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West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation

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West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation {পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ভূতল পরিবহণ সংস্থা} (WBSTC) is a West Bengal state government undertaken transport corporation. Besides plying buses throughout West Bengal it controls some waterways transport, e.g. ferries. WBSTC owns many depots throughout the state to station their buses. West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation was established in the year 1989. Formerly it was known as West Bengal Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd. It started with the Ferry Service on the Hoogly and the Muriganga rivers. In the year 1992 it started operating buses with only 8 buses; now it has 85 buses and 20 vessels for Passenger Ferry Service. Now in Kolkata it is operating Volvo City Bus Services in public-private partnership mode with Kaushik Logistics in the Airport - Tollygunge route. Right now its fleet consists of 60 Volvo low-floor buses and plans to add more in the near future. It is currently running the air-conditioned Volvo low-floor buses mostly to and from the airport.

Contents

Depo List

  • Salt Lake
  • Howrah
  • VS Series AC Volvo

  • VS1 Esplanade - Airport (via B.B.D.Bagh)
  • VS2 Howrah Station - Airport
  • VS3 Parnasree - Airport
  • VS4 Parnasree - Ecospace
  • VS6 Esplanade, Kolkata - Diamond Harbour
  • VS10 Kudghat - Unitech
  • VS10A Kudghat - Airport
  • VS12 Santragachi - Salt Lake
  • VS13 Garia Bus Stand - Bantala IT Park
  • VS14 Esplanade - Airport (via Rabindra Sadan)
  • V Series AC Volvo :(WBSTC Franchise Volvo AC Bus)

  • V1 Tollygunge - Airport
  • V2 Santragachi - Airport
  • V9 Tollygunge - Unitech
  • V10 Rashbehari - Barasat
  • V13 Rashbehari - Ecospace
  • V20 Exide - Barasat
  • MW Series AC MARCOPOLO

  • MW1 Jadavpur Sulekha - Unitech
  • MW2 Howrah Station - Unitech
  • MW7 Airport Gate No.1 - Bantala IT Park
  • MW9 Bagbazar - Unitech
  • AS Series (MiniBus)

  • AS1 Rabindra Sadan - Newtown
  • AS1/A Parnasree - Newtown
  • AS3 Garia Railway Station - Newtown
  • ST Series

  • ST6 Tollygunge – Salt Lake Technopolis
  • ST7A Ultadanga – Hatisala
  • ST7 Ultadanga – Sapoorji Housing Estate
  • ST10 Santragachi – Balaka Abasan
  • ST11 Ruby Hospital – Balaka Abasan
  • ST12 Sapoorji Housing Estate – Baruipur/Kamalgazi
  • ST13 Bagbazar – New Town
  • ST15 Ultadanga – Ecospace
  • Route Without Number

  • Ultadanga - Kanmari
  • Howrah Station – Kaikhali
  • Esplanade - Usthi
  • Esplanade – Ramgamga
  • Esplanade – Namkhana
  • Esplanade – Bakkhali
  • Namkhana – Digha
  • Esplanade - Bankura
  • Nabanna – Joynagar
  • Esplanade - Burul
  • References

    West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation Wikipedia