LOVE of Z: 2019

Sunday, July 14, 2019

NIGHT RIDER - Sleeper भी Seater भी |

With "Sleeper cum Seater" Buses taking over most routes operated by private operators, the State owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation(APSRTC) was loosing a significant amount of potential premium class passengers. In an attempt to attract such passengers, APSRTC inducted "Sleeper cum Seater" buses in its fleet and branded them

Night Rider - A/c Seat Cum Sleeper

Like icing on the Cake, with a touch of it's unmatched safety records APSRTC launched an initial Fleet of Dozen Buses. Of these, Half are 42 Capacity Veera V7 Coaches (20Berths + 22Seats) and the rest are 48 Capacity Veera V7 Coaches (15Berths + 33Seats).

A.P.S.R.T.C Night Rider - A/C Seat Cum Sleeper

Fare :

Model	Upper Berth	Lower Berth	Seater
42 Capacity(20Berths + 22Seats)	Rs. 200/-	Rs. 220/-	Rs. 171/-
48 Capacity(15Berths + 33Seats)	Rs. 200/-	No Lower Berths	Rs. 171/-

A.P.S.R.T.C Night Rider - A/C Seat Cum Sleeper

These 12 new buses were alloted to 5 different depots across the state and are serving the following 14 Schedules every day :

Depot	Route(Origin - Destination)	Service no.	Sch. Departure	Sch. Arrival
Amalapuram	Amalapuram - BHEL	2574	20:15	08:00
	Amalapuram - RGIA	2562	21:00	08:15
	BHEL - Amalapuram	2573	19:45	07:00
	RGIA - Amalapuram	2563	20:00	06:45
Kakinada	Kakinada - Tirupati	2639	17:15	06:30
	Tirupati - Kakinada	2640	18:15	07:05
Kurnool-1	Kurnool - Vijayawada	6277	22:30	05:50
	Vijayawada - Kurnool	6278	22:00	05:20
Vijayawada	Vijayawada - Miyapur	3599	22:45	04:45
	Vijayawada - Miyapur	3838	23:50	05:50
	Miyapur - Vijayawada	35276	10:30	17:00
	Miyapur - Vijayawada	3584	13:30	20:00
Visakhapatnam	Maddilapalem - Tirupati	3479	14:30	07:35
	Tirupati - Visakhapatnam	3480	16:15	08:10

* Schedules as on 14/07/19

A.P.S.R.T.C Night Rider - A/C Seat Cum Sleeper

The concept was a success in no time and Statistics prove that these Riders are presently reaping the Highest margins after the prestigious AMARAVATIs. In few instances Night Riders are outperforming AMARAVATIs too w.r.t margin per/Km. Considering the Success of the product with a constant O.R of 80+ the corporation is now planning to introduce more number of Night Riders into the Fleet.

Depot	Buses	Kmpl	Earnings per/Km	Cost per/km	Margin per/Km
Amalapuram	4 Buses 48 Capacity(33Seats + 15Berths)	3.7	Rs. 67.29	Rs. 42.97	Rs. 24.32
Kakinada	2 Buses 42 Capacity(22Seats + 20Berths)	3.53	Rs. 67.29	Rs. 46.49	Rs. 20.80
Kurnool-1	2 Buses 48 Capacity(33Seats + 15Berths)	3.78	Rs. 65.13	Rs. 51.51	Rs. 13.62
Vijayawada	2 Buses 42 Capacity(22Seats + 20Berths)	3.76	Rs. 72.27	Rs. 43.59	Rs. 28.68
Visakhapatnam	2 Buses 42 Capacity(22Seats + 20Berths)	3.49	Rs.65.15	Rs. 45.75	Rs. 19.4

* All Details are as upto May’19(3Months of Launch)

A.P.S.R.T.C Night Rider - A/C Seat Cum Sleeper of Vijayawada Depot en route Miyapur - Vijayawada.

A.P.S.R.T.C Night Rider - A/C Seat Cum Sleeper

Have a HAPPY & SAFE Journey!!

