North Bengal State Transport Corporation: Difference between revisions

 

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{{Infobox bus company

{{Infobox bus company

| name = North Bengal State Transport Corporation

| name = North Bengal State Transport Corporation

| native_name = উত্তরবঙ্গ রাষ্ট্রীয় পরিবহণ সংস্থা

| logo = North Bengal Transport Corporation Logo.jpg

| logo = North Bengal Transport Corporation Logo.jpg

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999 |title=ORGANISATION STRUCTURE OF NBSTC AND PERFORMANCE DURING 1980-81 TO 1997-98. |url=https://ir.nbu.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/565/9/09_CHAPTER_04.pdf |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=[[University of North Bengal]]}}</ref>

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999 |title=ORGANISATION STRUCTURE OF NBSTC AND PERFORMANCE DURING 1980-81 TO 1997-98. |url=https://ir.nbu.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/565/9/09_CHAPTER_04.pdf |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=[[University of North Bengal]]}}</ref>

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| service_area = West Bengal, [[Assam]], [[Sikkim]], [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]

| service_area = West Bengal, [[Assam]], [[Sikkim]], [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]

| service_type = Bus transport network

| service_type = Bus transport network

| jurisdiction = [[Government of West Bengal]]

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| routes = 459 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus Routes Of North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/bus-routes.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>

| routes = 459 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus Routes Of North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/bus-routes.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>

| destinations =

| destinations =

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| Divisions = Cooch Behar, Siliguri, Raiganj, Berhampore

| stations =

| =

| lounge =

| depots = 21 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Depots & Divisions – North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/depots-division.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>

| depots = 21 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Depots & Divisions – North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/depots-division.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>

| fleet = 650+ in service<ref>{{Cite web |last=MPost |date=2023-08-31 |title=Cooch Behar: NBSTC revamps bus fleet |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/cooch-behar-nbstc-revamps-bus-fleet-531235 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref>

| fleet = 650+ in service<ref>{{Cite web |last=MPost |date=2023-08-31 |title=Cooch Behar: NBSTC revamps bus fleet |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal/cooch-behar-nbstc-revamps-bus-fleet-531235 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref>

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* Dipankar Piplai (Managing Director)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Management – North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/managment.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>

* Dipankar Piplai (Managing Director)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Management – North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/managment.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>

}}

}}

| agency_type = Regional Transport Agency

| parent_agency = Department of Transport, Govt. of West Bengal

<ref>{{cite web|title=North Bengal State Transport Corporation to decorate buses with personalities, heritage sites pictures|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/north-bengal-state-transport-corporation-to-decorate-buses-with-personalities-heritage-sites-pictures/cid/1828174|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

| website = {{URL|nbstc.in}}

| website = {{URL|nbstc.in}}

}}

}}

North Bengal State Transport Corporation

Founded	1960; 65 years ago (1960)[1]
Headquarters	Paribahan Bhavan, Sagar Dighi West, Coochbehar-736101
Service area	West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Bihar and Jharkhand
Service type	Bus transport network
Routes	459 [2]
Depots	21 [3]
Fleet	650+ in service[4]
Daily ridership	100,000+[5]
Annual ridership	1.2 million+
Fuel type	Diesel fuel
Operator	Government of West Bengal
Chief executive	Partha Pratim Ray (Chairman) Dipankar Piplai (Managing Director)[6]
Website	nbstc.in

North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) is a state government run transport corporation in West Bengal, India. It plies buses mainly in North Bengal but operates services to other parts of West Bengal and neighboring states like Sikkim, Assam, and Bihar.^[7] The corporation runs premium long haul buses as well as local buses. It is one of the most favoured bus operators in West Bengal.

• In Early October 2021, a NBSTC bus rammed into a standing truck in Murshidabad, killing 3 people and leaving 10 injured. Later the police concluded that the bus driver could not estimate that the truck was motionless and this caused the fatal crash.^[8]
• An incident took place in Alipurduar in October 2020, where a car collided with a NBSTC bus leaving 5 dead and 6 injured. As per police reports, both the vehicles were speeding when the accident took place. The car collided with the bus when it was in a sharp turn with high speed.^[9]
• A NBSTC bus fell into a deep canal in January 2018 killing 36 people. This incident occurred in Murshidabad. Few survivors claim that it was the driver’s fault as he was speaking over his phone while driving.^[10]