KSRTC logs more than 62,000 daily Deepavali bookings from Bengaluru

KSRTC logged 65,416 seat reservations on November 6 and 62,499 on November 7 as Deepavali travellers booked services from Bengaluru and across Karnataka.

The corporation said average daily reservations over the previous three days were about 62,000, compared with around 37,000 a day during last year’s Deepavali period. The November 6 total was about 77% higher than that earlier daily average.

KSRTC said it has begun adding an additional bus to its online reservation system when a service on the same route fills up. More than 1,000 additional buses have been added to the booking platform through the initiative, which began about a month ago.

For Bengaluru passengers, 15 additional boarding points allow travellers to select a stop closer to home rather than first heading to a major terminal. KSRTC also scheduled more than 2,000 special buses on November 6 and 7, including services to towns and taluk centres beyond its usual major destinations.