LOVE of Z - Celebrating Public Transport

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Depots in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

A while back we had made a map with all bus depots in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It looks.. pretty ?

Anyway, idea was to make something better and useful. A map you can interact with. We observed, a lot of you get confused by depot names, codes and regions. It was difficult for us as well. So, here you go. A map with all depots containing Zone, Region and District information.

How to use the map :

Each depot has its own marker on this map. Hover on the marker for depot name and click on the same for more details like District, Zone, Region, and depot code. Write to us incase you think more data points can be added. We will try to make this map better.

FAQs

What is a depot code ?

Each depot has a 3 or 4 word abbreviation for ease in identification. For example, Dilsukhnagar is DSNR and Mancherial is MNCL. These codes are painted on front and back of the bus. You can use these to identify depot and complain about or praise the service :)

What are Zones and Regions ?

For administrative ease, TSRTC is divided in 3 zones and 11 regions.

Zones :
TSRTC is divided in three Zones - Greater Hyderabad, Hyderabad and Karimnagar.

Greater Hyderabad Zone (GHZ) looks after depots operating city buses* in Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. Hyderabad and Karimnagar Zones look after depots operating long distance and rural buses across Telangana.

*Some depots in GHZ have started operating long distance buses but their number remains small.
Hyderabad zone comprises of depots from five old southern districts including Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda and Rangareddy.
Karimnagar zone comprises of five old southern districts Karimnagar, Warangal, Adilabad, Khammam and Nizamabad.

Regions :

Three zones are further divided into eleven regions.

Nine of the ten old districts barring Hyderabad district is a region.
All depots within the boundaries of these nine old districts report to the Regional Manager's office at their respective district head quarters. For example, all depots in old Karimnagar district report to the the regional manager's officer at Karimnagar.
Depots operating interstate, rural and intercity buses originating from Hyderabad in old Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts report to regional manager's office at Rangareddy district head quarters in MGBS, Hyderabad.
Regions in Greater Hyderabad Zone : Hyderabad and Secunderabad
Regions in Hyderabad Zone : Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda and Rangareddy
Regions in Karimnagar Zone : Karimnagar, Waranagal, Adilabad, Khammam and Nizamabad

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Make way for Electric Buses !

Exactly seven months after they arrived in Hyderabad, Sunil Sharma - VC&MD, TSRTC launched first batch of 40 electric buses on 05th march 2019. Made by China based BYD's Indian partner Olectra greentech, these buses can travel up to 300 kilometers in single charge. This launch takes the total number of BYD buses in India to 108. This is also the biggest fleet of electric buses any city has launched till date.

Posing with the star, our team member Rakshit Pullluri
Rakshit reported live from this historic event.

Some of you might have noticed, these buses don't have the iconic alphabet Z in their registration numbers. Why ? you might ask. Well, TSRTC does not own these buses. Given the paucity of funds and lack of experience in operating electric buses, the corporation decided to get the first lot of buses on Gross Cost Model.

This is not the first time the corporation is doing something like this. Many rural buses and some 600 city buses in Hyderabad are operated under the "hire" scheme. In this model, an agreement is signed between TSRTC and buses operators who make the bus available for an assured number of kilometers. The operator owns and maintains the bus at their own cost. They also recruit the driver and pay them. The corporation then pays the operator a fixed sum per kilometer.

All 40 buses are expected to serve Airport routes. With most routes starting from JBS, TSRTC has decided to house 20 buses in Cantonment depot. Remaining 20 will serving IT corridor and west of the city will be operated out of Miyapur 2 depot. Adequate charging infrastructure has been provided at both depots to recharge the buses while not in service. Special parking sheds have also been built to protect the charging stations from sun and rain. As said before, these buses take not more than 4 hours reach full charge and can run up to 300 km on a single charge.

Extensive trials have been carried out before launch. Don't worry, these buses will make your journey only better. Here are some pictures of the buses and their drivers :)