Delhi Transport Corporation
Public transport corporation (bus) in Delhi, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is a public sector passenger road transport corporation that manages bus services in Delhi, India. It was incorporated in November 1971 as a wholly owned Corporation of the Government of India under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950, to provide an efficient, economical and properly coordinated road transport service in Delhi. Its administrative control was transferred to the Department of Transport, Government of Delhi with effect from 5 August 1996.[6]
Founded | May 1, 1948; 75 years ago (1948-05-01) |
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Headquarters | DTC Headquarters, I.P. Estate, New Delhi - 110002 |
Service area | Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad, and Bahadurgarh |
Service type | Bus transport network |
Alliance | JNNURM |
Routes | 606 total:
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Depots | 37[2] |
Fleet |
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Daily ridership | 2.472 million for DTC (December 2022)[3] and 3.6 million for DTC and DIMTS combined (February 2023)[4] |
Fuel type | CNG and Electric |
Operator | Government of Delhi |
Chief executive |
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Website | dtc |
As of November 2023, DTC is the largest CNG-powered bus service operator in the world,[7][8] and also has the largest number of electric buses in India.[9] It operates from 37 depots and 3 ISBTs across Delhi - the Kashmere Gate ISBT, the Anand Vihar ISBT, and the Sarai Kale Khan ISBT.