Sunday, October 21, 2012

Dilsukhnagar

Owning to the festive rush, APSRTC has introduced special buses to different destinations from Hyderabad from 19-10-2012 to 22-10-2012 . of the special buses going out of the city, Special and Regular services scheduled towards Nalgonda,Miryalguda,Kodada will leave from Dilsukhnagar ditrict bus terminal . 
The festive rush has added more traffic to the already busy Rajeev Chowk . The Dilsukhnagar bus terminus with mere 5 bus bays cannot handle the rush. Hence, the open area opposite the Bus Terminus which is now being used as the city bus stop too will be used for district buses . The city bus stop and the city bus terminus opposite venkatadri theatre (vegetable market) have been clubbed for time being from 19-10-12 to 22-10-12.


Festive Rush @ Dilsukhnagar.

Festive Rush @ Dilsukhnagar.


The Regular City bus stop being used as a special bay for District services.




Festive Time

It is festive time again and holidays for school going children and colleges too , Dasara is an important festival in Telangana and people won't want to miss the fun in their villages staying back in Hyderabad . Hence, the demand for more buses and trains. Both Indian Railways and APSRTC have geared up for the situation and special buses,trains have been pressed in to service.

APSRTC is running special buses to all major towns . Sorry to say i don't have the exact details of the services. To cope up with the heavy rush, APSRTC, as it does every festive season has diverted/changed the boarding/originating points of buses going to different destinations from 19-10-12 to 22-10-12.

All special and regular buses going towards
 > > Kurnool,Kadapa,Anantapuram,Chittoor will originate from old C.B.S Hangar.
> > Nalgonda,Miryalguda,Kodada will originate from Dilsukhnagar.
> > Karimnagar,Nizamabad,Adilabad,Medak,Narayankhed,Siddipet will originate from JBS.
> > Warangal,Hanmakonda,Janagam,Narsampet,Parakala,Yadgirigutta will originate from Uppal 'X' Roads.

 * all the Garuda,Garuda Plus,Vennela services have been exempted from the changes and they will originate from their scheduled points itself.

             



All the passengers and people planning to go to their respective home towns are requested to note the changes and plan their journey accordingly.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Carrying Stuff ?



Are you an architecture student ? Carrying our stuff in bus is often a problem given the peak time rush in buses. Then how do we tackle the problem ? where do we keep our T squares, bag even  models and foam boards some times . It is not a problem if we get a seat . what if not ? if people sitting do not even care to help us by holding the t square at least . 


Surprisingly city buses in Hyderabad,Vijayawada Visakhapatnam and Tirupati  have a lot of space left unused where we can put our stuff. 

City Sheetal & Metro Deluxe :

                  
                                   Metro Deluxe                                      City Sheetal

The TATA - Marcopolo City Sheetal and Metro Deluxe buses in Hyderabad,Vijawada and Vizag have 3 major places where we can put our materials to free our hands while standing and sleep while sitting . as indicated in the section below. 


                   


On the Front Wheel :
The portion over front wheel which projects out from the floor (because it is a low entry bus) has only one row of seats leaving the place behind it empty . The place can be used to put our bags , models and foam boards/mount boards etc. There are hand rails fixed on it. hence, one can even tie in case it is a long journey. The place may be dusty , carrying a news paper or some old sheets may solve the problem .  

On the Rear Wheel :
The rear portion of bus is raised to accommodate the engine . But, the portion over wheel is raised over the normal floor level . There are seats on either sides of wheel cap in the rear but the seats on both sides shield the bags/roll packs from falling down when travelling on slopes.

On the Engine :
In marcopolo buses , The rear part is not usable because of the place occupied by the engine the compartment below the seats. Marcopolo classifies this place as "Boot Space" . There is a lot of place here where we can put our entire semester's work including the model. This is the most dirtiest place in bus with layers and layers  of dust but as said earlier a news paper can save the materials from getting dusted.

For example, I carried 3 foam boards , 40 ivory sheets , a T square and a bag one day from Dilsukhnagar-Patancheru in a TATA  marcopolo Metro Deluxe. The rear portion was not clean as usual but who cares , a waste paper which I got from the Conductor served the purpose.

                     
                     
                                                      Over the Rear Mount Engine .

Metro Express :

                           TATA-ACGL 1618C                Ashok Leyland - Viking. (EDC)

The Semi Low Floor (SLF) JnNURM metro express buses which flooded the roads of major cities in Andhra Pradesh have a lot of place un used thanks to the semi low floor chassis which forces the coach builders to build the bus with seats facing each other . 

On the front wheel :


                    Left Side .                                       Right Side / Behind Driver's cabin.


On the Rear Wheels :

 
     Right Side.

The Wheel Cap on the rear is different on left an right side . The cap on right side has a pillar to hold while the cap on left does not have a cap .

Seat Handles :

   


Thanks to the JnNURM rules and some handsome work by ACGL , The buses have handles fixed on every  seat which can be used to put our t squares and rol packs can be hung to the T square . 



**This is it for now.  Will update on city ordinaries once I have some nice pictures. 

Sunday, June 24, 2012

10,000


Thank You !
Know your buses . Be proud of them.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Super Luxury .

Introduced in 2007, The Super Luxury buses were instant hit among the long distance travelers. . The Super Luxury buses were an improvement from the earlier Hi-Tech buses . These buses are built on Ashok Leyland  ( Viking) and TATA (1512) chassis by different coach builders in Andhra Pradesh. These buses boast of  a 230HP engine and Push-Back seats, the buses are painted in attractive colors . Recently , APSRTC has inducted some TATA Marcopolo buses in to its fleet. The charges in this bus are 82 Paise per kilometer making it a best option for long distance travelers. The present strength of super luxury buses in APSRTC's fleet is 1,815 (as on 29-2-2012).These buses generally operate on long distenace routes connecting the district head quarters with the state head quarter and variuos other destinations in south INDIA.


