North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation


The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, is a state run bus service of Karnataka, India. It serves routes to towns and cities in the North-Western part of Karnataka and the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It offers online booking of tickets in association with KSRTC, its parent organisation.

History

The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation was established on November, 1st 1997, 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 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 Regional Training Institute at Hubli.

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
Normal services