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The Himachal Road Transport Corporation aka HRTC is the state-owned road transport services of Himachal Pradesh andis one of India's first RTC's to facilitate online bus booking.

HRTC was founded by the Governments of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Indian Railways in 1958. It was launched as Mandi-Kullu Road Transport Corporation until the 2nd of October in 1974, when it was renamed as Himachal Road Transport Corporation.

Headquartered at Shimla with four divisional offices at Mandi, Hamirpur, Dharamshala and Shimla, HRTC currently operate its bus services to towns and cities within Himachal Pradesh and the states of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

The carefully planned infrastructure of HRTC is worth acknowledging. Apart from the 29 depots with regional workshops in each, HRTC also owns 3 bus body building units and 3 tyre pre-cure retreading plants. It also maintains routine skill upgrading sessions for its staff and drivers at its Driving Training Institutes at Jassu, Mandi, Taradevi, Hamirpur, Chamba, Sarkaghat and Kullu.