relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message himachal road transport corporation slogan safe service courteous service parent ministry of transportation government of himachal pradesh founded 1958 as mandi kullu road transport corporation headquarters hrtc head office shimla 171003 1 himachal pradesh india locale himachal pradesh service area himachal pradesh uttarakhand chandigarh punjab haryana delhi jammu & kashmir rajasthan uttar pradesh service type bus service routes 2400 2 depots 27 fleet 2100 fuel type diesel website corporate website himachal road transport corporation also referred to as hrtc is the state run bus service of himachal pradesh india . hrtc with its 2100 buses serves routes to towns and cities within himachal pradesh and adjoining states of uttrakhand chandigarh punjab and delhi . hrtc is one of the first rtc s in india to offer a facility for online booking of tickets for all types of buses . contents 1 history 2 supporting infrastructure 3 operating conditions 4 fleet 4.1 himsuta hrtc volvo 4.2 himgaurav air conditioned deluxe buses 4.3 jnnurm city buses 5 references 6 external links history edit the corporation was jointly founded by the government of punjab government of himachal pradesh and railways as mandi kullu road transport corporation in 1958 to operate in punjab and himachal pradesh . the corporation was merged with himachal govt . transport on 2 november 1974 and was renamed as himachal road transport corporation . 3 supporting infrastructure edit hrtc has its corporate office at shimla and four divisional offices at shimla mandi hamirpur and dharamsala each having integrated workshop . it has 27 depots each with a regional workshop . hrtc also owns 3 bus body building units along with 3 tyre pre cure re treading plants at mandi parwanoo and jassur . hrtc routinely upgrades driving skills of its staff and train new drivers at its driver training institutes located at jassur mandi taradevi hamirpur chamba sarkaghat and kullu . 4 operating conditions edit other than regular services connecting himachal to chandigarh delhi and haridwar ; hrtc operates buses on some of the highest motorable roads in the world . these routes include leh delhi shimla kaza kullu kaza manali killar and others . the leh delhi routes operated by hrtc is 1203 km long and is the longest route by any rtc in india with a travel time of approx . 35 hours . the roads to kaza are also termed as the world s most treacherous roads . fleet edit the luxurious hrtc volvo the hill queen semi deluxe buses have 2x2 seating configuration and hrtc charges rs 20 more than the ordinary fare in these buses . the buses are fabricated by marcopolo on tata 1512c chassis . the buses have 47 seats in 2x3 seating configuration and run on ordinary fare on 2000 routes . hrtc s jnnurm buses plying on local routes hrtc categorize its buses into 6 categories as himsuta volvo buses himgaurav isuzu and deluxe ac buses himmani deluxe non ac buses semi deluxe ordinary and mini local city buses that ply in association with jnnurm to fulfill urban transportation needs . current bus is to staff ratio is 4.37 5 himsuta hrtc volvo edit hrtc logo hrtc was the first operator in north india to start volvo services on shimla delhi and manali delhi routes in 2005 on trial basis . the total volvo fleet currently stands at 58 buses with daily buses running from delhi to shimla manali dharamshala joginder nagar baijnath hamirpur nalagarh chintpurni jawala ji and paonta sahib . hrtc s himsuta bus fleet include the volvo 9400 model made on b7r chassis . the 12 meter buses have ten rows of luxury semi sleeper seats and charging ports . additional facilities include free wifi entertainment on board and water bottles . the buses are also equipped with cctv camera s for passenger security . himgaurav air conditioned deluxe buses edit hrtc operates air conditioned deluxe buses with 2x2 seating configuration on all important routes including delhi shimla delhi manali delhi dharamshala and others . the buses also run on a few intrastate routes including manali shimla . besides the 11.4 meter luxury isuzu buses this class also includes buses built by jcbl and amar on 210 243 and 222 wb chassis by tata or ashok leyland . the buses are provided with 35 comfortable and luxurious passenger seats with pushback . jnnurm city buses edit the bus are purchased from tata and ashok leyland . the buses are provided with 2x2 passenger seats . the buses are fitted with digital destination boards . the buses are also fitted with air brakes and power steering . references edit http hrtc.gov.in hrtc page contact us.aspx http hrtc.gov.in hrtc page key statistics.aspx http hrtc.gov.in hrtc page history.aspx http hrtc.gov.in hrtc page infrastructure.aspx http hrtc.gov.in hrtc page key statistics.aspx external links edit official website association of state road transport undertakings asrtu 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 hrtc recruitment & result retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title himachal road transport corporation & oldid 744146528 categories state agencies of himachal pradeshstate road transport corporations of indiatransport in himachal pradeshhidden categories use dmy dates from september 2016use indian english from september 2016all wikipedia articles written in indian englisharticles lacking reliable references from april 2014all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 11 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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