Launch of Online Bus Reservation System
The ‘Online Bus Reservation Monitoring System (OBRMS)’, ‘CTU Musafir App’ and ‘CTU Conductor App’ of Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU), Chandigarh Administration were launched by Dr Ajay Kumar Singla, IAS, Secretary Transport, UT Chandigarh on 27th January 2020. Also present on the occasion were Mr Uma Shankar Gupta, PCS, Director Transport, MrVivek Verma, SIO NIC, Mr Amit Gupta, GM CTU, Mr Yashjit Gupta, GM CCBSS, Mr Rajesh Gupta, Regional Manager SBI and officers from CTU, NIC and SBI.
Chandigarh Transport Undertaking is operating 167 Inter-State buses on 51 routes in adjoining states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and National Capital Region of Delhi. To start with OBRMS has been launched for long route buses. CTU has recently procured 79 Nos. new HVAC buses and CTU charges only 20% extra of ordinary fare in these buses. The tickets can be booked at web portal http://ctuonline.chd.gov.in and through “CTU Musafir Mobile App”. The online tickets can be booked from Trip originating station to end station, with no reservation charges, through the SBI MoPS payment gateway integrated in the system. The tickets can be booked 10 days in advance and one hour before schedule date and time of departure. Travellers will also be able to “Track the Bus”, give their feedback and register grievance. The application is integrated with eMail and SMS Gateway for the convenience of the users.