North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

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The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), is a state-owned public transport corporation of Karnataka, India. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka. It serves routes to towns and cities in the North-Western part of Karnataka and connects it to the rest of the state and the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It offers online booking of tickets in association with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, its parent organisation.

History[]

The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation was established on November, 1st 1997 (on the occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava), under provision of the Road Transport Corporation Act 1950, upon bifurcation from Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation to provide adequate, efficient, economic and properly coordinated transport services to the commuters of North Western part of Karnataka.

Organisation[]

NWKRTC's jurisdiction covers 6 revenue districts, 44 talukas and 4596 villages and serving 4428 (96.3%) villages with transport facility. The organisation is split into 8 divisions with their respective headquarters at Belagavi, Hubballi, Sirsi, Bagalkot, Gadag, Chikkodi, Haveri and Dharwad. It has 48 depots functioning under the administrative control of respective divisions and one regional workshop at Hubli having one bus body building unit and one at Hubli.^[1]

Fleet[]

The NWKRTC operates 4,440 schedules with 4,716 vehicles, covering 1.55 million kilometers and carrying 2.2 million commuters every day.

Types of services[]

Premier services

• Airavat Club (Gold) Class
• Airavat
• Corona Air-conditioned Sleeper
• Non Air-conditioned Sleeper
• Rajahamsa Ultra Deluxe

Normal services

• Vayuvya Karnataka Sarige
• Ordinary
• Gramantara Sarige
• Suvarna Sarige City Bus
• Hubballi-Dharwad Nagara Sarige City Bus

See also[]

• List of bus depots in Karnataka
• North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC)
• Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
• Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

External links[]

• NWKRTC home page

References[]