Construction of Buses by workers in the PEPSU (PRTC) Workshop, c.1960s.Panjab Digital Library.PRTC Bus Station at Budhlada, Mansa, PunjabPRTC Bus terminus at Zirakpur, Mohali.
PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) is a bus operator inPunjab state of India. It is a state-run corporation, with headquarters inPatiala. The company was originally formed as the Road Transport Corporation of the state ofPEPSU, but when that state was merged into Punjab, it became the Road Transport Corporation for the whole of Punjab. In 1966, whenHaryana andHimachal were carved out of Punjab, they formed their own Road Transport Companies.
The PRTC in Patiala was established on 16 October 1956 under the provision of the Road Transport Corporations Act 1950, in order to provide efficient, adequate, economic and properly co-ordinated road transport services in the state.[1] It commenced passenger transport operations with a small investment of ₹25.00 lacs and a fleet of 60 buses covering 11,107 daily scheduled kilometers on 15 routes with 345 employees. At present,[when?] the PRTC owns 1,142 ordinary buses on 600 routes (including inter-state routes), covering a daily mileage of 349,928 kilometers. It has 3,993 employees, of which 1,022 are regular.[2] PRTC has 9 depots and 15 bus stands across the Punjab, located atPatiala, Bathinda,Kapurthala,Barnala, Sangrur, Budhlada,Faridkot,Ludhiana,Chandigarh and Special Cell of KM Scheme at Patiala.
