needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message calcutta state transport corporation founded 31 july 1948 ; 68 years ago 1948 07 31 as state transport services 1 headquarters belghoria west bengal india service area mainly kolkata service type limited stop express bus service operator government of west bengal website cstc.org.in the cstc maniktala bus depot kolkata . calcutta state transport corporation bengali cstc is a west bengal state government undertaken transport corporation . headquartered in kolkata it was set up on 31 july 1948 . 1 it plies buses in kolkata and the nearby districts of west bengal with some long distance services . cstc owns 11 depots in kolkata and some more outside in the districts to station . contents 1 history 2 cstc depot list 3 ac bus routes 4 non ac bus routes 5 e series 6 m series 7 ordinary bus 8 s series 9 references 10 external links history edit calcutta state transport corporation started its journey on 31 july 1948 as state transport services with an objective to provide efficient adequate economical and properly coordinated passenger bus service particularly in and around the city of kolkata and in the state of west bengal in general . on 15 june 1960 the name of state transport service has changed to calcutta state transport corporation cstc under the road transport corporation act 1950 . by 1966 6graded its service and connects 90 percent of the national highways . to fulfil the demand of rural passengers cstc introduced a long distance bus service lds from calcutta to digha in april 1968 . as the part of its expansion programme cstc was able to set up number of bus routes in the southern part of the west bengal which were not connected to any means of transport . apart from this cstc is operating a huge fleet of buses in the northern part of the kolkata adjoining calcutta to siliguri calcutta to malda calcutta to raigunge calcutta to balurghat calcutta to farakka calcutta to khajuria ghat . 1 c.s.t.c has also started operating a fleet of volvo 8400 series buses that cause much less pollution than the aging buses already in use for a long time . air conditioned buses have also been launched as of july 2014 by cstc on 40 different routes across the city and suburbs . they are in blue and white livery and is a complete fleet of volvo 8400 model and janbus ac from ashok leyland bought under jnnurm scheme . around 450 janbus world s first has been launched from 30 july 2014 . these buses have been manufactured by ashok leyland 2 cstc depot list edit 1 belghoria depot head office bd 2 garia depot gd 3 howrah depot hd 4 kasba depot kd 5 lake depot ld 6 maniktala depot md 7 nilgunge depot nl 8 paikpara depot pd 9 salt lake depot sld 10 taratala depot td 11 thakurpukur depot tpd ac bus routes edit ac1 jadavpur howrah station ac4 parnasree howrah station ac4a parnasree sapoorji estate ac5 garia bus stand howrah station ac6 garia bus stand howrah station ac9 jadavpur salt lake ac9a golf green dakshineshwar ac9b jadavpur ecospace ac10 nilgunj howrah station ac12 sapoorji estate howrah station ac12d joka howrah station ac14 baruipur salt lake ac15 bantala it park howrah station ac17 thakurpukur salt lake ac17b kudghat dunlop ac20 barrackpore santragachi ac23a ballykhal salt lake depot gate ac24 patuli howrah station ac25 dunlop salt lake depot gate ac37a garia bus stand airport terminal ac37b garia bus stand airport gate no. 1 ac39 airport terminal howrah station ac41 santragachi ecospace ac43 golf green airport terminal ac44 nabanna new town ac47 kudghat sapoorji estate ac48 kudghat bantala it park ac49 eden city maheshtala airport gate no. 1 ac49a behala no. 14 terminus airport terminal ac50 garia bus stand belur math ac50a garia bus stand rajchandrapur ac51 kudghat airport gate no. 1 ac52 amtala howrah station ac53 santragachi patuli ac54 howrah station rathtala cstc ac series bus ticket sample printed non ac bus routes edit dum dum bus station dankuni taratala budge budge e series edit e1 howrah station jadavpur e4 howrah station parnasree e32 howrah station nilgunge m series edit m7c howrah station sosthir more m7d kankurgachi sonamukhi bazar m7e howrah station bagpota m14 behala bengal chemical midi10n howrah maidan sealdah ordinary bus edit 3 dahighat sealdah 3a 2 sarsuna saltlake sec 5 5n garia bus stand nabanna 6n garia bus stand nabanna 7 sarsuna howrah station 7a howrah station sarsuna 7n sarsuna nabanna 11 rathtala howrah station 11a dumdum station howrah station 12dn thakurpukur nabanna 14a hari mohan ghosh college salt lake 19a rajabagan howrah station 19b taratala bawali 19s taratala bishalaxmitala 33 paikpara chetla 75a behala raipur s series edit s2 howrah station kudghat s2a paikpara patuli s2b bagbazar kalikapur s2n nabanna kudghat s3a sealdah thakurpukur s3b kankurgachi behala 14 bus stand s3w joka ecospace s4 parnasree salt lake depot s4b haridevpur new town s4c haridevpur howrah station s4d parnasree new town s5 howrah station garia bus stand s5c howrah station nayabad garia s7 howrah station garia bus stand s9 jadavpur salt lake s9a dunlop ballygunge station s9c patuli ecospace s10 nabanna airport gate no. 1 s10a howrah station ballygunge station s11 esplanade nilgunge s12 howrah station new town s12c paikpara depot nayabad garia s12d howrah station thakurpukur s12e howrah station ecospace s13 amtala ultadanga s14 salt lake garia bus stand s14b harimohan ghosh college jadavpur s14c dunlop unitech s15 dakghar joka s15g dakshineshwar baruipur s16 thakurpukur salt lake s17a ariadaha kudghat s19 jadavpur ultadanga s21 bagbazar garia bus stand s22 shakuntala park salt lake s22a dakghar salt lake s23a ballykhal salt lake depot s24 howrah station patuli s24n nabanna patuli s30 ultadanga ecospace s30a ultadanga salt lake s31 jadavpur behala chowrasta s32 howrah station barrackpore court s34 howrah station dunlop rathtala s34a howrah station dakshineshwar s37a airport gate no. 1 garia bus stand s39 esplanade santragachi s39a sealdah station santragachi s42 santragachi thakurpukur s44 nabanna new town s45 shakuntala park kolkata railway station s46 akra santoshpur salt lake s47 howrah station eden city maheshtala s47a howrah station behala airport parnasree s48 behala chowrasta airport gate no. 1 s48a behala chowrasta b.b.d. bag s51 eden city maheshtala garia bus stand s53 kolkata railway station unitech references edit a b c kolkata road transport . retrieved 21 december 2012 . http epaperbeta.timesofindia.com article.aspx eid 31812 & articlexml city gets bus fleet the world is waiting 30072014002038 external links edit official website v t e state owned road transport companies of india inter and intra state services andhra pradesh apsrtc assam astc bihar bsrtc delhi dtc gujarat gsrtc haryana hr himachal pradesh hrtc 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