Dolphins, ithu elam namma oorukka ila other divisions ka? :ohno:

The Chasis are all for Nellai region main division only.

so many special buses running every month pournami and many more on chitra pournami & Deepam time but tiruvannamalai still lags quality centralized bus stand. so much of revenue generated by temple can be utilized for the development of town.

can anyone list recently(2-3yrs) expanded bus stands in tamil nadu (forget about look, i mean sufficient bus bays) like trichy CBS , Palani...

can anyone list recently(2-3yrs) expanded bus stands in tamil nadu (forget about look, i mean sufficient bus bays) like trichy CBS , Palani...

Kodaikanal
Hosur
Kovilpatti

in my memory i remember this

The Chasis are all for Nellai region main division only.

Mr. Dolphin can u tell me from which area munnar is very near from tamilnadu. I want the details of frequent buses to munnar.

^^ I think it is Theni...

Mr. Dolphin can u tell me from which area munnar is very near from tamilnadu. I want the details of frequent buses to munnar.

Munnar has got frequent buses from Theni. It also has connectivity through Udumalpet.

TNSTC-CBE runs 2 daily services from Coimbatore via Udumalpet. TNSTC-CBE also has one Palani-Munnar service via Udumalpet.

TNSTC-Madurai has one Madurai(Arapalayam)-Munnar service via Theni.

One KaSRTC runs a Bangalore-Munnar Rajahamsa via Coimbatore, Pollachi, Udumalpet,

Munnar has got frequent buses from Theni. It also has connectivity through Udumalpet.

TNSTC-CBE runs 2 daily services from Coimbatore via Udumalpet. TNSTC-CBE also has one Palani-Munnar service via Udumalpet.

TNSTC-Madurai has one Madurai(Arapalayam)-Munnar service via Theni.

One KaSRTC runs a Bangalore-Munnar Rajahamsa via Coimbatore, Pollachi, Udumalpet,

thank u for ur kind information.

Good.. Any technical details about this COBUS?

I dont understand the technical details. Are Ashok Leyland and Tata incapable of making this type of bus?

I dont understand the technical details. Are Ashok Leyland and Tata incapable of making this type of bus?

Leyland has Airport service bus. No idea about the other details and its look wise. This COBUS is a special type of bus of airport handling. It is an imported one from germany. I think TVM airport and few other airports in india already has this type. COBUS branded bus is famous for airport handling activities.

Mr. Dolphin can u tell me from which area munnar is very near from tamilnadu. I want the details of frequent buses to munnar.

The nearest place in TN, to Munnar is Bodinayakkannur. Theni is next.

KSRTC (Kerala) has frequent services to Theni (Via Bodi) and Udumalpet (Via Marayoor). TNSTC also operates Theni-Munnar services, IIRC. Not sure of Udumalpet route - but, like Dhandapani said, there are CBE-Munnar buses.

TNSTC Madurai operates three buses from Munnar to Madurai (Arapalayam, via Theni) at: 12.30, 14.15 and 18.00. KeSRTC will be starting services on the Munnar-Madurai route very soon.

Leyland has Airport service bus. No idea about the other details and its look wise. This COBUS is a special type of bus of airport handling. It is an imported one from germany. I think TVM airport and few other airports in india already has this type. COBUS branded bus is famous for airport handling activities.

Thanks :)

I am very well aware about coverages and actually I was replying to the earlier post which states that TNSTC VPM covers 70% of TN. What I was trying to say is that when compared to TNSTC VPM the other TCs like TNSTC ERODE,CBE,KKDI and TRICHY covers most of tamilnadu due to their location and base of operation form Coimbatore, tirupur,Madurai and Trichy. TNSTC VPM crossed trichy only few years back and running till madurai.

Here is the list of Long Distances operated by TNSTC KKDI which shows they don't have operations only in Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Vellore and small dist like Nigiris and Ariyalur. TNSTC KKDI operates to all other District they are holding the advantage of Southern KMU Region + a Depot in Madurai.

Madurai Routes of TNSTC KKDI

<> Tiruthani Via Trichy, Tindivanam,Vandavasi,Kancheepuram (Thiruvallur Dist)
<> Kancheepuram Via Trichy, Tindivanam,Vandavasi (Kanceepuram Dist)
<>Tiruvannamalai Via Trichy, Villupuram (Tiruvanamalai Dist)
<> Neyveli Via Trichy, Viruthachalam (Cudalore Dist)
<> Velankanni Via Thanjavur, Nagapatinum (Nagapatinum Dist)
<> Chidambaram Via Thanjavur, Mannargudi
<> Nagapatinum Via Thanjavur

Via Madurai Routes of TNSTC KKDI

Buses to COIMBATORE each from Ervadi Dharga, Rameswaram, Keelakkarai,Sayalkudi and Sivagangai via Madurai,Dharapuram
Buses to TIRUPUR each from Rameswaram, Keelakkarai,Sayalkudi and Thondi via Madurai,Dharapuram
Buses to ERODE each from Rameswaram and Ramnad via Madurai,KARUR
Buses to SALEM each from Ervadi Dharga, Keelakkarai, KAMUDI and Sivagangai via Madurai,Dindigul,Karur
Ervadi Dharga to Kumuli via Madurai, Theni, Cumbum
Rameswaram to Cumbum via Madurai, Theni
Karaikudi (Devakottai) to Tirunelveli via Madurai
Karaikudi to Theni Via Madurai
Karaikudi to Sivakasi via Madurai

