The MSRTC operates its services by the approved scheme of road transport published vide Notification MVA 3173/30303-XIIA dated 29 November 1973 in the official gazette.

The undertaking is operating stage and contract carriage services in the entire area of the state of Maharashtra except S.T.

[11][12] Tracing the history that saw this development, we go back to the 1920s; when various entrepreneurs started operations in the public transport sector.

Till the Motor Vehicle Act came into being in 1939, there were no regulations monitoring their activities which resulted in arbitrary competition and unregulated fares.

This also proved to be beneficial for travelers as some sort of schedule set in; with a time table, designated pick-up points, conductors, and fixed ticket prices.

Later, in 1960, aluminium bodies were introduced as steel corrodes, especially in coastal areas, and the colour code also changed to red from the blue and silver.

buses are also used for transportation of the postal mail, distribution of medicines, newspapers and even tiffins sent by people from rural areas to their relatives in cities.

[13] The Shivneri air conditioned bus service consists of Volvo 9400R and Scania Metrolink buses.

[15] In 2018, MSRTC added approximately a 1,000 special non-AC Vithai buses, which were introduced to ferry passengers to the pilgrim town of Pandharpur in Solapur district.

[16] In 2019, the MSRTC introduced new non-air conditioned buses with beds and recliner chairs specially designed for long overnight routes.

MSRTC would get 50 electric buses in July 2022 which will be deployed from Pune to four cities — Nashik, Solapur, Kolhapur and Sambhajinagar.

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