Archive · 12 Sep 2026
TGSRTC Revises Fares for Festival Special Bus Services
Festival time brings more people onto buses.
To help passengers travel, TGSRTC is running extra buses to different places.
APSRTC is also operating special services.
The two transport corporations have changed the fares for these buses.
A government order from 2003 allows fares to be up to 50% higher for festival specials.
This is because buses may carry passengers going out but return without passengers.
Empty return trips still use diesel and require other operating expenses.
The extra fare is meant to help pay those costs.
TGSRTC is running special buses to meet increased festival-season passenger demand.
TGSRTC and APSRTC have revised fares for their festival special services.
The fare changes follow Government Order Ms. No. 16, issued in 2003.
The order permits special-bus fares to rise by up to 50% above standard fares.
Additional charges are intended to cover diesel and operating costs when buses return empty.
- Who
- The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC).
- What
- They are operating festival special buses and revising fares for those services.
- When
- During the festival season.
- Where
- Hyderabad and various destinations served by the special buses.
- Why
- To meet higher passenger demand and recover diesel and minimum operating costs from trips on which buses may return empty.
- Organizations
- Telangana State Road Transport Corporation and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation
- Service
- Festival-season special bus services
- Fare authority
- Government Order Ms. No. 16, issued in 2003
- Maximum increase
- Up to 50% above standard fares
- Reason for increase
- Special buses may return empty after carrying passengers outward
- Costs covered
- Minimum diesel and operational costs