What SRS Travels does

SRS Travels is an India-based passenger transportation and travel services company, founded in 1971 and headquartered in Bangalore with operations historically anchored in Karnataka's Tumakuru region. The company offers online bus ticket booking, travel packages, and daily trips, operating a fleet of at least 63 vehicles across regional and intercity routes within India.

The business model appears to combine asset-heavy fleet operations (ticket revenue from bus services) with a basic online booking portal at srstravels.net. The company employs 51–100 people and serves primarily retail passengers traveling within Karnataka, with broader India-wide service implied by its travel-packages offering. No app, API, or proprietary technology platform is documented; the technology footprint is limited to a standard web-based booking experience.

The company has been in distress since the death of its founder in 2021. A cooperative bank in Tumakuru classified the company's loan account as a non-performing asset and seized 63 pledged vehicles in 2023. Ongoing legal proceedings in 2026 involve the founder's daughter alleging forged signatures on the late father's loan documents. Operational continuity is under question given the encumbered asset base and unresolved ownership transition.

Name

SRS Travels

Website

https://srstravels.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SRS Travels is an Indian regional bus operator and travel services company, founded in 1971 and based in Bangalore/Tumakuru. It runs a fleet of at least 63 vehicles offering intercity bus tickets, travel packages, and daily trips across India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel

Core offering

SRS Travels operates a passenger road transportation service in India, offering online bus ticket booking, curated travel packages, and daily trip services across multiple routes. The company maintains its own fleet of at least 63 vehicles and serves travelers in the Karnataka region and across India, with operations traceable back to 1971.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Bus Ticket Booking
• Travel Packages

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• AbhiBus: Online bus ticketing and intercity travel platform owned by ixigo. Comparable to SRS Travels as a competing channel for booking scheduled bus travel across India, with overlapping customer base and route coverage.
• Kallada Travels: South India-based private bus operator offering intercity and long-distance services. Comparable to SRS Travels as a regional competitor with similar fleet operations and online booking presence.
• VRL Travels: Large pan-India intercity bus and logistics operator with its own fleet and online booking. Comparable to SRS Travels as a fellow private bus operator running scheduled intercity routes with similar service mix.
• RedBus: India's leading online bus ticketing platform aggregating intercity bus inventory across operators. Directly comparable to SRS Travels because both compete for the same intercity bus passengers and the same booking demand, though RedBus is asset-light and SRS Travels operates its own fleet.
• Parveen Travels: Tamil Nadu-based private bus operator running scheduled intercity services. Comparable to SRS Travels in fleet-based passenger transport, South Indian route overlap, and target customer profile.
• Orange Tours & Travels: South India-focused private intercity bus operator with sleeper and seater services. Comparable to SRS Travels in operating model, fleet-based intercity passenger service, and South Indian route network overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Cleartrip: Indian online travel platform offering bus, flight, and hotel booking. Comparable to SRS Travels as an aggregator channel competing for the same bus passengers, though operating a much wider multi-modal portfolio.
• MakeMyTrip: India's largest online travel agency offering bus, train, flight, and hotel booking. Comparable to SRS Travels because its bus booking vertical competes directly for SRS Travels' customers, though as a much broader multi-modal platform.
• Yatra: Indian online travel agency providing bus, rail, and air ticketing along with holiday packages. Comparable to SRS Travels as a competing sales channel for intercity bus and travel package demand.

Emerging players

• IntrCity SmartBus: Tech-enabled intercity bus brand operating premium services on key Indian routes. Comparable to SRS Travels as an intercity bus operator competing for similar passengers, with a stronger digital and brand positioning.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thesrstravels
• Facebookfacebook.com/SRSTravelsAndLogisticsPvtLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/srs-travels-and-logistics-pvt-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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