Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation

Vadodara Bus Station

It is as per the vision of the Prime Minister when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat to facelift the bus terminals with facilities that are available at international airports. The government has already built six such bus terminals - two in Ahmedabad at Gita Mandir and Ranip, two in Vadodara at Central and Makarpura, at Surat and Mehsana.

Central Bus station of Ahmedabad

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani now proposed to build ten modern district level bus terminals at Amreli, Bhuj, Bharuch, Rajkot, Nadiad, Navsari, Modasa, Patan and Palanpur at a cost of Rs.913.30-crore with facilities for commercial activities. Boat jetties are also planned along with helipads. Every bus station will offer direct flights to Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. GSRTC is training its drivers to fly helicopters and planes to start service. All these ten bus terminals, to be designed, built, operated and transfer model, will have a digital display, variable message sign boards, CCTV cameras, surveillance system, deluxe waiting hall, tourist information centre, cloakrooms, restaurants, food courts, plaza, budget hotels, and multiplex for commercial activities, besides Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) administrative office, parcel room, maintenance workshop and fuel pumps. The bus terminals will have a clause for maintenance and repairs as an when required for 30 years.

GSRTC purchased 1500+ new buses including air conditioned, Sleeper coaches Volvo buses in 2009 and also purchased 1000+ new Intercity Mini buses in 2017.[6] GSRTC daily 28 lakh kilometre with 40000 trips and catering daily 24 lakh passengers ... GSRTC provides online and mobile phone ticket booking facility.[7][8] It also provides wi-fi internet service in Volvo buses for free.[9] Currently the fleet of buses having online ticket booking facility includes Express, Gurjarnagri, Sleeper and Volvo buses.[10]

Command & Control Center, Central Office, Ranip, Ahmedabad,Gujarat

GSRTC has established its Command & Control Center of GSRTC at Central Office, Ranip, Ahmedabad. 24 × 7 rigorous monitoring of various parameters in CCC (Command & Control Center) & DCCC (Division Command & Control Center) through various IT tools, i.e.,

• GPS based Integrated Vehicle Tracking & Passenger Information System
• Integrated Depot Management System
• Online Passenger Reservation System
• Inventory Management System
• Electronic Ticketing Machine
• Discipline & Appeal Management System
• MIS Generation
• Automated Fuel Management System
• Automated Driver Testing System
• CCTV Camera-based Surveillance Vigilance System
• Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan Mobile App
• 24 × 7 toll-free helpdesk with IVRS
• Online Grievance Redressal
• MPLS – VPN

It has built up many technical facilities. Including:

• Three level maintenance and repair facility - 126 depot workshops, 16 divisional workshops and a central workshop
• 7 Tyre retreading plant

• Ahmedabad to Vadodara (frequency of every 15 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Surat (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Rajkot (daily 10 services)
• Rajkot to Vadodara (daily 4 services)

• Ahmedabad to Vadodara (frequency of every 15 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Surat (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Rajkot (frequency of every 1 hour)
• Ahmedabad to Anand (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Nadiad (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Ahmedabad to Dahod (frequency of every 20 minutes)
• Mehsana to Ranip (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Palanpur to Mehsana (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Patan to Becharaji (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Surat to Navsari (frequency of every 20 minutes)
• Vadodara to Anand (frequency of every 15 minutes)
• Vadodara to Godhara (frequency of every 30 minutes)
• Godhara to Ahmedabad (frequency of every 20 minutes)
• Rajkot to Jamnagar (frequency of every 1 hour)

etc. and many more Intercity services to and from major cities of Gujarat.

• Volvo Seater and Sleeper
• A. C. Seater and Sleeper
• Non A. C.- Sleeper (2+1)
• Gurjar Nagri Express
• Deluxe Express
• Mini Bus (Mini Distance bus)
• Ordinary

• TATA
• Eicher
• Ashok Leyland
• Volvo
• Tata Marcopolo

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