Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as APSRTC), officially Andhra Pradesh Raastra Roadu Ravaana Samstha, is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of Vijayawada. Many other Indian metro towns in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Yanam, Kerala, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh are also linked with the APSRTC services.

History
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. Consequent upon bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state into Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation is operated as a separate entity from 3 June 2015. APSRTC is working from Vijayawada (Pandit Nehru Bus Stand) as Headquarters for the state of Andhra Pradesh. APSRTC has a target to convert its entire bus fleet to electric buses - using both battery electric buses and fuel cell buses - by the year 2029.

Administration
The organisation is divided into four zones with twelve Regional Managers. It has a total of 11,678 buses (government-owned 8964; hire on rental 2714) operating in 44.15 lakh kilometers and has a total of 426 bus stations and 129 bus depots. From 30 January 2019, all the APSRTC vehicles in the state are registered as AP–39, followed by "Z" and four digits.

Types of services
The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates various services both for urban transport as well as intercity and village transport, and cargo services.

Description of various bus types and services
Various bus services operated by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.

DGT (Depot Goods Truck)
These services offered by APSRTC to carry parcels, couriers, goods and bulk materials. These services can be booked and utilised by public for shifting their goods and valuables. Every bus depot in APSRTC having one DGT Bus. These Services having door step cargo delivery facility.

Performance and earnings
, the organisation had gross earnings of ₹5,995 crores, and with an accumulated loss of ₹6,445 crores.


 * APSRTC was first State Transport to introduce Hi-Tech Luxury Buses in government bus sector.
 * APSRTC was the first state transport to introduce cargo services and computized system in all depots.
 * APSRTC was the first state transport to introduce Live Bus tracking facilities for 15000 Buses. ( In District and City Services )
 * GPS (Global positioning system) is fixed in all types of buses. AIS 140 model, GPS devices are used for live tracking of buses.
 * First to Introduce Digital Payments, QR - PAYMENTS using E - POS machines for ticketing across entire State.
 * First to Introduce Vehicle Tracking System ( VTS ) & Passenger Information Systems ( PIS ).
 * First to Introduce Door Step Cargo Services.
 * First to Introduce Online Booking for Cargo. ( Phase - 1 VIJAYAWADA - VISAKHAPATNAM available ).

Depots
APSRTC has 129 depots across the state. All the 129 depots are 100% computerized.

List of Depots in APSRTC
• # Addanki

• # Adoni

• # Alipiri, (Tirupati)

• # Allagadda

• # Amalapuram

• # Anantapur

• # Anakapalli

• # Atmakur, Nandyal district

• # Atmakur, Nellore district

• # Avanigadda

• # Badvel

• #Banaganapally

• # Bapatla

• # Bhimavaram

• # BHEL Ramachandrapuram (Hyderabad)

• # Chilakaluripeta

• # Chirala

• # Chittoor -1

• # Chittoor -2

• # Dharmavaram

• # Dhone

• # Eleswaram

• # Eluru

• # Giddaluru

• # Gokavaram

• # Gooty

• # Gudivada

• # Gudur

• # Guntakal

• # Guntur -1

• # Guntur -2

• # Hindupur

• # Jagayyapeta

• # Jammalamadugu

• # Jangareddygudem

• # Kadapa

• # Kadiri

• # Kakinada

• # Kalyandurgam

• # Kandukur

• # kanigiri

• # Kavali

• # Koilakuntla

• # Kovvur

• # Kuppam

• # Kurnool -1

• # Kurnool -2

• # Macherla

• # Machilipatnam

• # Madanapally -1

• # Madanapally -2

• # Madakasira

• # Mangalagiri

• # Markapur

• # Mydukuru

• # Nandikotkur

• # Nandyal

• # Narsipatnam

• # Narsapuram

• # Narsaraopeta

• # Nellore -1

• # Nellore -2

• # Nidadavole

• # Nuzvidu

• # Ongole

• # Paderu

• # Palakonda

• # Palamaneru

• # Palasa

• # Parvathipuram

• # Pattikonda

• # Penukonda

• # Piduguralla

• # Pileru

• # Podili

• # Ponnur

• # Proddatur

• # Pulivendula

• # Punganur

• # Puttaparthy

• # Puttur

• # Rajamahendravaram

• # Rajampeta

• # Razole

• # Ramachandrapuram

• # Rapur

• # Ravulapalem

• # Rayachoty

• # Rayadurgam

• # Repalle

• # S.kota

• # Salur

• # Sattenapalle

• # Satyavedu

• # Srikakulam -1

• # Srikakulam -2

• # Srikalahasti

• # Sullurpeta

• # Tadepalligudem

• # Tadipatri

• # Tanuku

• # Tekkali

• # Tenali

• # Tirumala (Tirupati)

• # Mangalam, (Tirupati)

• # Tirupathi

• # Tiruvuru

• # Tuni

• # Udayagiri

• # Uravakonda

• # Vakadu

• # Venkatagiri

• # Jawahar Autonagar (Vijayawada)