Via Trichy Routes

Buses to Coimbatore each from Tirupathur & Thondi(Karaikudi) via Trichy, Karur, Kangeyam
Buses to TIRUPUR each from Tirupathur & Devakottai(Karaikudi) via Trichy, Karur, Kangeyam
Buses to Erode from Devakottai(Karaikudi) via Trichy, Karur, kodumudi
Ramanathapuram to Salem Via Karaikudi, Trichy, Namakkal
KARAIKUDI to VILUPURAM via Trichy, Perambalur
Devakottai (Karaikudi) to Perambalur via Trichy
Devakottai (Karaikudi) to KARUR via Trichy

Other Long routes without touching Madurai and Trichy

KARAIKUDI to Kodaikannal / Palani via Dindigul
PARAMAKUDI to CHIDAMBARAM via Karaikudi, Thanjavur
Rameswaram to Kanyakumari via Tuticorin, Tiruchendur
Rameswaram to Nagercoil via Tuticorin, Tirunelveli
Rameswaram to Rajapalayam via Virudhunagar, Aruppukottai

I might have missed some but these are the buses i saw. The coverage is defenetly more than TNSTC VPM but might be lesser than CBE.

As per this article there needs to be a separate depot (near CMBT) for each division to ooze out congestion in koyambedu! Will that be feasible?

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I dont understand the technical details. Are Ashok Leyland and Tata incapable of making this type of bus?

These buses are extremely spohisticated and costlier(leave away the import tax), made with Aluminium body panels (conventionally will be steel) and are specifically designed for Tarmac application. These are also Front axle powered instead the normal rear axle powering the buses. Chassis is a modular one with two seperate part called front module and rear module. Since the wheel track is very high it can carry more passengers.
AL does has this type of Bus called Avion. But these are not highly prefered by airports instead they go for conventional buses in both FE and RE avatars with floor heights 390,680 and 850mm.
Even tata has the lateral type of models in the similar floor heights!

^^
Thanks
:)

The nearest place in TN, to Munnar is Bodinayakkannur. Theni is next.

KSRTC (Kerala) has frequent services to Theni (Via Bodi) and Udumalpet (Via Marayoor). TNSTC also operates Theni-Munnar services, IIRC. Not sure of Udumalpet route - but, like Dhandapani said, there are CBE-Munnar buses.

TNSTC Madurai operates three buses from Munnar to Madurai (Arapalayam, via Theni) at: 12.30, 14.15 and 18.00. KeSRTC will be starting services on the Munnar-Madurai route very soon.

Bus service in Munnar-Bodinayakanur is minimal when compared to the demand. The border place in TN nearer to Munnar is Bodimettu.

Hi friends,

I inquired an PRTC official when i planned a visit to PRTC office today. He was an Assistant Engineer. I basically asked two questions.

1. Why still online reservation is not implemented in PRTC?
His reply:
For an transport corporation, online reservation is essential part now. We know that and we are not having online reservation system. For that to function properly, all we have are very old buses, running for more than 8 years.So, we ourselves don't know when which bus will be repaired. Also, all our buses are not plying regularly and properly due to some trouble caused in the buses. So, we will request the next government to replace all the buses running in inter-city routes. So, if that is done, we will implement online reservation system. We currently have our website ready. Only for the above reason we have not yet purchased a web-domain and introduced it.

2. When will the remaining JnNURM buses 24 of the 50, be introduced?
His reply:
The 14 non-AC SLF buses, will be immediately inaugurated when the new governemnt forms. All the 14 buses will be introduced in new routes. While, we have not placed order for 10 Low Floor Volvo buses, we are thinking on it, whether to place order or not.

He also added that, if the next government is unable to replace all the buses plying in inter-city routes, PRTC itself will try to somehow replace all the overnight journey buses with Ultra Delux Coaches. Also, the new bus, Ultra Delux type, in Puducherry - Nagercoil route, will start running from June. They are not in an idea to consider introducing buses in new routes, as of now. But that will be considered, once the government accepts their proposal to replace all their buses.

He also added that, most of the buses of PRTC are not plying and they are in a recruitment spree for Drivers, Conductors and Technicians.

i had travelled in tnstc cbe tirupur region in tup-kumbokonam belonging palladam depot tn38 n 2540 bus body built by kms suspensions are good driver also drived it neatly seats are also very comfort

Hi friends,

I inquired an PRTC official when i planned a visit to PRTC office today. He was an Assistant Engineer. I basically asked two questions.

