navigation search slogan aapka apna saathi parent uttar pradesh state transport corporation founded 15 may 1947 ; 69 years ago 1947 05 15 headquarters lucknow uttar pradesh india service type ordinary air conditioned bus services fleet 9 400 website 1 uttar pradesh state road transport corporation upsrtc hindi urdu is a public sector passenger road transport corporation based in uttar pradesh india operating intrastate and interstate bus service contents 1 history 2 infrastructure 3 organisations 4 fleet 5 types of buses 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit barabanki upsrtc uttar pradesh state road transport corporation bus station . passenger road transport services in the state of u.p. started on 15 may 1947 with the operation of bus service on the lucknow barabanki route by the erstwhile u.p. government roadways . 1 at the time of establishment of the corporation it had a fleet of 4253 buses which were operating on 1123 routes . the corporation s earned kilometers operated at that time were 228.8 million kilometers . while the total number of passengers carried by its buses totaled 251.3 million.by the end of the decade the fleet of the corporation had attained a strength of 5679 buses the operations had increased to 1782 routes . as a result of this increase in operations the earned kilometers totaled about 395.3 million kilometers while the total numbers of passengers carried totaled over 449.1 million . during the iv five year plan the erstwhile up government roadways was renamed as uttar pradesh state road transport corporation upsrtc on 1 june 1972 under the provisions of the road transport act 1950 . the end of the vi five year plan saw a further increase in all operational parameters being achieved by the corporation . with the increase in fleet strength of 6198 buses the earned kilometers of the corporation rose to 425.7 million kilometers.during the vii five year plan emphasis was placed on strengthening the fleet of the corporation . by the end of the plan period the fleet had risen to 8161 buses from the initial strength of 6198 . by 1989 90 the corporation operated 2525 routes covering 648.6 million kilometers and carrying 471.2 million passengers.during the viii five year plan 2722 buses were replaced with new buses however 3142 buses were auctioned and the fleet at the end of 1996 97 became 7463 buses.during the ix five year plan 2427 buses were replaced and 3785 buses were auctioned at the end of 2001 02 the corporation had 6105 buses.in the xth five year plan 5274 buses were inducted and 4818 buses were removed from fleet . at the end of 2006 07 the corporation had 6561 buses apart from 784 hired buses operated under its control.in the xith five year plan 4518 buses were inducted and 4189 buses were removed from fleet . at the end of 2011 12 the corporation had 6890 buses apart from 1763 hired buses operated under its control . the corporation has been reconstituted on 30 oct 2003 with the services in the state of uttarakhand forming a separate corporation . infrastructure edit upsrtc logo the corporate office of the corporation is situated at lucknow.for efficient functioning the corporation has been divided into 20 regions of which 1 region operates urban & sub urban services . each region has a regional workshop where major repair and maintenance work as well as assembly reconditioning work is performed.each region has been further divided into operational units called depots . the total number of depots in the corporation is 116 including car section . each depot has a depot workshop attached to it to provide supportive maintenance facilities . for heavy maintenance and repair of vehicles reconditioning of major assemblies renovation of buses and construction of bodies on new chassis two central workshops have been established in kanpur central workshop rawatpur and dr. ram manohar lohia workshop allen forest.eight tyre retreading plants are established at agra lucknow gorakhpur faizabad ghaziabad bareilly kanpur saharanpur allahabad moradabad and etawah to provide in house tyre retreading facilities.for repairs and maintenance of staff cars belonging to the state government and the corporation a separate unit named car section is established in lucknow.for imparting training to drivers and technical staff a training school is established in kanpur . the state transport department is also introducing intelligent transport management system itms with a cost of rs 38.28 crore of which 50 per cent is a grant from the centre and remaining 50 per cent would be from private participation . with the implementation of itms the entire transport department in the state would go online organisations edit u.p.s.r.t.c. is headquartered at lucknow and has 20 regions operating out of 116 depots . nh 2 a upsrtc bus fleet edit upsrtc operates a fleet of around 9 400 buses primarily manufactured by ashok leyland . some tata and volvo buses are also in service . upsrtc bus service in daryaoganj bus terminal rath types of buses edit janta operates as shuttle service between district headquarters and nearby towns villages tehsils . caters to rural and economy conscious traffic . usp reduced fares around 70 % of fare of ordinary services are charged . mini operates as shuttle service between district headquarters and nearby towns villages tehsils . caters to rural and time conscious traffic . usp has 32 seats gets filled up fast and reaches destination faster . ordinary new comfortable buses operate between various districts caters to the general traffic . usp ordinary fares are charged . gold line new more comfortable and point to point services . operates between different districts as direct services . usp starts at right time from starting station and again start at right time for return journey to starting station . caters to comfort and time conscious traffic . sleeper new comfortable and non ac sleeper services for long routes . operates between different long distance destinations . usp has 28 seats on lower tier and 15 berths on upper tier . ac . new very comfortable ac and point to point services . operates between different districts as direct services . usp caters to comfort and time conscious traffic . platinum line spacious and comfortable 2 2 a c volvo buses for ease and comfort during journey .45 seater spacious state of art volvo buses with great comfort services between all districts headquarters and major routes . royal cruiser royal cruiser is a high end bus which is worldclass affordable safe pleasant and secure for tours and transportations city bus service operates cng city bus all under jnnurm in 9 cities in lucknow kanpur agra varanasi allahabad meerut faizabad noida mathura . see also edit lucknow mahanagar parivahan sewa lucknow upnagariya parivahan sewa references edit upsrtc history external links edit official website of upsrtc recruitment of upsrtc 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 uttar pradesh state road transport corporation & oldid 741893508 categories transport in uttar pradeshbus companies of indiastate road transport corporations of indiastate agencies of uttar pradesh1947 establishments in 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