this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message south bengal state transport corporation founded 1 august 1963 1 headquarters durgapur west bengal india service area south bengal service type limited stop express bus service fleet 577 1 operator government of west bengal website sbstc.co.in south bengal state transport corporation sbstc is a west bengal state government undertaken transport corporation . it plys buses in south bengal and other parts of west bengal to durgapur and kolkata . sbstc owns many depots in west bengal to station their buses . it is headquartered in durgapur . by providing link between jharkhand and west bengal it is the backbone of many people residing in the border areas between these two states . also it connects many cities in west bengal particularly connecting major cities like asansol durgapur bardhaman kolkata purulia bankura haldia etc. which extends up to north bengal . contents 1 history 2 organizational set up 3 traffic operational activities 4 divisions and depots 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the south bengal state transport corporation started its journey on 1 august 1963 in durgapur industrial township by the government of west bengal with an aim to provide a clean and hassle free ride to the people of durgapur . initially it started with only 8 buses operated inside the township covering a total route length of 65 km . in 1964 65 the fleet strength increased to 25 with and total operating route length increased to 102 km . in 1965 66 the fleet strength is increased to 62 and route length became 428 km . on 15 august 1967 it was renamed to durgapur state transport board dstb . in 1968 69 dstb extended its activities through augmentation of fleet strength of 100 buses operating in 11 long distance routes and 8 township routes covering a total route length of 1200 km and 176 km respectively . in 1972 73 durgapur siliguri bus service was introduced with 3 new town services and the total route length of long distance and town services went up to 1650 km and 143 km respectively . in 1973 dstb was ultimately converted into public sector undertaking under the name and style of durgapur state transport corporation dstc and many new routes has been introduced . dstc got its present name in 1988 with an objective of increasing its service to the entire south bengal . 1 organizational set up edit the corporation has a three tier system of management which is depot division and corporate . the entire operational network of the corporation is carried out through its two divisional headquarters one located at durgapur and other at belghoria . at the corporate level the deputy managing director chief accounts officers and hods of other discipline assist the managing director . at divisional level the office is headed by divisional managers of the respective divisions who is assisted by works manager or works in charge on the technical site traffic manager for traffic and operation sr. administrative officer and other officers for general administration dy . chief accounts officer for accounts matter . the divisional managers are directly reporting to the managing director . at the depot level the depot manager or depot in charge is assisted by senior foremen foreman or assistant foreman depending upon the size of the depot for repair and maintenance work assistant manager administration and account for general administration accounts and disciplinary matters assistant traffic manager traffic superintendent in the matter of traffic and operation . the depot manager or depot in charge directly reports to the divisional manager . traffic operational activities edit traffic operational activities of this corporation which was previously confined to durgapur and its nearby areas has been now gradually extended to cover the districts of burdwan bankura purulia midnapur north 24 paraganas howrah hooghly and kolkata . at the present sbstc operates road transport services from its two divisional offices one at durgapur and other at belghoria . it is operated throughout the entire state of west bengal and covers almost all historical places and tourist points like digha garbeta forest bishnupur mukutmonipur susunia hill kangsabati project ajodhya hill santiniketan mushidabad hazarduari nawab palace tarapit temple massenger dam farakka barage gour nabadwip mayapur siliguri and darjeeling tarakeswar and many more . sbstc bus ticket sample corporation services link west bengal with bhutan and reach the border of assam . this corporation has operations in the inter state routes like the present link with state of jharkhand . some inter state routes on which the corporation runs buses are durgapur to tata jamshedpur via bankura and purulia and durgapur to bokaro steel city via asansol and dhanbad durgapur to dumka via suri . the corporation has planned to contact some more areas in more states in the near future . divisions and depots edit sbstc provides its services through two divisions namely durgapur and belghoria . it has a total fifteen depots four bus terminus two bus counter and one bus stand . the list of depots in different years after the inception of sbstc are as follows 1 year depots 1977 78 1 1987 88 4 1988 89 6 1989 90 10 1990 91 11 1995 96 12 1996 97 14 2011 12 15 the number of vehicles in different years of sbstc are as follows 1 years no of vehicles till 1977 98 1977 78 1981 82 129 1982 83 1986 87 205 1987 88 1991 92 365 1992 93 1996 97 608 1997 98 2001 02 679 2002 03 2007 08 554 2002 03 2007 08 484 93 jnnurm buses see also edit north bengal state transport corporation references edit a b c d e historical background south bengal state transport corporation . retrieved 21 december 2012 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to south bengal state transport corporation . department of transport from the government of west bengal website official website of s.b.s.t.c 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 pradesh upsrtc uttarakhand utc west bengal nbstc sbstc wbstc metropolitan services ahmedabad amts bangalore bmtc bhubaneswar bcb chandigarh ctu chennai mtc indore icb jaipur jctsl kalyan dombivli kdmt kanpur kmbs kerala kurtc kolkata cstc ctc lucknow lmps mira bhayander mbmt mumbai best navi mumbai nmmt nagpur nmpl pune pmpml surat scb thane tmt durg dbupts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title south bengal state transport 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