North Bengal State Transport Corporation

2026-03-31T02:40:23Z

164.134.6.198: quick updated intro per sources and corrected details

{{Short description|Transport company in West Bengal, India}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox bus company
| name = North Bengal State Transport Corporation
| logo =
| 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>
| headquarters = Paribahan Bhavan, Sagar Dighi West, Coochbehar-736101
| service_area = West Bengal, [[Assam]], [[Sikkim]], [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]
| service_type = Bus transport network
| 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 =
| 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>
| 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>
| ridership = 100,000+<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Bengal State Transport Corporation |url=https://nbstc.in/index.php |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=nbstc.in}}</ref>
| annual_ridership = 1.2 million+
| fuel_type = [[Diesel fuel]]
| operator = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| ceo = {{Flatlist|
* Partha Pratim Ray (Chairman)
* 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>
}}
| website = {{URL|nbstc.in}}
}}

'''North Bengal State Transport Corporation''' ('''NBSTC''') is a [[state government]] [[Public Sector Undertaking|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbgov.com/E-gov/English/Departments/DeptDetails.asp?DpId=250&LinkId=8&type=1|title=Department of Transport from the Government of West Bengal}}</ref> The corporation runs premium long haul buses as well as local buses. It is one of the most favoured bus operators in West Bengal.

==Incidents==

* 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=3 killed as bus rams into standing truck in Murshidabad|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/three-killed-as-bus-rams-into-standing-truck-in-murshidabad/cid/1833730|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Pinak Priya Bhattacharya|date=Oct 6, 2020|title=Five killed in head-on car-bus crash in Alipurduar {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/five-killed-in-head-on-car-bus-crash-in-alipurduar/articleshow/78503342.cms|access-date=2021-10-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-29|title=36 killed as bus falls into deep canal in Murshidabad|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/bus-falls-into-canal-breaking-bridge-railing-in-west-bengals-murshidabad-many-feared-dead/article22548647.ece|access-date=2021-10-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{State owned road transport companies in India}}

[[Category:State agencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bus companies of India]]
[[Category:State road transport corporations of India]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1982]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1982]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1982]]

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