UPSRTC to boost interstate bus service; focuses on passenger safety, comfort
Hindustan Times Lucknow|December 20, 2024
The corpn is also mass recruiting for 7188 positions of drivers and 15,000 conductors on contractual positions
Sreya Deb

LUCKNOW: The UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) will be operating approximately 13,000 buses across the state, intercity and interstate, with almost 7,500 buses from the fleet specifically on Mahakumbh duty in Prayagraj in 2025. With 2,335 interstate buses plying from eight cities, the UPSRTC may extend it by almost 300.

Not only this, the UPSRTC has put in place several measures for the safety, comfort and convenience of passengers travelling to Prayagraj during this time.

Interstate buses likely be increased to 2654

The UPSRTC's buses run on 728 routes in around 280 cities of Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and even in Nepal.

The UPSRTC is currently operating 2,335 buses on all of these routes combined, "But we can extend the buses to our maximum limit based on requirement, which is 2,654 buses," said managing director, UPSRTC, Masoom Ali Sarwar.

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