would be fitted with GPS technology, which will help in tracking the movement of the buses.

Speaking to the media, the Transport Minister said that the corporation proposes to buy about 100 such buses at a cost of Rs 21 crore. He said that the corporation would soon start a mobile application called ‘RTC Wallet’ for booking tickets.

The three routes in Hyderabad to Nizamabad are:
Route-1: L B Nagar to Nizamabad
via Kothapet, Nagole Cross Roads, Bowenpally PS
Route-2: KPHB to Nizamabad via Balanagar, Bowenpally PS
Route-3: Mehdipatnam to Nizamabad via S R Nagar, Balanagar, Bowenpally PS

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