• # Governorpeta -1 (Vijayawada)

• # Governorpeta -2 (Vijayawada)

• # Ibrahimpatnam (Vijayawada)

• # Gannavaram (Vijayawada)

• # Pandit Nehru bus station, Krishna Lanka (Vijayawada)

• # Vidyadharapuram (Vijayawada)

• # Vinukonda

• # Dwaraka Nagar (Visakhapatnam)

• # Gajuwaka (Visakhapatnam)

• # Madurawada (Visakhapatnam)

• # Maddilapalem (Visakhapatnam)

• # Simhachalam (Visakhapatnam)

• # VSC Steel city (Visakhapatnam)

• # Waltair (Visakhapatnam)

• # Vizianagaram

• # Vuyyuru

• # Yemmiganur

Zones
APSRTC having 4 Zones. Maintenance and refurbishment of buses are carried out here. These Zonal workshops having High technology featured equipment for maintenance and refurbishment of buses.


 * Vizianagaram
 * Vijayawada
 * Nellore
 * Kadapa

Regions
APSRTC having 12 regions across the state. Following are the 12 regions of APSRTC.


 * Anantapur
 * Chittoor
 * East Godavari
 * Guntur
 * Kadapa
 * Krishna
 * Kurnool
 * North Central region (NEC Region), Vizianagaram Region
 * Nellore
 * Prakasam
 * Tirupati
 * Visakhapatnam
 * West Godavari

Mobile App / web Page to Book (OPRS) Reservation Ticket

 * Mobile app and web portal for Online Reservation is designed and provided for passengers to book tickets on one's Phone.
 * Reservation counters are also provided at bus stations.
 * Reservation Tickets can also Book through ATB Agents.
 * This feature reduce Crowd at reservation conters, regulates money retail issues
 * This makes passengers more ease to Book tickets on one's Phone.

APSRTC Live Track App / Web Page for Passengers

 * APSRTC LIVE TRACK is an APP offered by APSRTC, for live tracking and live location of buses.
 * This APP Came into Commence in 2015 for OPRS services and later extended to NON - OPRS Services.
 * This future helps passengers to get live Location of buses on electronic maps ( Google Maps, MapmyIndia, OpenStreetMap ), which was designed in APP and Web Page.
 * Bus live tracking facility is Provided for NON -OPRS and OPRS Bus Services.
 * Passengers can estimate the arrival and Departure of Buses to Bus stand and Bus stops enroute.
 * Backend servers are used for control of this Bus live tracking feature.
 * This feature is Mostly used by Remote villages to know about District ordinary Services.
 * Submit of feed back on Bus condition, Diver and Conductor Behaviour, Women Safety, Breakdown, Report Accident features are provided.
 * Passengers can interact with Depot managers, Regional managers, Zonal managers by phone numbers provided in the app.
 * Passengers can search and locate nearby Bus stops using the GPS location of their phone.

Amenities Provided for Passengers at Bus Stands/Stations

 * All the bus station across the state are modified under State of Art and passenger amenities are provided such as Dormitories, Waiting longues, Shops and Stalls, Drinking water facilities.
 * Public Toilets under Swach Bharat Mission are Provided for Passengers.



APSRTC Digital Payments

 * APSRTC Is implementing Digital Payments in OPRS and NON - OPRS buses.
 * Android E-POS Machine's (Electronic Point of Sale) are provided to APSRTC Staff.
 * Payment of tickets can be done through Google pay, Phone pay, Paytm using the QR Code generated in EPOS Machine, for  from & to Bus Stops.
 * Digital Payments in Cargo Booking.
 * Credit & debit card Payments.
 * RFID Bus pass scanning.
 * Call center.
 * Command Control Centre (CCC).
 * Booking of Non reservation bus tickets and generation of QR code
 * Issuing E-PoS Machines for offline Bus ticket generating using QR, Bus Tracking and live location.
 * Replacement of Existing TIM Machines and Providing E-Pos machines for seamless Connectivity.

Awards and achievements

 * It entered the Guinness Book of World Records on 31 October 1999, with 22,000 buses making it the largest bus fleet in the world.
 * Highest km/L (Kilometers per liter) fuel efficiency for 2011–12 – Mofussil services and Vijayawada (urban division)
 * Best Road Safety record for 2012–13

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has a number of firsts to its credit in India.
 * First to nationalize passenger Road Transport Services in the country – 1932
 * First to introduce long-distance night express services
 * First to introduce A/C Sleeper, Hi-tech, Metro Liner, Inter-City Services and Metro Express
 * First to introduce depot computerisation – 1986
 * First to appoint Safety Commissioner for improving the safety of passengers
 * All 126 depots in the state are computerized
 * Reservation of tickets on telephone and door delivery of tickets
 * Award from The Indian Express in digital technology to category of enterprise application. This is fifth award in a row for APSRTC in this category event held in Kochi on 25 February 2023.