Good old KSRTC "Super Delux" buses

binaiks · 9th February 2010, 13:03

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Originally Posted by lohithrao

in 94-95 i saw some old buses been inducted in "BTS" and later many buses were converted to "red/shuttle" as they got old.

Do you mean these buses by any chance?

Good old KSRTC "Super Delux" buses-p1140752.jpg

Good old KSRTC "Super Delux" buses-p1200320.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mr_Bean

When I was a kid, I used to visit my grandparents in kerala during my vacation time, something which evoke laughter in me everytime I see

Please credit photographs to its owner - irrespective of whether you googled it or not.

Plus, what is the factor that "evokes" laughter in you in the image? (Just out of curiosity).

lohithrao · 9th February 2010, 13:11

binaiks, something similar to the first picture. normally they just take the front or back portion of those buses.

lets keep looking am sure/hope to find some pics soon.

pramod · 9th February 2010, 13:27

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Originally Posted by n.devdath

And those super deluxe buses used to ply from Blore to Mumbai in those days of single lane .

I remember going to Majestic KSRTC bus stand and see the Mangalore buses parked 1 behind the other on the Mysore bus terminal side.
From 10 PM to 11:50 PM there were 15 Mangalore buses.
And the last one at 11:50 PM was a ACGL bus.
Most of the others were Super delux

lohithrao · 9th February 2010, 14:07

As per i remember there was 1 which used to go towards "Kundapura"
about 3-4 for Udupi and i guess about 3 to Mangalore

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Originally Posted by pramod

I remember going to Majestic KSRTC bus stand and see the Mangalore buses parked 1 behind the other on the Mysore bus terminal side.
From 10 PM to 11:50 PM there were 15 Mangalore buses.
And the last one at 11:50 PM was a ACGL bus.
Most of the others were Super delux

Spitfire · 9th February 2010, 14:22

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Originally Posted by binaiks

Plus, what is the factor that "evokes" laughter in you in the image? (Just out of curiosity).

He may have meant a smile.

Hint: Visit to grandparents when I was a kid.

HammerHead · 9th February 2010, 14:38

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Originally Posted by lohithrao

Hey folks i have been a big fan of the KSRTC "Super Delux" buses, which were in use 10-15 years back...if am not wrong they had a color combo of pista green and off white..

Is this the one you are referring to by any chance?
Source: ksrtcblog.com

greenhorn · 9th February 2010, 14:48

nah, those are KeSRTC express buses

Soccerfan · 9th February 2010, 14:55

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Originally Posted by HammerHead

Is this the one you are referring to by any chance?
Source: ksrtcblog.com

No this the Kerala SRTC bus. What he was looking for is the Karnataka SRTC o9ne

srishiva · 9th February 2010, 15:11

Man, Now I want to see the pics of those old buses too! A lot of confusion on Karnataka and Kerala transport corporations.
I remember the old days when I was a fan of TATA bus looks and my elder brother of AL.

HammerHead · 9th February 2010, 15:32

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Originally Posted by greenhorn

nah, those are KeSRTC express buses

Oh, my bad!!

May be

Since we are talking about buses and I traveled a lot within Karnataka, TN, Kerala and Andhra between 2000-2005, the only bus which made me smile was from some private transport company by name "Shaheen Travels" who had a King Long bus running between Coimbatore to Kalpakkam. This bus was divided into 2 sections and had a partition with door. The front section had total 8 seats, 4 on each side (1+1) and the back section which was on the other side of partition was a normal 2+2 section like in Volvo.

This bus had
1. Feather touch A/C controls for each passenger.
2. Had a CRT TV like in Volvo but it was not like a normal CRT TV. There were no controls on the TV and all the controls were on the dash. TV had King Long written on it.
3. Even the straps on the curtains had King Long written.
4. The bus was slightly wider then Volvo

Anyone remember this bus?

vasanthn21 · 9th February 2010, 16:29

I remember the super deluxe. I used to travel frequently between Mangalore and Bangalore.

There was also the Semi Deluxe which in my (and my family's opinion) had better seat comfort than the super deluxe.

Will try to hunt for the pics.

nbr · 10th February 2010, 23:09

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Originally Posted by vasanthn21

I remember the super deluxe. I used to travel frequently between Mangalore and Bangalore.

There was also the Semi Deluxe which in my (and my family's opinion) had better seat comfort than the super deluxe.

Will try to hunt for the pics.

Even i have been literally digging into Google on a daily basis to get those super delux bus photos. As far as my knowledge goes, the super delux buses from the Mangalore bus depot got phased out from the Mangalore-Bangalore route and diverted to short journey routes like Mangalore - Bantwal,Puttur & Dharmastala routes. They went on remodifying with different colours and shapes whenever it met with an accident.

f1fan · 11th February 2010, 10:44

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Originally Posted by vasanthn21

I remember the super deluxe. I used to travel frequently between Mangalore and Bangalore.

There was also the Semi Deluxe which in my (and my family's opinion) had better seat comfort than the super deluxe.

Will try to hunt for the pics.

Yup, remember these buses.
They used to run everynight at half an hour frequency from Mangalore to BLR. I had done a lot of Udipi-BLR and BLR-Mysore in these buses.

lohithrao · 9th March 2010, 12:48

Folks got some lead...

Otherday had been to KSRTC bustop and when i did some asking around i was told that in the dippo i might be able to find some pics. i might drop in this weekend..

anyone in Mangalore want to join me in this quest?

condor · 9th March 2010, 13:28

@Lohith, cant help but smile on reading your post. Only on TBHP can you find nuts like us who go after pics of busses, and even ask others to join in the hunt.

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srishiva

: A lot of confusion on Karnataka and Kerala transport corporations.

Srishiva, that's why we are using the different names KaSRTC and KeSRTC to differentiate between the two.

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lohithrao Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kudla/Mangaluru Posts: 3,204 Thanked: 225 Times View My Garage	binaiks, something similar to the first picture. normally they just take the front or back portion of those buses. lets keep looking am sure/hope to find some pics soon.
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greenhorn BANNED Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,880 Thanked: 4,908 Times View My Garage	nah, those are KeSRTC express buses
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srishiva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 4,375 Thanked: 2,260 Times	Man, Now I want to see the pics of those old buses too! A lot of confusion on Karnataka and Kerala transport corporations. I remember the old days when I was a fan of TATA bus looks and my elder brother of AL.
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vasanthn21 BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 815 Thanked: 524 Times View My Garage	I remember the super deluxe. I used to travel frequently between Mangalore and Bangalore. There was also the Semi Deluxe which in my (and my family's opinion) had better seat comfort than the super deluxe. Will try to hunt for the pics.
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9th March 2010, 12:48	#44
lohithrao Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kudla/Mangaluru Posts: 3,204 Thanked: 225 Times View My Garage	Folks got some lead... Otherday had been to KSRTC bustop and when i did some asking around i was told that in the dippo i might be able to find some pics. i might drop in this weekend.. anyone in Mangalore want to join me in this quest?
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