Encyclopedia > Calcutta State Transport Corporation
Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC) is a West Bengalstate governmentundertaken transport corporation. Headquartered in Kolkata it was set up in 1948. It plies buses in Kolkata and the nearby districts of West Bengal with some long distance services. CSTC owns many depots in and around Kolkata to station their buses. West Bengal (Bengali: পশà§à¦à¦¿à¦®à¦¬à¦à§à¦, PÅshchimbäÅgÅ) is a state in eastern India. ... A state government is the government of a subnational entity in nation-states with federal forms of government, which shares political power with the federal government or national government. ... A Public Sector Undertaking is a corporation in the Public sector in India. ... A corporation is a legal person which, while being composed of natural persons, exists completely separately from them. ... (IPA: [] Bengali: à¦à¦²à¦à¦¾à¦¤à¦¾) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... This article is about the form of transport. ... A Depot is usually a centralised store or operating base for logistical use by commercial or governmental bodies. ...
External link
Department of Transport from the Government of West Bengal website