About Us

Availability of adequate, safe and comfortable passenger Transport facility is a very important index of economic development of any Country.  Public Transport provides the vital connectivity to far flung areas in a developing society. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation was established in August,1961 under the provisions of Road Transport Corporation Act 1950 with the objective of providing “adequate, efficient, economic and properly coordinated road transport services”.  In this endeavor, the KSRTC has positioned itself with a name for reliability and safety.                                         

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation continues to coordinate the following matters:

1. Cadre management of Supervisory levels                                                                 
2. Major purchases for the corporations
3. Integrated Traffic Management and Operations   
4. Facilities To Passengers

To attract passengers to its buses, KSRTC has  adopted the following measures:

1.Freedom passes allowing un-restricted travel for one week duration and   monthly seasonal passes.
2.10% discount on return journey fare when they book both onward and return journey tickes simultaneously.
3.Group travel facility of 5% concession in fare when there are more than 4 passengers.
4.Grameena sarige through introduction of new buses to villages
5.KSRTC also operates Casual Contracts.