page_title: Transport in India
section_title: Bus
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in India / Road / Bus
context_page_description: Transport in India consists of transport by land, water and air. Public transport is the primary mode of road transport for most
  of the Indian citizens, and India's public transport systems are among the most heavily used in the world.
  India's road network is the second-largest and one of the busiest in the world, transporting 8.225 billion passengers and over 980 million tonnes of cargo annually, as of 2015. India's rail network is the fourth largest and second busiest in the world, transporting 8.44 billion passengers and 1.23 billion tonnes of freight annually, as of 2019. Aviation in India, broadly divided into military and civil aviation, is the fastest-growing aviation market in the world and Bangalore with 65% national share is the largest aviation manufacturing hub of India. India's waterways network in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks, is the ninth largest waterway network in the world. Freight transport by waterways is highly under-utilised in India with the total cargo moved by inland waterways being 0.1 percent of the total inland traffic in India. Roads in India are maintained by-National Highway Authority Of India.
context_section_description: Buses are an important means of public transport in India. Due to this social significance, urban bus transport is often owned and operated by public agencies, and most state governments operate bus services through a State Road Transport Corporation. These corporations have proven extremely useful in connecting villages and towns across the country. Alongside the public companies there are many private bus fleets:As of 2012, there were 131,800 publicly owned buses in India, but 1,544,700 buses owned by private companies.
  However, the share of buses is negligible in most Indian cities as compared to personalised vehicles, and two-wheelers and cars account for more than 80 percent of the vehicle population in most large cities.
caption: Mumbai's B.E.S.T. is India's oldest operating transport body
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