KOCHI: Online bus booking portal redBus.in has officially entered into a partnership with state-owned KSRTC. This collaboration aims to provide travellers seeking to travel on KSRTC buses with an upgraded and expedited bus booking system.
The services will cover routes within Kerala and extend to neighbouring states such as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, a KSRTC spokesperson said, and added that this will encourage more people to adopt digital transactions.
redBus has integrated with KSRTC’s latest application programming interface, and accepts bookings for its bus services.
“In particular, the move will support travellers returning from holidays and those planning Christmas and New Year trips. KSRTC runs around 6,000 bus services per day and 800+ bus services are now available for online booking on redBus,” said the spokesperson.
Manoj Agarwala, chief business officer, redBus said, “Our data-driven approach allows us to work closely with the corporation, analysing travel patterns and implementing solutions to meet the increased demand. We are expecting a surge in bookings on the redBus platform for travel to and within the state ahead of Christmas and New Year.”
Currently, KSRTC has 800+ buses that allow online booking and sells around 40,000 tickets online a day on its website.