1. Why still online reservation is not implemented in PRTC?
His reply:
For an transport corporation, online reservation is essential part now. We know that and we are not having online reservation system. For that to function properly, all we have are very old buses, running for more than 8 years.So, we ourselves don't know when which bus will be repaired. Also, all our buses are not plying regularly and properly due to some trouble caused in the buses. So, we will request the next government to replace all the buses running in inter-city routes. So, if that is done, we will implement online reservation system. We currently have our website ready. Only for the above reason we have not yet purchased a web-domain and introduced it.

2. When will the remaining JnNURM buses 24 of the 50, be introduced?
His reply:
The 14 non-AC SLF buses, will be immediately inaugurated when the new governemnt forms. All the 14 buses will be introduced in new routes. While, we have not placed order for 10 Low Floor Volvo buses, we are thinking on it, whether to place order or not.

He also added that, if the next government is unable to replace all the buses plying in inter-city routes, PRTC itself will try to somehow replace all the overnight journey buses with Ultra Delux Coaches. Also, the new bus, Ultra Delux type, in Puducherry - Nagercoil route, will start running from June. They are not in an idea to consider introducing buses in new routes, as of now. But that will be considered, once the government accepts their proposal to replace all their buses.

He also added that, most of the buses of PRTC are not plying and they are in a recruitment spree for Drivers, Conductors and Technicians.

At least PRTC can do away with the ill-maintained buses quickly and introduce online reservation after ensuring that the timing will be maintained at least 80-90%.

But we can never expect TNSTC doing it in our life time.

COBUS IN BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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COBUS in UK AIRPORT

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Any technical details about this COBUS?


Technical details of COBUS



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+1 Capacity of COBUS


Up to 112 passengers fit comfortably in the COBUS 3000 (according to IATA AHM 950). That is double the amount that fits into a normal solo city bus.


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^^^^ FUEL CONSUMPTION - Four to five litres of diesel per operating hour! These figures alone suffice as an unbeatable argument. The entire engine is designed specifically for airport operation guarantees optimal performance in all driving conditions. Nevertheless, fuel consumption is only a third of that of comparable city buses. Taking into consideration the fact that one COBUS replaces two city buses, savings of up to 90,000 liters of diesel per year are achievable.

Although this seems to be technically sound. I would prefer AL volvos, for its fascinating as well as scintillating body design. Also i strongly believe AL can come out with a model that is technically advanced than this one.

^^ Keeping the comparison with Cobus apart, AL does have some nice buses.. But I dono when they will come into mass production.

I had an opportunity to visit and a ride inside its iBus in 2008.. It was nice. The bus was divided into two segments, Luxury class in front half and Economy class in the rear half(Just an idea copied from aircrafts). The bus had many features including onboard wifi, push-back seats etc.. But it still has not seen production

Also they have developed a Hybrid bus called HYBus but no idea when it will come into production. I think its the first Indian company to create a hybrid bus. AL is the market leader I suppose(as of 2009) in Bus segment. In trucks it is Tata.

Some pics of iBus and HYBus

iBUS
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HYBus
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RathiMeena introduces a new AC Sleeper/ Semi-Sleeper bus in Chidambaram - Thiruvananthapuram line.

The route followed is: Chidambaram - Cuddalore - Pondy - Villupuram - Tiruchi - Madurai - Tirunelvely - Nagercoil - Thiruvananthapuram.

Timings from:
Chidambaram: 7:15 PM
Cuddalore: 8:30 PM
Pondy: 9:15 PM

Not sure of the inaugural date

I found this bus route interesting.

Omalur-Palani via Dharapuram, Kangeyam, Erode, Sankari, Tharamangalam without touching Salem.

This may be the only long distance mofusil bus running from Omalur that too operated by TNSTC-Coimbatore TN-38 reg no. and not TN-33. Another one would be Omalur-Erode bus! Otherwise only city buses runs to Salem Old BS and nearby places.

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I found this bus route interesting.

Omalur-Palani via Dharapuram, Kangeyam, Erode, Sankari, Tharamangalam without touching Salem.

This may be the only long distance mofusil bus running from Omalur that too operated by TNSTC-Coimbatore TN-38 reg no. and not TN-33. Another one would be Omalur-Erode bus! Otherwise only city buses runs to Salem Old BS and nearby places.



Sir,What is the total km....and the time it takes to reach?..

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A new TNSTC Kumbakonam division bus at Neyveli-TS bus stand.

NLC bus at Neyveli-TS bus stand

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NLC bus at Neyveli-TS bus stand

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Nice catch ceeznic pirate. Similarly it would be great if somone can put the TVS employees bus (old one in Silver color) running in Mdu. Sorry to go bit off topic.

Regards,
Subbu

At least PRTC can do away with the ill-maintained buses quickly and introduce online reservation after ensuring that the timing will be maintained at least 80-90%.


That is what you cannot expect from Government of Puducherry. They are begging from the Central Government to pay the salaries for the Government of Puducherry employees. Then how can you expect them to replace the buses. PRTC has somewhere close to 100 buses (non-JnNURM) running in all for regions. (Majority of them in Puducherry and Karaikal).

But, PRTC, which has spent a lot in maintenance of their old buses, could have bought atleast 10 new buses with that money. Atleast 4 buses, were re-build after very bad accidents. The complete body was newly purchased and build for them.

