transport corporation bmtc vajra volvo b7rle slogan moving you most economically bringing bangalore to your doorstep founded 1997 1 headquarters central office k h road shanthinagar bangalore locale bangalore service area bangalore urban service type local limited stop express and brt bus service fleet 6 423 september 2015 2 daily ridership 5 020 000 september 2015 2 operator government of karnataka website www.mybmtc.com bengaluru metropolitan transport corporation bmtc is a government agency that operates the public transport bus service in bangalore india . it has the highest number of volvo buses operated by a public transport company in india . 3 4 5 dr. ekroop caur ias is the managing director of the bmtc from august 2014 . 6 contents 1 types of services 2 major bus stations 3 bus day 4 see also 5 references 6 external links types of services edit a bmtc volvo bus a bmtc corona bus the following are the special services apart from ordinary services run by bmtc suvarna similar fare to ordinary buses serving important feeder routes painted in red or green white scheme pushpak single door buses with coffee coloring scheme big 10 suvarna class buses with special green and bottle green livery plying on 12 major corridors towards the central commercial district . these buses are numbered with a g prefix . big circle suvarna class buses with special white colored big circle livery . these buses ply on inner and outer ring roads . buses are numbered with a c prefix or a k prefix . atal sarige low fare buses painted with indian tri colour livery . 7 8 vajra air conditioned volvo buses painted in red livery running on important routes serving the it companies and major residential areas . vayu vajra green coloured volvo buses operated in 12 routes connecting to kempegowda international airport . free wi fi access is provided to the commuters in these buses . 9 marcopolo ac and corona ac air conditioned buses with lower fare than vajra services plying on select routes . metro feeder special buses running on 10 routes as feeder network to the metro stations hop on hop off this service was introduced for sightseeing in bangalore . it covers a route connecting about twenty landmarks of great historic religious and scientific significance . bmtc has also introduced mercedes benz buses on a trial basis . 10 bmtc has also introduced buses powered by solar energyon trial basis in bangalore . 11 major bus stations edit bmtc has 34 bus stations across the city and the 3 major bus stations are located at majestic k. r. market shivajinagar bmtc has 10 travel and transit management centers ttmcs located at shantinagar banashankari jaynagar 4th block koramangala kengeri yeswanthpur vijayanagar domlur itpl and bannerghatta . 12 bus day edit introduced on 4 february 2010 bus day is an event calling all the citizens of bangalore to use public transport . the idea behind bus day is to observe the changes which can be brought in the city in trying to respect environment traffic situation health of individuals perception . 13 the 4th of every month is observed as a bus day . 14 see also edit bmtc routes references edit kharola appointed bmrcl md . the hindu . chennai india . 10 august 2013 . a b bmtc at a glance . mybmtc.com . 2014 07 05 . retrieved 2014 07 17 . volvo s first city buses in india operating . volvo buses . 25 january 2006 . retrieved 23 june 2009 . volvo to foray into city bus segment in india . businessline . 9 january 2006 . retrieved 23 june 2009 . volvo intra city buses to hit b lore roads on jan 17 . the financial express . 11 january 2006 . retrieved 23 june 2009 . 22 ias one ips officer transferred . deccan herald . retrieved 2016 02 28 . cm flags off atal sarige for the poor . express buzz . 31 may 2009 . retrieved 8 june 2009 . atal sarige launched in bangalore . the hindu . chennai india . 31 may 2009 . p. 1 . retrieved 8 june 2009 . bmtc to run mercedes benz buses on trial basis mercedes bus trial run over next month . deccanherald.com . retrieved 2014 07 17 . apoorva renewable energy to make solar electric buses for transport body . 8 june 2012 . bmtc bus stations . mybmtc.com . bmtc . retrieved 16 july 2014 . february 4th is bus day in bangalore . bangalore aviation . 1 february 2010 . retrieved 28 august 2010 . bangalore bus day feb 4th citizen matters . bangalore.citizenmatters.in . 4 february 2010 . retrieved 28 august 2010 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bangalore metropolitan transport corporation . orrca bus route timings bmtc orrca bus timings 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 jammu and kashmir jksrtc goa ktc karnataka ksrtc kerala ksrtc maharashtra msrtc nagaland nst odisha osrtc puducherry prtc punjab pepsu pr rajasthan rsrtc sikkim snt tamil nadu tnstc telangana tsrtc tripura trtc uttar 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