കെ എസ്സ് ആര്‍ ടി സി കൊച്ചി സിറ്റി സര്‍വ്വീസ്.

കെ എസ്സ് ആര്‍ ടി സി യെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ബ്ലോഗില്‍ കൊച്ചിക്കാര്‍ കെ എസ്സ് ആര്‍ ടി സി യുടെ സിറ്റി സര്‍വ്വീസിനായി അക്ഷമരായി കാത്തിരിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് പോസ്റ്റില്‍ ഞാന്‍ ചില അഭിപ്രായങ്ങള്‍ എഴുതിയിരുന്നു. ആദ്യമൊന്നും കമന്റ് മോഡറേഷന്‍ ഇല്ലായിരുന്ന പോസ്റ്റില്‍ പിന്നീട് എപ്പോളോ കമന്റ് മോഡറേഷന്‍ വന്നു. രണ്ടു വലിയ മറുപടികള്‍ കുത്തിയിരുന്നു റ്റൈപ്പ് ചെയ്തിട്ട് ഇതുവരെ പബ്ലിഷ് ചെയ്തു കണ്ടില്ല. അരമണിക്കൂര്‍ സമയം കളഞ്ഞതല്ലെ ആരും കാണാതെ പോകണ്ട എന്നു കരുതി ഇവിടെ അതു ചേര്‍ക്കുന്നു.
@Sujith

Sujith thank you for not deleting my comments against KSRTC in this blog. You really deserve appreciation for making and maintaining this blog. It also give a lot of useful informations about KSRTC to general public. I would like to see this blog as a platform were people can criticise KSRTC. It should not be a venture only to glorify KSRTC. I hope KSRTC authorities pay proper attention to this blog. Once again my best wishes to you and to your blog.

Coming to the points you said it is really a new information to me that MVD & RTA charges KSRTC for over speeding, overload. I have travelled many times from Kasaragod to Thiruvanamthapuram during the past 13 years as a part of my job. Not a single time I was able to face such a situation with KSRTC. But many times they have come across private buses during night. I do personally know many drivers / conductors of KSRTC some of them are my classmates too. I will ask to them and will come back to you.

In my view the majority of standing passengers in superfast / express bus are short distance travellers. Due this long distance travellers are not able to catch a comfortable seat. This always make problem. I would suggest that KSRTC should start chain services like Town - Town service (ordinary rate) and long service buses should have very limited stops. also the minimum charge of a long service must be some percentage of total journey rate. Here peoples are forced to travel for long distance by standing because of less number of short distance services. KSRTC is exploiting people.

Regarding interstate services peoples are ready stand in KSRTC only when no other service is available or they prefer money not the quality of service. I have few friends who shuttle between BGLR - EKM every week. They always prefer private bus because they are more punctual so that the passengers can reach for duty on time on Monday. On private bus no standing passengers are allowed. They may accommodate few on driver cabin. I do not have much experience in this route.

@ Mithun

I do believe that on nationalised routes there is only KSRTC conducting through service. Private buses are conducting partial service. Legal protection that KSRTC buses have is not available to private buses and its staff.

If private bus need more charges let them collect it. Why KSRTC is implementing the same change each time? It is not mandatory to collect the same charge as private buses do. If you take my route from my station to ernakulam all private buses charge Rs.10 where as KSRTC ordinary service charges Rs.11/- There are about 200 private buses and 30 KSRTC buses operating in my route. The deference is because of the incorrect fare staging. Private operators where ready to correct it. But KSRTC is collecting higher charges. There are three more such points in my route (Ernakulam - Paravur via Gosree Brudges). What a social responsibility.

Season pass is good technique to ensure volume of passengers. Hope KSRTC will not cheat them by reducing number of services.

KSRTC is collecting money from passenger equal to or more than that collected by private buses. We pay insurance cess only in KSRTC. Private buses are paying insurance and road tax and employees welfare fund from their income. No subsidy is offered by government. So KSRTC should meet their expense from their own income. As per the news letter of KSRTC about 330Crore rupees has already given to KSRTC. i.e. about Rs.2050 to each schedule (5002 schedule total)per day.

There is no one beat KSRTC so they run as they wish. For example running time from my station to Ernakulam is 45 minutes (about 21km) private bus do keep this time. In every two minute there is a bus. But KSRTC ordinary bus will only take 35 minutes and they will overtake at least 5 buses. So to save time many wait for KSRTC.

I always prefer a service which is economical, saves time and comfortable regardless of Private or RTC

Private buses are not running for public cause. For them it is a business. But KSRTC is a government body. In many routes they have monopoly. Collection from all route goes to a single management. So they should adjust it with other routes. KSRTC can not act like a private bus owner. It also get a huge amount from government as financial aid. There are many late night services that KSRTC has stopped saying that it is not feasible. Some are Aluva - N.Paravur (1:10 AM from Aluva) Aluva - Paravur is a nationalised route. All other service are making profit. They can not stop last trip because it is loss. Ernakulam - Kannur (via Paravur, Guruvayur arout 00:30AM from Ernakualam) These were two services that I used to travel during late night.

This is the same as in KSRTC PC48 LUG105. Are they following it. Neither Private nor KSRTC is keeping passenger capacity. But even in Super fast and Express buses passengers are forced to travel by standing.

I don't have much experience in that route. Only once I went to nilambur. Then I waited 45 minutes for a TT to perinthalamanna. I was not able to get one.

Train and Bus are two deferment mode of transport. I don't want to compare them.