Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service
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AMTS Bus Stand
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| Parent | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
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| Founded | 1 April 1947 |
| Headquarters | Outside Jamalpur Darwaja, Ahmedabad -380022 |
| Service area | Ahmedabad |
| Service type | Bus |
| Fuel type | Diesel, CNG |
| Chief executive | Babubhai zadafiya(Chairman) |
| Dy. Transport Manager | Aarjav Shah |
| Website | www |
Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) runs the public bus service in the city of Ahmedabad in India. At present, AMTS has 910 buses serving the city. In addition AMTS is also responsible for 140 BRTS buses, and 100 feeder buses. The responsibility of the administration of AMTS comes under the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
There existed three transport services viz. ABC Co. (Amdavad Bus Corporation), Morris Transport and Munshi Bus service, before the municipal bus service. There was a shortage of petrol till 1946 due to the Second World War and the petrol supply was in limited quantity even in 1947 when the municipal bus service started. Coal gas was used as a fuel earlier in the buses and many buses were plying on gas. There were approximately 50,000 commuters who travelled in such buses. Morris company operated some 32 bus routes in the city. The buses ran on Gandhi Road, and Relief Road from Bhadra in the city area. There were clockwise and anti-clockwise routes running from Shahpur to Shahpur. Moreover, there were other routes for Shahibaug, Dudheshwar, Vadaj, Sabarmati and Calico Mills outside the city area. There were buses for Asarva, Khokhara-Mehmdabad, Gomtipur, Amraiwadi and Maninagar in the eastern area, while Paldi, Vasna, Ambawadi and Commerce College routes were covered on the western bank of the Sabarmati River. Buses for the Sabarmati area ran from Vadaj.
The first communal riots took place in 1941, and the atmosphere was tense in 1946 also. The buses run by private companies closed down during the emergency period, and hence the citizens felt insecurity and difficulty. The private companies' (Austin and Studebaker) buses were in wretched condition, having wooden seats without sponge, a curse for the commuters, because the profit motive was at the centre for such commercial organizations. Hence the citizens demanded heavily for a public transport service.
The minimum bus fare was one Anna (6 paise), and the maximum bus fare was three Annas (20 paise). They were in force from 1-1-47.
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