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APSRTC

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర రోడ్డు రవాణా సంస్థ
Public Sector Corporation under the Ministry of Transport of the State Government's of Andhra Pradesh
Industry Public transport bus service
Founded 11 January 1958
Headquarters Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Area served
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Chattis ghad, Yanam(Puduchery)
Key people
Sidda Raghava Rao, Chairman
M. Malakondaiah (I.P.S) , Vice-Chairman and MD
Products Bus transport, Services
Revenue Increase51 billion (US$760 million)
Profit 1.18 billion (US$18 million)
Number of employees
60,846
Website APSRTC

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (or APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters are located at RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of Vijayawada.

APSRTC was formed on 11 January 1958 as per Road Transport Corporations Act 1950. Earlier, it was a part of Nizam State Rail and Road Transport Department.

The organisation is divided into four zones with twelve Regional Managers. It has a total of 11,154 scheduled buses operating in 44.15 lakh kilometers and has a total of 426 bus stations and 126 bus depots.

APSRTC operates various kinds of services such as, "Vennela", "Amaravathi" "Garuda Plus", "Garuda" and "Indra".

As of February 2016, the organisation has a gross earnings of 30.50 (45¢ US) per km., with a loss of -4,650.8 million (US$−69 million).

It entered Guinness Book of World Records on 31 October 1999, with 22,000 buses making it the largest bus fleet in the world.

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has a number of firsts to its credit in India.


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