GARUDA PLUS (Multi Axle A.C) : To provide smooth comfortable riding and faster journey to the passengers of interstate and Intra state, APSRTC planned to introduce Multi Axle A/C buses of Mercedes Benz and Volvo make under brand name of “‘GARUDA PLUS”. 23 buses are being operated which meet BS-III emission norm.

THE SALIENT FEATURES

• Overall length of the coach is 13.7 mt
• Ergonomically designed reclining sears (49 Nos) with magazine pouch, bottle holder and coat hanger.
• Elegant body profile and attractive color scheme with graphics.
• individual reading lamps and adjustable A/C louvers.
• LED destination board and standard destination with tube light illumination at front.
• 26”LCD TV in front for better visibility to all passengers.
• Cell phone chargers.
• Air suspension with 8 bellows for jerk free riding comfort.

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VENNELA AC SLEEPER : A Sleeper bus is a type of specially adapted coach, designed internally to carry around 24 passengers by providing two tier berths. This type of bueses genrally operates between cities which are to 10 hours apart by road. The journeys usually scheduled to start late in the evening so that most of the travel is at night. This services is a good alterative to trains, as berths in trains get booked well in advance. These buses are introduced as AC Sleeper coaches under the brand name “VENNELA” for operation on various intra state and inter state routes.

THE SALIENT FEATURES

1. Provided with air suspension system for better comfort.
2. Provided with 24 two tier berths with sufficient width.

Provision of Vlue added Services:

• Mineral Water Bottle of reputed brands viz., AQUAFINA, BISLERY, KINEY.
• Attendant’s assistance to the passengers in loading and unloading their luggage.
• Audio & Video.

Bed roll consisting of the following items :

1. One Woollen Blanket.
2. White singal Bed sheets.

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AMARAVATHI A/C : A bus is a type of specially adapted coach, designed internally to carry around 47. This type of bueses genrally operates between cities which are to 10 hours apart by road. The journeys usually scheduled to start late in the evening so that most of the travel is at night. This services is a good alterative to trains. These buses introduced under the brand name “AMARAVATHI” for operation on various intra state and inter state routes.

THE SALIENT FEATURES

1. Provided with air suspension system for better comfort.
2. Provided with 47 seating capacity with sufficient width.

Provision of Vlue added Services:

• Mineral Water Bottle of reputed brands viz., AQUAFINA, BISLERY, KINEY.
• Attendant’s assistance to the passengers in loading and unloading their luggage.
• Audio & Video.

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Introduced in 2007, The Super Luxury buses were instant hit among the long distance travelers. . The Super Luxury buses were an improvement from the earlier Hi-Tech buses . These buses are built on Ashok Leyland ( Viking) and TATA (1512) chassis by different coach builders in Andhra Pradesh. These buses boast of a 230HP engine and Push-Back seats, the buses are painted in attractive colors . Recently , APSRTC has inducted some TATA Marcopolo buses in to its fleet. The charges in this bus are 82 Paise per kilometer making it a best option for long distance travelers. The present strength of super luxury buses in APSRTC’s fleet is 1,815 (as on 29-2-2012).These buses generally operate on long distenace routes connecting the district head quarters with the state head quarter and variuos other destinations in south INDIA.

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After a long time APSRTC has decided to replace it’s rattling old fleet of about 6000 buses which have clocked above 12 Lakh kilometers in a phased manner. The new fleet of 6000 buses would be procured by the coming financial year end and it has already started replacing some of its buses. The new buses are being procured by the VGF of Rs 200 crores provided by the government to APSRTC to over come the losses it has incurred because of the ongoing agitations and many other reasons. About 4000 new buses are expected to be on road by the year end and the remaining fleet of 2000 buses would arrive by next year.

Part if the new fleet, about 300 buses were flagged off by the transport minister of AP on the 25 of October. The new fleet consisted of 18 “INDRA” buses, and 2 “GARUDA Plus” buses. It also consisted of 100 CNG city buses for Hyderabad.

APSRTC INDRA Buses

Indra buses have been pressed in to service to cater to the needs of middle class passengers who cannot afford to travel in a Garuda. These buses have been procured to connect the district head quarters by an A/C service so that the passengers may have comfortable journey.

These are mainly built on ASHOK LEYLAND chassis (230HP engine) by body builders like JCBL and SANVEE. Each bus costs around 38 Lakhs and about 100 buses are being procured out of which 25 have already been pressed in to service. The remaining 75 buses are expected to arrive by January 2012.The ticket prices are 1.20 Rs/Km and the minimum charge is Rs. 25.

Garuda Plus buses

Seems APSRTC has woken up to the craze of multi-axle buses. After a long wait APSRTC has also procured 2 of the state of the art multi axle buses and it has plans to extend the fleet to 42 out of which 22 would be of VOVLVO and 20 would be of Mercedes-Benz.

For now it has procured two Mercedes-Benz buses and named them Garuda Plus. These buses would ply on long routes like Hyderabad-Shiridi and Hyderabad-Mumbai. The ticket prices would be higher than that of Garuda.

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