The nearest place in TN, to Munnar is Bodinayakkannur. Theni is next.

KSRTC (Kerala) has frequent services to Theni (Via Bodi) and Udumalpet (Via Marayoor). TNSTC also operates Theni-Munnar services, IIRC. Not sure of Udumalpet route - but, like Dhandapani said, there are CBE-Munnar buses.

TNSTC Madurai operates three buses from Munnar to Madurai (Arapalayam, via Theni) at: 12.30, 14.15 and 18.00. KeSRTC will be starting services on the Munnar-Madurai route very soon.

thank u for ur info Mr. binnai, can u tell how many hours to reach bodi to munnar.

As per this article there needs to be a separate depot (near CMBT) for each division to ooze out congestion in koyambedu! Will that be feasible?

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the entrance of the cmbt bus terminus and parking area of each platform want more space then only this problem solve. At the same time drivers and tnstc authorities should cooperate with traffic officials. Untill this prob wont solve.

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Body Built by TNSTC VPM for this bus?

I dont understand the technical details. Are Ashok Leyland and Tata incapable of making this type of bus?

one good thing in COBUS is, it has 6 doors, 3 each at left & right, all gets open/close at a same time. so passenger entry exit is very easy.

thank u for ur info Mr. binnai, can u tell how many hours to reach bodi to munnar.

The running time allotted for Munnar-Theni trip by KeSRTC is 3hrs 45mins. The distance is 88 kms. The Theni-Bodi distance is about 16kms - so subtract about 20~30 minutes for this distance.

The timings are:
From Munnar: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 13:00, 17:00, 18:15, 19:00, 22:00
From Theni: 1:00, 2:15, 6:15, 12:30, 13:00, 14:30, 17:30, 23:45

All the above buses are operated by Munnar Sub-Depot. I am not sure if there are services by any other unit. TNSTC also has services in this section - I am not sure of the timings, though.

Body Built by TNSTC VPM for this bus?

Thanks to ceeznic pirate for visiting Neyveli :)

NLC buses are built by private coach builders - GS has built the fleet inducted between 1999 to 2004 (TN-31 S-12xx, S-47xx and TN-31 L-38xx series). The latest batch of 2007 (TN-31 AZ-30xx) was from a different builder - I will check and post during my next visit to the Township.

In olden days, since late 1980s till 1999, NLC city/township buses (ex. TN-31 V-70xx) were mainly built by Sundaram (SunCoach) and Anamallais Engineering (AE).

Cheers,
Raj

Sir,What is the total km....and the time it takes to reach?..

distance 186km+-2km
time 4.5 hours if it runs uninterrupted

Thanks to ceeznic pirate for visiting Neyveli :)

NLC buses are built by private coach builders - GS has built the fleet inducted between 1999 to 2004 (TN-31 S-12xx, S-47xx and TN-31 L-38xx series). The latest batch of 2007 (TN-31 AZ-30xx) was from a different builder - I will check and post during my next visit to the Township.

In olden days, since late 1980s till 1999, NLC city/township buses (ex. TN-31 V-70xx) were mainly built by Sundaram (SunCoach) and Anamallais Engineering (AE).

Cheers,
Raj

Thats a lot of info!!!

Private buses on Auctioned Government Bus Chassis.

TN-32N-0664 A School Bus

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TN-72N-0417 A private bus running in Nellai

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On A Rainy Day in Thoothukudi - Tiruchendur Road.

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Step mother treatment for TNSTC-Salem division...

-Heavy loss making
-No money for spares
-No AC/ Low floor city buses when all other division got many.
-No new recruitment and shortage of man power
-Combined Salem dt-Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri were hit due to this
-60 buses stationed in above dt courts, since there is no money for the division for accidents compensation

Article from Dinamalar.

This article appeared in Kaalaikathir-Salem edition, Dinamalar copied it.

சேலம் கோட்டத்தில் இயக்கப்படும் பாடாவதி பஸ்கள்:வருவாய்க்கு மேல் செலவு அதிகரிப்பால் நிதி பற்றாக்குறை

