The Kerala State Highway Transport Company (KSRTC) is ready to introduce route numbers in its metropolis providers working within the capital on a trial foundation.

The numbers are being assigned to the KSRTC fleet on the idea of a examine carried out by the administration wing of the Kannur College in affiliation with the district administration and the Thiruvananthapuram district promotion council (TDTPC) in 2016.

The KSRTC providers in Thiruvananthapuram metropolis will bear a blue color code, Neyyattinkara and Kattakada taluks yellow, Nedumangad taluk inexperienced and Chirayinkeezhu and Varkala taluks purple.

For straightforward identification, the providers within the capital metropolis have been assigned numbers beginning with 1, 2 and three, Neyyattinkara and Kattakada taluks 4 and 5, Nedumangad taluk 6 and seven and Varkala and Chirayinkeezhu taluks 8 and 9.

The route quantity with color coding might be displayed on the left aspect of the vacation spot board. The abbreviation whether or not the service is Metropolis Atypical (CTY) and Metropolis Quick Passenger (CFP) with color coding might be displayed on the best aspect.

Color coding may also be adopted in designing the vacation spot boards. Locations might be written in black and blue within the Metropolis Atypical providers. Within the Metropolis Quick providers, black and purple might be used.

Useful system

Biju Prabhakar, Chairman and Managing Director, KSRTC, stated on Saturday that the route numbering system has been carried out to learn even migrant staff, vacationers and senior residents.

Numbering for routes inside metropolis providers has been accomplished. Based mostly on the suggestions from commuters, the KSRTC will prolong the route numbering system somewhere else within the capital district and later the whole State, stated Mr. Prabhakar.