Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation

For the state owned road transport corporation in Kerala, see Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.

Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation
ParentKerala State Road Transport Corporation
Founded2015[1]
Defunct2022[2]
HeadquartersKochi[3]
Service areaKerala
Service typeLocal, limited-stop, express, and BRT bus service
OperatorGovernment of Kerala
Websitehttps://kurtc.in/

The Kerala Urban Road Transport Corporation (KURTC) was a state-run bus company which started with more than 500 low-floor buses (A/C & NON A/C) in Kerala. KURTC used to run complete and individual services in Thiruvananthapuram & Ernakulam districts. The remaining 12 districts were divided into 5 clusters; Cluster I comprises Kozhikode, Wayanad and Malappuram; Cluster II Kottayam, Thodupuzha, and Pathanamthitta; Cluster III Kannur and Kasaragod; Cluster IV Thrissur and Palakkad; and Cluster V Kollam and Alappuzha.[4][5]

COVID gravely affected the profitability and sustenance of this service, and the buses got rusted due to non usage and only 97 were functional out of which 70 were then given to City Circular Bus service. KURTC shut down all operations in 2022.[6] Even their official website www.kurtc.in was closed down, thus signaling the end of a golden era of cheap and convenient transport service for customers.

  1. ^ Chandran 2018, p. 422-423.
  2. ^ "An end to KURTC; KSRTC halts bus services implemented for journeys within the city". Kerala Kaumudi. 14 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Chandy Inaugurates KURTC Hub at Thevara". The New Indian Express. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference kurtc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "KURTC Awaiting Promised Central Aid". The New Indian Express. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  6. ^ Daily, Keralakaumudi. "An end to KURTC; KSRTC halts bus services implemented for journeys within the city". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 2 March 2024.