பதிவு செய்த நாள் : ஏப்ரல் 24,2011,02:15 IST

சேலம்: தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழக. சேலம் கோட்டத்தில் பாடாவதியான பஸ்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரிப்பால், பயணிகள் மிகுந்த சிரமத்தை சந்தித்து வருவதாக குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்துள்ளது.தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தில், சேலம், நாமக்கல், தர்மபுரி, கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டங்களில், 1,905 பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படுகிறது. இந்த நான்கு மாவட்டங்களில் நகர, கிராம புறங்களில் தினம் தோறும் சாரசரியாக, 4.5 லட்சத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட மக்கள், இந்த பஸ்களை பயன்படுத்தி வருகின்றனர்.இதே போல் மாதத்துக்கு, 2.97 கோடி கிலோ மீட்டர் தூரம் இந்த பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டாலும், இவற்றின் செயல்பாடு என்பது மக்களை திருப்தி படுத்துவதாக இல்லை. அத்துடன் மாதத்துக்கு, 41.96 கோடி ரூபாய் வருவாயை ஈட்டுகிறது.வருவாய்க்கு மேல் செலவினமும் அதிகரித்து வருவதால் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தின் நஷ்டம் என்பது ஆண்டுக்கு ஆண்டு அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. டயர், உதிரிபாகங்கள், தொழிலாளர்களின் சம்பளம் என்ற வகையில் செலவின வகைகளை எடுத்துக் கொண்டால் மாதத்துக்கு, 60 கோடி ரூபாயை தாண்டுகிறது.
இதனால், அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகம் கடுமையான நிதி பற்றாக்குறையில் தள்ளாட்டம் போடுகிறது. பஸ்களை இயக்க போதுமான டயர் உள்ளிட்ட உதிரிபாகங்கள் இன்மையால் இந்த கோட்டத்தில் உள்ள, 30க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பணிமனைகளில், 100க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பஸ்கள் பயன்பாடு இன்றி நிற்கின்றன.அது மட்டுமின்றி சாலை விபத்துக்களில் இழப்பீடு வழங்காத வகையில், சேலம், தர்மபுரி, நாமக்கல், கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்ட நீதிமன்றங்களில், 60க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.ஆனால், சேலம் கோட்ட போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தை மேம்படுத்தும் வகையில் கடந்த ஆண்டில், 295 புதிய பஸ்கள் வழங்கப்பட்ட போதிலும், அவற்றுக்கு போதிய புதிய பணியாளர்களை நியமிக்காதது, உதிரிபாகங்களை வழங்காததால், போதிய பராமரிப்பு இன்றி அவையும் தற்போது பாடாவதியான நிலைக்கு வந்து விட்டது.இந்த கோட்டத்தில் ஆயிரத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டாலும், அனைத்து பஸ்களும் பாடாவதியான நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டு விட்டது. இதனால், அரசு பஸ்ஸில் பயணிக்கும் பயணிகள் குறிப்பிட்ட நேரத்தில் குறிப்பிட்ட இடத்துக்கு செல்ல முடியாத நிலையே காணப்படுகிறது.தமிழகத்தில், சென்னை, மதுரை, திருச்சி, கோவை நகரங்களுக்கு இணையாக கருதப்படும் சேலத்தில், அரசு சொகுசு பஸ்களின் எண்ணிக்கை என்பது குறிப்பிட்டு சொல்லும் படியாக இல்லை. அத்துடன் ஏ.சி., பஸ், டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்கள் சேலம், நாமக்கல், தர்மபுரி மாவட்டங்கள் புறக்கணிக்கப்பட்டு விட்டதாக தொழிலாளர்கள் குற்றம் சாட்டுகின்றனர்.புதிய பஸ்களை வழங்கிய அரசு, அவற்றை பராமரிக்க போதிய தொழிலாளர்களை நியமிக்க வில்லை. தற்போது இந்த கோட்டத்தில், 12 ஆயிரத்து 852 தொழிலாளர்கள் மட்டுமே பணியில் உள்ளனர். இந்த கோட்டத்தில் பஸ்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அடிப்படையில் எடுத்துக் கொண்டால், குறைந்த பட்சம் 27 ஆயிரம் தொழிலாளர்கள் இருக்க வேண்டும்.பஸ் டிரைவர், கன்டக்டர்களின் பற்றாக்குறை காரணமாக விசேஷ தினங்கள், பண்டிகை நாட்களில் போதிய அளவு பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படாததால், பயணிகள் பெரும் அவஸ்தையே சந்தித்து வருகின்றனர்.அத்துடன் இயக்கப்படும் பஸ்களையும் போதிய அளவு பராமரிப்பு செய்யப்படாததால் எப்போது வேண்டுமானாலும், எந்த இடத்திலும் நிற்கும் நிலையிலேயே இயங்குகின்றன. இவ்வாறு பராமரிப்பு இல்லாத பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படுவதால், அரசு ஊழியர்கள், தனியார் நிறுவன ஊழியர்கள் மட்டுமின்றி கிராமபுற பள்ளி, கல்லூரி மாணவர்களும் கடுமையான பாதிப்படை கின்றனர்.சேலம் கோட்ட பொது மேலாளர் சாமிநாதன் கூறியதாவது:உதிரிபாகங்கள் பற்றாக்குறை என்பது தற்போது எதுவும் இல்லை. அதே போல் வண்டிகளின் இயக்கமும் நன்றாக உள்ளது. வார நாட்களில் இயக்குவதற்காக, 140 ஸ்பேர் பஸ்கள் தயார் நிலையில் உள்ளது.இந்த பஸ்களை பயணிகளின் கூட்டத்துக்கு ஏற்ப பெங்களுரூ, மதுரை உள்ளிட்ட நகரங்களுக்கு இயக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. சமீபத்தில் திருவண்ணாமலைக்கு, 200 சிறப்பு பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டன.பஸ்களை இயக்கும் பணியாளர்கள் வருவாயை அதிகரிக்க பெரும் முயற்சி மேற்கொண்டால், போக்குவரத்துக் கழகம் முதன்மை இடத்துக்கு வந்து விடும்.இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்

Thats a lot of info!!!

