DTC Buses (Delhi Transport Corporation)

History

The Govt. of India, Ministry of Transport took over the local bus services in Delhi in May 1948 in the name of Delhi Transport Service. A Delhi Road Transport Authority was constituted under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. This Authority became undertaking of Municipal Corporation of Delhi by an Act of Parliament in April, 1958. The Government of India took over the management of the undertaking by passing the Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act, in 1971. It took over the assets and liabilities from the erstwhile Delhi Transport Undertaking (DTU) operated by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi till 2nd Nov, 1971. Thus the DTC was set up in 1971. The DTC which was functioning under the administrative control of Govt. of India was finally taken over by Govt. of NCT, Delhi on 05.08.96. DTC has deployed about 3106 CNG buses for the city/NCR service. There are plying on about 773 routes on Delhi Roads.

Bus Services

DTC provides bus services within Delhi:

• Regular Services: DTC provides Ordinary Service, Limited Services, Night Services, Green Line Services, Railway Special Services, Palam Coach Services, and Low Floor AC Buses.


• Delhi Sight Seeing Tours (Delhi Darshan): DTC daily operates Sight Seeing Tours from Scindia House with AC bus except on Monday. The fare of AC bus is Rs.200/- for adult and Rs.100/- for the children between the age of 5 –12 years. However the children will not be entitled for seat in the bus. The time of journey will be from 0915 to 17.45 hrs. The tourist bus will start from DTC Office Scindia House then pick-up Tourists from Information Kiosk of Delhi Tourism Baba Kharak Singh Marg and thereafter from ITDC Office at Janpath for onward journey to the tourist places as per the following program.


• Green Card : DTC issues Green Card daily which is valid for traveling in all DTC City bus services except Palam Coach & Tourist services through out the day. The fare is Rs. 40/- on non-AC buses and Rs. 50/- on AC buses.


• University Special Service:DTC also operates special buses for the colleges of Delhi University.


• Hiring a DTC Bus: You may hire a DTC bus at DTC office at Scindia House. The Special Hire Booking is also being made through all the depots of the Corporation, besides Scindia Houes as per the laid procedure.


• DTC Pass: DTC issues passes to student, general public, police, resident of resettlement colonies, etc. DTC has launched in house computerization of Bus Passes from 1st July, 2007. Rs. 15 towards cost of ID card-cum-Bus Pass is payable for issuing the Photo ID Card-cum-Bus Pass. Bus Pass is issued for 1-2-3-4-5-6 months as per choice of the applicant except student concession, destination, residents of resettlement colonies, route pass, which is issued on month basis only. Passes to Freedom Fighters are issued on yearly basis. No security is required to deposit. Bus Passes can be renewed during the last 5 days of the expiry of Bus Pass.

Travelyaari (www.travelyaari.com) is one of the largest online bus tickets reservation website in India. You can book bus tickets online with State transport corporations like Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) and private bus operators like Rao Travels, Swagatham Travels, Heera Travels, Prasanna Tours and Travels, Shrinath Travel Agency, Rishabh Travels, Shree Rishabh Travels, Vikas Travels, Kings Holidays Tours, Baba Deep Singh Travels and many other bus operators that ply from Delhi to Lucknow, Jaipur, Katra, Manali, Mussoorie, Dehradun, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Amritsar etc.

Control Room/Complaint Cell/Lost Property Section/Pollution Control Cell:

1. DTC is having Central Control Room at Pragati Maidan which comprises of Central Complaint Cell also. The commuters can report their complaints/suggestions pertaining to DTC buses' operation on telephone nos. 24351763, 9718190047 or through Fax at no. 24351763.


2. DTC is having a Pollution Control Cell for pollution-related complaints (Ph. Nos. 28892006).


3. DTC is having Central Lost Property Section at Scindia House (Ph.No.28844192). Apart from that, there are lost property sections in all the regions of Delhi.