  TATA Marcopolo - Super Luxury .


Super Luxury - Red/Orange.


Super Luxury - Green .


Running as Siva ratri special to Srisailam from MGBS.


Super Luxury - Old Bus.


      Super Luxury - Old Bus.


       Super Luxury - Old Bus.

 

  Super Luxury - After a Rain .


    Super Luxury - New Buses Launch.



     Super Luxury - New Buses Launch.





Monday, February 20, 2012

Inspiration ?

Color schemes of buses in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh look cool. At least sometimes. But, are they their own creations? After some time on the internet we found the graphics of old Super Luxury are inspired from the MSRTC's Shivneri. The graphics of  first City Sheetal from a bus in the UK and some of the Garuda s have similar color scheme that of KSRTC's Airavat.

Stage Coach from Manchester and City Sheetal from Hyderabad.
Replace yellow with pink ?






Streaks of bright yellow, red and orange on a white background, this probably is the best livery any super luxury ever had. This graphic has its origins in the Philippines. Created by an artist who goes by the name Pantranco Bus, you can find the original art work here

text by ratnam
updated on 13/02/2017 with new Pictures
updated again on 15/03/2019 

Stage Coach picture by Davind Ingham on Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

Graphics by Pantranco Bus

Sunday, February 19, 2012

The Volvo and Merc Craze


T.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Hyderabad-1 Depot. Hyderabad - Adilabad.   




A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus Buses of Vijayawada & Mangalam Depots.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada ; Tirupathi - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Alipiri Depot.
Tirupathi - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Ongole Depot.
Bengaluru - Ongole

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Bengaluru - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Kandukur Depot.
Hyderabad - Kandukur

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Warangal-1 Depot.
Bengaluru - Hanmakonda

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Nizamanad-1 Depot.
Shamshabad - Nizamabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela of Alipiri Depot.
Tirupathi - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Adilabad - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Kakinada Depot.
Bengaluru - Kakinada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Pune - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Chennai

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Guntur-1 Depot.
Guntur - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Nellore-1 Depot.
Nellore - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Bengaluru - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Shirdi - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela & Volvo Garudaplus of Kakinada, Visakhapatnam Depots.
Kakinada - Hyderabad ; Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Nizamabad-2 Depot.
Bengaluru - Nizamabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda Buses of Visakhapatnam & Vijayawada Depots.
Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad ; Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Vennela Buses of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Chennai

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela of Alipiri Depot.
Hyderabad - Tirupathi

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Bengaluru - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Guntur-1 Depot.
Bengaluru - Guntur

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Luxura Garuda.

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela of Kakinada Depot.
Kakinada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Nellore-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Chennai

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela & Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Bengaluru ; Secunderabad - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Cerita Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Karimnagar - Secunderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Garuda of Warangal-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Hanamkonda

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Chennai

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Mangalam Depot.
Tirupathi - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela of Vijayawada Depot.
Srikakulam - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Amalapuram

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Karimnagar - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Karimnagar - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Kakinada Depot.
Kakinada - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Ongole Depot.
Bengaluru - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Nellore-1 Depot.
Nellore - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Secunderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Vennela of Vijayawada Depot.
Vijayawada - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Luxura Garuda.

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Tirupathi

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Garuda of Warangal-1 Depot.
Hanamkonda - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland Garuda of Warangal-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Hanamkonda

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Vennela of Guntur-2 Depot.
Guntur - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Warangal-1 Depot.
Hanamkonda - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Guntur-2 Depot.
Hyderabad - Guntur

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Tirupathi Depot.
Hyderabad - Tirupathi

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.CAshok Leyland Luxura Garuda

A.P.S.R.T.C Isuzu Garuda of Picket Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Visakhapatnam Depot.
Visakhapatnam - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Nizamabad-2 Depot.
Shamshabad - Nizamabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Karimnagar-1 Depot.
Secunderabad - Karimnagar

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Guntur-1 Depot.
Guntur - Bengaluru

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Ashok Leyland & Volvo Garudas, Volvo Garudaplus & Isuzu Vennela
Ongole - Hyderabad ; Hyderabad - Visakhapatnam ; Kakinada - Hyderabad ;
Nellore - Hyderabad ; Hyderabad - Kakinada.

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Tirupathi Depot.
Hyderabad - Tirupathi

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Tirupathi Depot.
Tirupathi - Hyderabad

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda & Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus Buses of Hyderabad-1 Depot.
Hyderabad - Bengaluru ; Hyderabad - Mumbai ; Hyderabad - Shirdi

A.P.S.R.T.C Mercedes-Benz Garudaplus of Vijayawada Depot.
Hyderabad - Vijayawada

A.P.S.R.T.C Volvo Garudaplus of Guntur-1 Depot.
Bengaluru - Guntur




                                   APSRTC Garuda Plus Mercedes-Benz - Tri Axle


               

                                    APSRTC Garuda Plus Volvo B9R Multi Axle.


APSRTC VOLVO B9R , APSRTC Mercedes-Benz Multi axle,KSRTC  Mercedes-Benz Multi axle.


        
T.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Hyderabad-1 Depot. Hyderabad - Bengaluru.

T.S.R.T.C Volvo Garuda of Hyderabad-1 Depot. Hyderabad - Bengaluru.
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