Thanks - I assume it is a compliment!

By the way, are you from Neyveli or did you visit the township?

^^
check your PM

The running time allotted for Munnar-Theni trip by KeSRTC is 3hrs 45mins. The distance is 88 kms. The Theni-Bodi distance is about 16kms - so subtract about 20~30 minutes for this distance.

The timings are:
From Munnar: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 13:00, 17:00, 18:15, 19:00, 22:00
From Theni: 1:00, 2:15, 6:15, 12:30, 13:00, 14:30, 17:30, 23:45

All the above buses are operated by Munnar Sub-Depot. I am not sure if there are services by any other unit. TNSTC also has services in this section - I am not sure of the timings, though.

Thank u Mr. Binnai
:banana:

hi

today i spot out TN-57N 2007 in madurai ring road, going to cumbum frm thiruchendur.the body is like tnstc vpm depot bus.

hi

today i spot out TN-57N 2007 in madurai ring road, going to cumbum frm thiruchendur.the body is like tnstc vpm depot bus.

Wow! TN-57 crossed 2000 mark!

Need for more buses in Nellai-Tuticorin route

During peak hours, crowd becomes umnanagable.

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/04/27/20110427d_014107008.jpg


Once 4 laning is complete they can consider deploying A/C volvo bus in this route

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Is the above route worth deploying the AC buses?
If yes, then both Turticorn and Tirunelvely can ply their AC buses running to chennai, in the day time in this route, just like in Chennai - Pondy route.

hi
today i spot out TN-57N 2007 in madurai ring road, going to cumbum frm thiruchendur.the body is like tnstc vpm depot bus.

Thanks for the info Clicked it Today TN-57N-2007
Clicked it but the bus was speeding to depart, Body Built By TNSTC VPM.

TN-57N-2007 Kumbum -Madurai - Thoothukudi - Tiruchendur

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/549/image033j.jpg

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9111/image034a.jpg

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Is the above route worth deploying the AC buses?
If yes, then both Turticorn and Tirunelvely can ply their AC buses running to chennai, in the day time in this route, just like in Chennai - Pondy route.

Your point is right, but the Maintenance is ? The A/c which were not running for months just started their operation for Summer vacation. The Route has the potential For A/c Buses, Most of the SETC UD from Thoothukudi depot and sencottah depot runs in the Route. and some luxury coaches of Tirunelveli Setc depot too runs, All the buses are packed full, People in this route need Luxury, If A/c service runit would be a sure hit. A proposal was sent to the Transport Department By TNSTC -Nellai when it was under the control of Madurai Region, The Division done a survey for operating A/c Service Later it was dropped.

Luxury Coach from Tirunelveli Depot.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/292/60155987.jpg

UD blue from Thoothukudi Depot and the Behind Rose from Sencottah Depot.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5655/img1149kp.jpg

Source : Dhandapani.K Picasa Album

Your point is right, but the Maintenance is ? The A/c which were not running for months just started their operation for Summer vacation. The Route has the potential For A/c Buses, Most of the SETC UD from Thoothukudi depot and sencottah depot runs in the Route. and some luxury coaches of Tirunelveli Setc depot too runs, All the buses are packed full, People in this route need Luxury, If A/c service runit would be a sure hit. A proposal was sent to the Transport Department By TNSTC -Nellai when it was under the control of Madurai Region, The Division done a survey for operating A/c Service Later it was dropped.


It is high time that TNSTC send a proposal / plan to the next government introduce AC buses for short distance and each and every depot handling AC buses to be upgraded.
And moreover, they need to fill the vacancies, (not only driver and conductor) and hike the fares.

Your point is right, but the Maintenance is ? The A/c which were not running for months just started their operation for Summer vacation. The Route has the potential For A/c Buses, Most of the SETC UD from Thoothukudi depot and sencottah depot runs in the Route. and some luxury coaches of Tirunelveli Setc depot too runs, All the buses are packed full, People in this route need Luxury, If A/c service runit would be a sure hit. A proposal was sent to the Transport Department By TNSTC -Nellai when it was under the control of Madurai Region, The Division done a survey for operating A/c Service Later it was dropped.


There is no point in introducing Hi-tech / Luxury buses without having trained drivers and technicians. I think, so only TN has not yet gone for Volvo buses.

PRTC, when it got 10 Low Floor Volvos allocated in JnNURM, they immediately, rejected them, telling that, their financial position is so weak, that they cannot maintain and operate Volvo buses. So, they returned it back. But, after they got introduced JnNURM buses, their daily collection got increased and they also got some money from leasing out the old town buses. This is how, they were able to replace the old buses in Puducherry - Mahe and Puducherry - Nagercoil routes, as i explained earlier.

It is high time that TNSTC send a proposal / plan to the next government introduce AC buses for short distance and each and every depot handling AC buses to be upgraded.
And moreover, they need to fill the vacancies, (not only driver and conductor) and hike the fares.

They should also improve the depots and the bus stations.

