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5.34 Financial performance of KSRTC is not sufficient due to increase in operating expenditure, INFRASTRUCTURE
hike in pension commitments, increase in interest payments, operation in uneconomic routes and
granting concessional travel add loss to the Corporation.

5.35 Though there are only 175 buses per 10 lakh population in Kerala, the fleet utilisation is
only 81.8 percent and more than 12 percent of the buses are under repair and 36 percent of the
vehicles were over aged. Staff per bus ratio is as high as 6.95. The number of breakdowns per lakh
kilometres in KSRTC is around 6 while that of neighbouring Karnataka RTC (KnRTC) and BMTC are
less than one. Other internal indicators of KSRTC is given in Box 5.3. The details of buses owned
by KSRTC is shown in Appendix 5.18.

Box 5.3
Internal Indicators of KSRTC

• Staff productivity (Kms/staff/day) 2012-13 2013-14
• Vehicle productivity (Kms/bus/day)
• Fuel Efficiency (Km/litreof HSD) 37.64 36.53
• Passengers carried/bus/day 261.63 328.13
• Staff cost as % of total cost 4.19 4.15
• Fuel & lubricant cost as % of total cost 598.6 662
46.50 46.77
33.21 28.54

Source :KSRTC

5.36 KSRTC had initiated construction of Bus terminal cum Commercial Complex directly and on
BOT basis through KTDFC in commercially viable locations in order to improve operational facilities
and to enhance non operational revenue of the Corporation. On BOT basis the work of constuction
of Bus terminal cum Commercial Complex at Thiruvananthapuram Central has been completed and
works at Thiruvalla and Kozhikode are nearing completion.

Railways

5.37 The Indian Railway system is the second largest network in the World under a single management.
It provides one of the cheapest means of transport in India. The State total railway route has a
length of 1257 km and covers 13 railway routes. The Railway Divisions at Thiruvananthapuram,
Palakkad and Maduari jointly carry out Railway operations in Kerala. Total route Km of 623.76 Km
of Thiruvananthapuram division comprises of 494.76 Km in Kerala State and 129 Km in Tamil Nadu
State. Thiruvananthapuram Division is the largest coaching division of Southern Railway with coach
holding of 1572 (bars) coaches. The Division maintains 40 Express trains and 53 passenger trains.
The details of new Trains introduced during 2013-14 is given in Box No. 5.4

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