KSRTC plies 500 more buses to clear fest rush

Bengaluru: On the eve of Diwali, ahead of a leisurely weekend, the KSRTC has introduced 500 additional buses for passengers heading to various parts in and outside the state, from Tuesday.

Special buses will exclusively operate from Bangalore Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shimoga, Hassan, Mangalore, Coondapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubli, Dharwar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Gulbarga,Bellary, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar and Thirupathi.

Similarly, special buses from Mysore Road Satellite bus station will operate towards Mysore, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar and Mercara routes.

A KSRTC official said, “All premier (special) buses will operate from Shanthinagar BMTC Bus Stand to Madurai, Kumbakonam, Trichy, Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and some places in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.”

Additional buses will also operate from Vijayanagara, J.P.Nagar, Jayanagar 4th Block and 9th Block, Jalahalli Cross, Navarang (Rajajinagar), Malleshwaram 18th Cross, Kengeri Satellite Town to Shimoga, Davanagere, Tirupathi, Mangalore, Coondapur, Sringeri, Horanadu, Kukkesubramanya Dharmastala and other areas.

Passengers can book tickets online by logging on to www.ksrtc.in. Advance reservation of tickets for the special and scheduled buses of KSRTC can be booked through 171 counters in Bengaluru, 17 counters in Mysuru and 35 counters in Mangaluru and another 230 computerized reservation counters of KSRTC which are located in Karnataka.

A discount of 5% on the fare will be extended, if four or more passengers book tickets on a single ticket and a discount of 10% is offered on a return journey ticket if the ticket for both journeys are booked simultaneously.

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