As soon as the fare is hiked, thaatha, 'avangaluku vote podatheenga podaatheenga nu sonnane, keteengala.. paarunga vantha udane ticket vilai yethitaanga... poga poga enna aniyayam nadaka pogutho' nu periya arikkai viduvaar!!! :)

Buses from TNSTC-Coimbatore..

Coimbatore-Madurai via Pollachi.. This bus belongs to my native depot.. :) POY-1 depot operates this bus
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TaMnbsYFyBI/AAAAAAAAH8k/yqHMrVc_QeM/s640/DSC05544.jpg

TN38 N 2387 of Coimbatore region(Currently Tirupur region) running in Tirupur-Tuticorin route
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TaMo9XquRUI/AAAAAAAAH9E/PRywOzUSbaM/s640/DSC05450.jpg

TN38 N 2340 of Ukkadam-2 depot running in Coimbatore-Munnar route.. This is built by Erode region.. Its sibbling 2341 is also running in same route..
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/Tbg_g2Bk-RI/AAAAAAAAIOU/BoBwLmqXAZo/s640/DSC05676.jpg

An old photo of 2341..
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TOv-shZe_VI/AAAAAAAAEwI/VhiCxuUePfY/s640/DSC04230.jpg

Two identical sibblings running in Coimbatore - Palani route. The Blue colored one is from Poy depot and Green is from Palani-1 depot of Tirupur region
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/Tbg_tDJckwI/AAAAAAAAIOs/xjTN4ay4UZg/s640/DSC05680.jpg

Need for more buses in Nellai-Tuticorin route

During peak hours, crowd becomes umnanagable.

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/04/27/20110427d_014107008.jpg


Once 4 laning is complete they can consider deploying A/C volvo bus in this route

No surprise as this usual for the regular commuters.. Tirunelveli resident employees of industries in tuty & tuticorin resident students of the educational institutions in Oxford Palayamkottai regularly has been using this route for a long time. Also the patients from tuty for futher treatment needs to go to higround hospital in palai. That why NHAI started 4 laning this road long back well before the 4 laning of other routes which are complete now..

TN-72N-1528 Build by NGL region

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4546/dsc02599h.jpg


TN-72N-1540 A new one look like a FC Completed bus, Hurry Burry rolling out the Buses.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/831/image0568j.jpg

TN-72N-1528's color scheme is superb

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Is the above route worth deploying the AC buses?
If yes, then both Turticorn and Tirunelvely can ply their AC buses running to chennai, in the day time in this route, just like in Chennai - Pondy route.

It is a high potential route and it has also been mentioned in the news article. Also majority of people traveling in this route can afford to give 35 Rs for a volvo. It is nearly 56 km, the distance is short, also the patronage is unusually high in both the ends. Also as u mentioned vovlos(similar to those running in chennai-pondy, chennai-trichy) should be deployed and not those SETC models. This should be done not only in this particular route, but also in other potential routes such as trichy-tanjore, madurai-dindigul, madurai- Karaikudi, salem-chennai, salem-bangalore, nellai-Mdu, cbe-tiruppur, cbe-trichy.

But for day time A/c buses, i don't think people will be interested in day journey. But, nowadays, private A/c buses are advertising like travel time as 8 hrs to chennai from nellai. most of these buses were operated in day time mostly. If TNSTC can achieve that in reality then why people will opt for private. But here is were the problem lies.

It is a high potential route and it has also been mentioned in the news article. Also majority of people traveling in this route can afford to give 35 Rs for a volvo. It is nearly 56 km, the distance is short, also the patronage is unusually high in both the ends.

Rs 35 for 56 KM in a Volvo?? that is not possible at all. TN fare for volvo is Rs.1 per KM. That too it is the lowest and with Rs.1 fare itself TNSTCs cannot run the volvos in profit mode.

TN-72N-1528 Build by NGL region

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4546/dsc02599h.jpg



Some more pics of the same TN72 N 1528 BPR.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TY7nSYqrXhI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/MAxYdkwsLwk/s640/IMG_1131.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TY7nPYOoWhI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/DAES7J-2MUk/s640/IMG_1129.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TY7ngXTHHcI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/3ylCRPCex8c/s640/IMG_1136.jpg

One more with NGL region..Speciality of the below bus is.. Its runs as a BPR in MDU - Nellai route and as END to END service in Nellai-NGL route.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TY7njjMXHGI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/cxlBEPMQYng/s640/IMG_1137.jpg

Rs 35 for 56 KM in a Volvo?? that is not possible at all. TN fare for volvo is Rs.1 per KM. That too it is the lowest and with Rs.1 fare itself TNSTCs cannot run the volvos in profit mode.

Ya. The collected fare for Volvos is 100 paise per km. But actually in the cards, the fare for Volvo is 120/130 paise per km. Similarly, the rate in the cards for UD is 75 paise per km and for AC Coach it is 100 paise per km. But, actually, the rates collected are far below than the one prescribed.

Rs 35 for 56 KM in a Volvo?? that is not possible at all. TN fare for volvo is Rs.1 per KM. That too it is the lowest and with Rs.1 fare itself TNSTCs cannot run the volvos in profit mode.

