Operation of 1500 additional buses by KSRTC during Gowri-Ganesha Festival

In view of Gowri and Ganesha festival on 26.08.2025 and 27.08.2025 respectively, KSRTC has made elaborate arrangements for operating 1500 extra buses from Bengaluru to various places as mentioned below in addition to the existing schedules to provide transport facility to the traveling public from 25.08.2025 to 26.08.2025. Later, special buses will be operated from various places of Intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 27.08.2025 and 31.08.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali,
Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
All premier Special buses will be operated from BMTC Bus Station, Shanthinagar (TTMC) to Madurai, Kumbakonam, Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Khozikode and other places in Tamil
Nadu and Kerala state.
Facility is provided to book computerized reservation tickets in advance for the special buses.
Reserved passengers are requested to note the place of boarding in their reservation ticket.
Passengers can book tickets online by logging on to www.ksrtc.karnataka.gov.in
Advance reservation of tickets for the special and scheduled buses of KSRTC can be booked through counters in Karnataka & other States.
A discount of 5% on the fare will be extended, if four or more passenger’s book tickets in a single ticket and a discount of 10% is offered on the return journey ticket if onward and return journey tickets are booked simultaneously.
Advance Reservation of tickets for the services of KSRTC can be booked through the booking counters established by KSRTC at important cities of neighbouring States i.e. Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Puduchery, Maharashtra and Goa State.
The details of the special operations like place and timings of departure have been provided in the computerized advance reservation network and also in the advance reservation tickets and KSRTC website for the information of the traveling public.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.