Online bus ticket reservation sites

A number of websites have come up recently that offers online bus ticket reservation. All of them , with the exception of Raj Travels, concentrate on destinations in a particular state or region. However in spite of several inherent limitations these sites do go a long way towards making the reservation process a simpler and transparent process.

I have listed the websites I have managed to come across so far.It would be great if other members could add to the list and describe their experience while actually using one of these sites for booking a seat.


www.rajnationalexpress.in - North,Central,West and South India (State/Region covered)

www.ticketvala.com - Maharashtra and surrounding states

www.prasannatours.com - Maharashtra

www.yatra.com - Maharashtra/Goa/Karnataka/Andhra Pradesh

www.redbus.in - South India

www.iticket.in - South India

www.ksrtc.in - Karnataka

www.customerneedz.com - South India

www.kpntravels.in - Kerala/Karnataka/Tamil Nadu

www.himachalhotels.in - Himachal Pradesh/Delhi

www.himachaltourism.net - Offers only Delhi-Manali booking at present

www.theluxurybuses.com - Delhi - Manali,Jammu,Katra

Mod Note: To bring this up to date further websites have been added below:

http://www.travelyaari.com/ Link provided by snehansu-love2travel. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../3/#post643202

http://eroad.in/ Link provided by capt_mahajan. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../3/#post643193

http://www.onlinebusticketbooking.in/ Link provided by Pooja Nagpal. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../3/#post643189

http://www.makemytrip.com/bus-tickets/ Link provided by Epicure. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../4/#post724838

http://www.ezeego1.co.in/live/bussea...roductType=BUS Link provided by Epicure.Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../4/#post724994

http://www.ixigo.com/ Link provided by machadinha. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../4/#post762730

http://apsrtc.in/ Link provided by Epicure. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../4/#post766777

Links provided by Epicure. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../4/#post816580

http://www.abhibus.com/

http://www.ticketkaran.in/

http://www.travelyaari.com/

http://www.locall.in/touristplace_Bus.php

http://www.bookcheapest.com/

http://www.volvobusesindia.com/

http://www.saharabus.com/

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/tickets/

http://www.ksrtc.in/MobileBooking.html - Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) now offers bus ticket reservation using a mobile phone

http://www.royalcruiser.com/ - West Bengal . Link provided by sumangc. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses...5/#post1099646

http://buses.nomorequeue.com/ - "Hyderabad to Bangalore ...bus routes especially concentrated in AP" . Link provided by Rithika1. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses...5/#post1107703

http://himachal.nic.in/hrtc/ - Himachal Road Transport Corpn. buses can be booked here .

http://bangaloretrips.googlepages.co...onedaytriplist -

www.gobyroad.com - Maharashtra/Gujarat/Madhya Pradesh

www.abhibus.com - Hyderabad to Mumbai/Vijayawada

http://www.kankerroadways.com/ - Chhattisgarh

http://www.indiabusticket.com:9080/cbs/control? . Link provided by shahronakm. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../2/#post419937

http://checkouttrip.com/


http://www.rsrtc.gov.in/ - Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation . Link provided by machadinha. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../3/#post579456

http://dtc.nic.in/ - Delhi - City & Interstate bus routes & services . Link provided by machadinha. Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../3/#post615407

"Bus Schedule in Maharashtra" . Link provided by jkmohanta . Original post - http://www.indiamike.com/india/buses.../3/#post607589

http://msrtconline.in/timetable.aspx
http://www.neetavolvo.com/php/all_ci...php%2Fhome.php

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation ( KSRTC) - Major Cities in Kerala, Coimbatore and Bangalore:
http://210.212.239.117:8080/KsrtcOnlineR/

http://www.apnabus.in - Hyderabad to Mumbai/Bangalore. link provided by vbitra. original post here.

Very useful thread, hopefully others will add more websites.

www.apsrtc.net --- for fares/timings/routes etc in Andhra Pradesh, operated by state-owned carrier. This site do not have internet booking facility but gives info on telephone reservation / reservation counters / authorised travel agents etc.


http://www.altimatravels.com/busbooking.htm

http://www.brindavantravels.com/busbooking.aspx

http://travelindia.t35.com/busreservations.html (reservations from Hyderabad)

http://www.paulotravels.com/index.html

http://www.redbus.in/index.aspx

Himachal Road Transport Corpn. buses can be booked here:

http://himachal.nic.in/hrtc/

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http://bangaloretrips.googlepages.co...onedaytriplist

Page also displays list of car rental agencies in Bangalore and the local bus transport (BMTC) routes.

For what it's worth, can't vouch for these nor even if they do reservations, thought I'd drop them here though. Probably picked up from IM anyway:

http://www.indiatransit.com/
http://www.busstation.net/ (International)

VRL Vijayanand Roadlines.. Not sure if it works fine..

http://www.vrlgroup.in/

I noticed this website advertised on Indiamike today in the "Sponsored Links" section :-

www.gobyroad.com - Maharashtra/Gujarat/Madhya Pradesh

According to the press release at the launch of the site abhibus.com they have a tie-up with 17 fleet owners and plans to cater to 200 cities;however as of now the reservation facility is available only on Hyderabad to Mumbai and Vijayawada route.

www.abhibus.com - Hyderabad to Mumbai/Vijayawada

Very useful thread.

Ronak.

http://kesinenitravels.com specially only for andhra pradesh

Also Hyderabad to Mumbai, Pune and Shirdi, also Hyderabad to Bangalore and Chennai.

Nice, easy to understand website that shows all timetables (last column is journey time not arrival time), allows you to choose a seat.

It's just a pity that buses are priced higher than 3-tier air con in trains.

wow... neat stuff. definitely helpful!!

It is because of "Flexibility" the travels companies and passengers have. Bus driver can stop the bus at any place in the city and the passengers have the privilege to board the bus at different boarding points of their choice. Lets not talk about traffic rules and regulations here. Also, their "push strategy" , i mean, tickets are sold by their agents add to ticket price. And in weekends and festival period, the rush is so high that at times tickets are sold in high premiums. There was a time when one of my friends bought A/C Volvo bus ticket B'lore to chennai for Rs1000 as against normal price of Rs550 in festival period.

...and you get to pick seats as well !



Look at the nice little gear stick , pity the image is too small for the dashboard deity.

Thanx guys !

I just checked for Rajahmundry-Chennai on a Tuesday and it was Rs750, the train fare in 3 tier air con is Rs661.

The buses look good, and I understand the flexibility, but prefer the on-board flexibility of trains.

It's always good to know the alternatives though.