Bihar State Road Transport Corporation

Bihar State Road Transport Corporation
बिहार राज्य मार्ग परिवहन निगम
Overview
OwnerGovernment of Bihar
LocaleBihar
Transit typeIntercity bus service within State of Bihar and Interstate bus service to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand

International bus services to Nepal[1]

Local bus service in selected cities[2]
Daily ridership80,000
Chief executiveSanjay Kumar Aggarwal, IAS[3] (Administrator)
HeadquartersBailey Road, Patna
Websitebsrtc.co.in
Operation
Began operation1953 as Rajya Transport
1959 as Bihar State Road Transport Corporation

Bihar State Road Transport Corporation or BSRTC is a state-owned road transportation company in Bihar with compared to other Indian states it is facing financial crisis in term of government funding, which degrade its process of expanding basic infrastructural assets both HR and number of buses in BSRTC, as par to 3 tier cities public transportation system.[4] BSRTC was set up in 1959 under the provisions of Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. It is wholly owned by the Government of Bihar. In year 2020 Chief Minister of Bihar inaugurated Pataliputra Bus Terminal commonly known as ISBT, Patna. It is the first ISBT of Bihar.

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  2. ^ about us Archived 17 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Gaurav Luxury.
  3. ^ "Monthly pass system for city buses soon". The Times of India. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Luxury bus service between Bihar and Jharkhand from Dec 12" Archived 16 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 December 2011