In order to cater to the transport needs of the travelling public of the then state of Mysore,Mysore Government Road Transport Department(MGRTD) wasinaugurated with 120 buses on 12th September 1948. The State Transport, which was being administered as a Department of the Govt. of Mysore wassubsequentlyconverted intoan independentCorporation under Section 3 ofthe Road Transport CorporationAct, 1950 on 1st of August 1961. The assets and liabilities of MGRTD except those of BTS unit as on 01-08-1961werepassedonto the new Corporation, which was named as MSRTC. The assets and liabilities of the residual MGRTDi.e. of BTS Unitwere subsequentlypassedonto the Corporation on 1st of October 1961. Thus, a Corporation wasultimatelyestablished for the entire State of Mysore. At the beginning, the passenger transport services were operated in 6 Divisions-5 Divisions operating mofussil services and 1 Division operating city services of Bangalore. It had 37 Depots, 2 Regional Workshops and a Central Office at Bangalore. There were 15 permanent and 30 temporary bus stations with 35 wayside shelters and 104 pick-up shelters. The total number of employees deployed was 9705 and the staff ratio perschedule was 9.43. The total number of routes operated was 1065 with 1029 schedules and routelengthof 32,134miles,average daily scheduled mileagebeing127571. The total number of inter-state routes operated by the Corporation on a reciprocal basis with the neighbouring States were 40 ie., 29 in Maharashtra, 1 in Goa, 7 in Andhra Pradesh, 2 in Tamilnadu and 1 in Kerala. The total number of vehicles held was 1518 with averagevehicle utilisation of 123.8 miles. The average number of passengers carried per day was 4.35 lakh. The rate ofbreakdown was 1.88 and that of accident was 1.19. Earning per Mile (EPM)realized was 161.6 Ps.,andCost per Mile (CPM)was 127.2 Ps.,resulting in net profit margin of 34.4 Ps/mile.