Hah! This used to be my favorite past time in childhood.
I still remember the bus depots that had TATAs & ASHOK LEYLANDs as their preferred buses.
And the depots belong to various districts/ tehsils of :
PUNJAB ROADWAYS:
TATAs - Amritsar, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Nangal......
LEYLANDs - Batala, Jullundhur, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Ferozepur, Ropar....
P.R.T.C ( PEPSU road transport corporation)
TATAs - Patiala, Sangrur.....
LEYLANDs - Bhatinda,Muktsar....
H.R.T.C ( Himachal road transport corporation)
TATAs - Pathankot, Chamba, Dharmsala,Baijnath....earlier most of depots were having TATA buses
LEYLANDs - Una, Sarkaghat...
C.T.U ( Chandigarh transport corporation), they started using VIKING & CHEETAH models of ASHOK LEYLAND in 80s
HARYANA ROADWAYS:
TATAs - Ambala, Karnal, Chandigarh, Yamunanagar....
LEYLANDs - Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rewari, Hisar, Sirsa....
& D.T.C ( now forgotton somewhat ) |