Bangalore Metropolitan Tpt. Corpn.

History

BMTC has its origin in a private company called Bangalore Transport Company Limited founded in 1940 catering to the entire city with just 98 buses. The then Government of Mysore took over the city transport from the private company by an act and ran buses upto 10- mile radius in the city in 1956 calling it Bangalore Transport Service [BTS].

1961: Mysore State Road Transport Corporation- MSRTC - ('Mysore' was replaced by 'Karnataka' later because of the renaming of the State-KSRTC) is formed by a special act, with BTS as one of its divisions.

1993: BTS gets recognition as a Unit under a Director. Functions as two divisions, North and South.

August 15, 1997: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is incorporated as a separate entity having been bifurcated from its parent body KSRTC.

About Us

BMTC provide the most affordable and dependable transport service to the people in and around Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka State, renowned as the Garden City and Silicon Valley of India. We are an undertaking of the Government of Karnataka, dedicated to the commoner's transport facility. Our motive is therefore service than profit. Yet, since our inception, we are able to make profits by making significant improvement in our work culture.

Today, we are the ONLY PROFIT MAKING PUBLIC SECTOR URBAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION IN THE COUNTRY.
Our returns are used again in our operations as we always strive to improve further the quality of our service not only in providing comfort to the travelling public but also in other vital aspects: Containing pollution, easing traffic congestion, saving fuel, introducing all latest technologies in our operations to save precious time and money as it will ultimately benefit the people since it is a public undertaking.

Why BMTC

BMTC is the most cost effective mode of transport.

BMTC buses occupy least space on the roads when the number of road users is taken into account. One bus easily carries 60 persons on an average unlike two wheelers and four wheelers. This helps reducing traffic congestion and increases road safety and road life.

BMTC saves the most precious fuel and thereby saves the most valuable foreign exchange. Use of more number of two wheelers and four wheelers on the road means more consumption of fuel. Using BMTC more for travel means saving fuel and foreign exchange

BMTC reduces air pollution, as they are less in number compared to the number of two wheelers and four wheelers. Using BMTC more for travel means reducing air pollution considerably.