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Nizam State Rail & Road Transport Department
IndustryBus Service
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Headquarters ,
India

Area served

Nizam State

Key people

Nizam of Hyderabad
ServicesPublic Road Transport Service

Number of employees

166 (1932)
ParentNizam'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 Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway in the former Hyderabad State. It was the first Road Transport Department to nationalize passenger Road Transport Services in the year of 1932.

History[edit]

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 handed over the (N.S.R-R.T.D) to the Indian Government and he made an agreement that every bus number should include the letter Z, as the letter ‘Z’ in the number plate represents Zahra Begum, mother of Nawab 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nayeem, M. A.; The Splendour of Hyderabad; Hyderabad ²2002 [Orig.: Bombay ¹1987]; ISBN 81-85492-20-4; S. 221
  • ^ "Nizam's wife gifted first bus service to Secunderabad". The Hans India. 15 September 2017.
  • ^ "APSRTC - Profile". apsrtc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nizam_State_Railways_-_Road_Transport_Division&oldid=1211774176"

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