Good Decision: Telangana: RTC to cut services by 50 per cent post Metro Rail

[Spartan]

The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation will reduce its services in Greater Hyderabad by 50 per cent after the Metro Rail is commissioned and will divert the buses it takes off, to areas that are not connected to the Metro Rail.

At present, 3,777 buses ply in the Greater Hyderabad Zone, of which nearly 400 are in the depots for repairs every day.

The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited has announced that it will commence phase-I of the Metro service, from Nagole to Miyapur, and that RTC will then reduce its regular services along this route by 50 per cent. 

Executive Director of RTC (Greater Hyderabad Zone), A Purushotham Naik, said that the corporation will focus on providing connectivity to Metro stations from various parts of the city. “We will not have particular buses between Nagole and Miyapur as the route is covered by the LB Nagar-Lingampally service. But we will operate 50 per cent of the buses along this corridor for disabled and elderly commuters. The Metro provides a lift and escalator for reaching stations, but not getting down from them. Passengers have to climb down the steps from the stations, which is an impediment to old and disabled commuters,” he said.

Mr Naik said that Kushaiguda-Afzalgunj, Uppal-Secunderabad, Miyapur-Secunderabad are major RTC corridors. “We operate 10 services between Uppal and Secunderabad, and 22 services between Miyapur and Secunderabad. After the commencement of the Metro Rail between Nagole and Miyapur, we will reduce regular buses by 50 per cent on these corridors and will shift them to new routes,” he said. He also said that after 100 per cent of the Metro Rail is completed, the RTC will reschedule all city routes. “Currently, the available buses in Greater Hyderabad Zone are more than enough for the city’s requirements. We don't need any more new buses, just old buses to be replaced,” he said.

Service cutdown
3,777 buses in city
3,352 buses on road every day
42,736 trips per day
9,75,974 scheduled kilometres per day
32 lakh average commuters per day

[Idassamed]

Good decision

[reality]

RTC employees assamena...paapam..

[kakatiya]

Asalu rtc busses lo eldataniki kooda Khali vundadu ..5:30 pm nunchi ..ameerpet ..central towards abids..

 

[boeing747]

43 minutes ago, reality said:

RTC employees assamena...paapam..

collateral happens man.

[Android_Halwa]

Best thing to do..! 

Service should start from the metro terminal and terminate at outskirts...initially it would take a while to habituated but eventually, this would organize the traffic and travel pattern eventually...

[ARYA]

good to see development in atleast one telugu state

[TampaChinnodu]

22 minutes ago, ARYA said:

good to see development in atleast one telugu state

You are talking about hyperloop in Amaravathi right ?

[Kernel]

25 minutes ago, ARYA said:

good to see development in atleast one telugu state

Sacchav Po

[evadra_rowdy]

Janalani verri pushpalu chestunaru.Bus volume increases forever.Evadu babu tagutayi anedi.

[ARYA]

18 minutes ago, Kernel said:

Sacchav Po

yellow kukkal original id tho na daridappuloki ravataniki yellow urine poskutar akkada langas lo

[ARYA]

23 minutes ago, TampaChinnodu said:

You are talking about hyperloop in Amaravathi right ?

yes...

[Vaampire]

Aalu ledhu choolu ledhu. Koduku peru somalingam annadanta. Atlaney undi.

Inka okka route lo kooda start cheyyaley. Appudey post effects gurunchi talking

 

Metro ticket would be expensive than bus ticket. Stops kooda thakkuva untayi. So kondariki buses ey best untayi.

 

[perugu_vada]

Implement ayyaka sangathi kada

[Kontekurradu]

4 hours ago, perugu_vada said:

Implement ayyaka sangathi kada