Nizam State Railways - Road Transport Division

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Nizam State Rail & Road Transport Department
Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
Albion Motors bus of NSR travelling on Tank Bund. c. 1932

Nizam State Rail & Road Transport Department (N.S.R-R.T.D) was a wing of the

Road Transport Department
to nationalize passenger Road Transport Services in the year of 1932.

History

Beginning in 1932, scheduled bus services – under the auspices of the railway administration – began over 450 km with 27 vehicles. Within a decade, at a total expense of 7½ million HRs. this was extended to nearly 500 vehicles, servicing 7200 km.[1]

A bus of NSR. c. 1932

The last Nizam

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII.[2]
On 1 November 1951 it is renamed as a Department of Hyderabad State Government and later formed as
APSRTC in 1958.[3]

The Deccan Queen bus at Vijayawada bus station

See also

References

  1. ISBN 81-85492-20-4
    ; S. 221
  2. ^ "Nizam's wife gifted first bus service to Secunderabad". The Hans India. 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "APSRTC - Profile". apsrtc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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