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TNSTC along with its subsidiaries, owns 321 depots and five workshops with a combined fleet strength of 21,678 buses. TNSTC also offers contract and tourist services. Every bus owned by the corporation displays a portrait of Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar along with a two-line verse from Thirukkural inside the bus.
State Express Transport Corporation - Tamil Nadu Ltd - (SETC) is a state-owned transport corporation that runs long-distance mofussil services exceeding 300 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu and major cities in adjoining states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and the union territory of Puducherry.
An air conditioned bus operated by SETC As of 2020, 32,598 buses are operated with the state transport units operating 20,946 buses along with 7,596 private buses and 4,056 mini buses. [ 9 ] Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) run by Government of Tamil Nadu is the primary public transport bus operator in the state.
As of 2023, the state transport units operated 20,213 buses apart from 7,814 private buses and 3,990 mini-buses. [4] TNSTC has six operational divisions operating under the department and operates most inter-city services and intra-city services except in Chennai while SETC operates long distances bus services connecting major towns. [ 3 ]
Public Bus Transport Services: State Govt. Undertaking: Segmented into seven independent divisions: www.tnstc.in: 13 Chennai Metro Rail Limited: 29 June 2015 Chennai: Transport Metro Rail services Undertaken by State Govt. and central Govt. A joint P.S.U. Between government of Tamil Nadu and government of India.
During the year 2003–2005, 114 buses were purchased for replacement. After bifurcation and formation of new region based at Tiruppur, the TNSTC Erode Region has a total of770 buses attached with 13 Bus Depots, as of 2021. [5] The State Express bus Transport Corporation (SETC) operates express services to various places from Erode.
The proposal included the addition of 14 at-grade bus stops and three bus stops in the route's 6.87 km (4.27 mi) elevated section. [36] A May 2015 feasibility study by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and Tamil Nadu 's Transport Department & Commissionerate of Municipal Administration indicated that bus transportation was ...
According to Union Transport Ministry of India on March 22, 2016, Chennai was reported to have the most crowded buses in the country with 1300 passengers per bus per day per direction. This is due to the extensive routes the buses ply to and also the cost which is reasonably less than some of the major cities in the country.