Vijayawada: APSRTC MD Dwarka Thirumala Rao said on Thursday that 7000 special buses will be operated from July 7 to 18 to meet the travel needs of the people durig this Sankranti festival.
“There will be a 50 per cent additional ticket rate in the special buses and the buses would be operated based on the demand.”
Addressing a press meet here, Rao said that they are operating 35 per cent more special bus services for 11 days than the previous year. Passengers have booked their tickets in advance for the Sankranti festival. To date, there is a 60 per cent reservation for regular services, 50 per cent for special services.
He said RTC is operating 344 services to Hyderabad, 316 to Bangalore, 161 to Chennai and 60 per cent of bookings were already done.
Some 50 per cent of the reservations to the 511 bus service from Hyderabad was already booked. People coming to the state to celebrate the festival would prefer to travel by APSRTC. A call center is also provided with phone number 0866-2570005 to get necessary information and details.
On January 10, 11 and 12, some 80 per cent of seats were reserved for regular services while 60 per cent seats for special services.