Fare can be fixed Rs70 people here are ready to pay it, only thing is Luxury and comfort. Nellai region when doing the survey it fixed it price as Rs 50. It was published in dailies too, Later the project was dropped. For Deploying VOLVO luxury, too clear the over crowd they can introduce 4 Vestibule (Trailor) buses, Each 2 for Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli Depots in these routes they Can operate From Samathanapuram Palyamkottai to Thoothukudi as ordinary service

Rs 35 for 56 KM in a Volvo?? that is not possible at all. TN fare for volvo is Rs.1 per KM. That too it is the lowest and with Rs.1 fare itself TNSTCs cannot run the volvos in profit mode.

Oh sorry, I calculated SETC fare for 60 km and actually thought to substantiate that patronage is good in SETC. So implementing volvo will be feasible, but forgot to do that.

Ya. The collected fare for Volvos is 100 paise per km. But actually in the cards, the fare for Volvo is 120/130 paise per km. Similarly, the rate in the cards for UD is 75 paise per km and for AC Coach it is 100 paise per km. But, actually, the rates collected are far below than the one prescribed.

It is not 75 paise i suppose, trichy- chennai UD fare 175, 300 + kms. Chennai-MDU 240, chennai-nellai 325 in some bus,330 in some others.

No surprise as this usual for the regular commuters.. Tirunelveli resident employees of industries in tuty & tuticorin resident students of the educational institutions in Oxford Palayamkottai regularly has been using this route for a long time. Also the patients from tuty for futher treatment needs to go to higround hospital in palai. That why NHAI started 4 laning this road long back well before the 4 laning of other routes which are complete now..

Thothukudi - Tirunelveli NH7A is part of Golden Chariot Road (தங்க நாற்கர சாலை) which was given by Hon'ble Past PM A.B.Vajpayee Not for the above reason u have mentioned, The road work started to connect the THOOTHUKUDI PORT to the NH 7 Kanyakumari - Varanasi Road, The road work Started in 2003, It was a great delay in laying the road. Now the work is going fast 24*7

Some more pics of the same TN72 N 1528 BPR.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TY7ngXTHHcI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/3ylCRPCex8c/s640/IMG_1136.jpg

From the side view the bus looks great, but the front face is not that good.



One more with NGL region..Speciality of the below bus is.. Its runs as a BPR in MDU - Nellai route and as END to END service in Nellai-NGL route




Whether this a new one, seems to be refurbished.

Whether this a new one, seems to be refurbished.

It is a new one only but the painting look like a Refurbished one.

It is a new one only but the painting look like a Refurbished one.

Also the reg no (tn-74n-1333) doesn't seem to be recent, it was 1350 for tn-74 even before bifurcation of MDU- right. Correct me if i am wrong.

Thothukudi - Tirunelveli NH7A is part of Golden Chariot Road (தங்க நாற்கர சாலை) which was given by Hon'ble Past PM A.B.Vajpayee Not for the above reason u have mentioned, The road work started to connect the THOOTHUKUDI PORT to the NH 7 Kanyakumari - Varanasi Road, The road work Started in 2003, It was a great delay in laying the road. Now the work is going fast 24*7

Arun,
One small correction. NH7 comes under North South Corridor. i think NH7A comes under port connectivity project(Not very much sure).

Golden quadrilatrel(தங்க நாற்கர சாலை) actually connects all the 4 metros Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata.

Arun,
One small correction. NH7 comes under North South Corridor. i think NH7A comes under port connectivity project(Not very much sure).
.

Hi Dhandapani,

You are right, this section was part of the port connectivity project. The other similar project was connecting state capitals to GQ or the N-S, E-W corridors. Pondy got the four lane work started on this account.

Link:http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/08/24/stories/2005082401491900.htm

Slightly off topic: A article in BT about benefits of GQ as seen by Truck operators and challenges as well:

BT article (http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/golden-quadrilateral-the-network-of-four-and-six-lane-expressways/1/14693.html)

Regards,
Subbu

Looks KPN is adding 6 more Multi Axle buses:

1. Chennai-Bengaluru, 8AM dep from Chennai
2. Bengaluru-Chennai, 3PM dep from Bengaluru
3. Bengaluru-Chennai, 7AM dep from Chennai
4. Chennai-Bengaluru, 2PM from Chennai
5. Bengaluru-Kodaikanal
6. Kodaikanal-Bengaluru
7. Salem-Hyderabad
8. Hyderabad-Salem

http://www.kpntravels.in/ou/frmuserhome.aspx

All,

Diwakar Travels has introduced a Multi-axle volvo in the Pondy - Hyderabad route. Not sure whether this news has been posted earlier or not...

Location Dep Arrival
Pondy 5:30PM 7:30AM
Hyd 6:30AM 6:00AM



Regards,
Subbu

Whether KaSRTC allowed to operate in the route Coimbatore-Madurai-Coimbatore?? Noticed this in their website. Thanks RSubbu for pointing it out.

TRIPCODE - 1730MRICBT
CLASS NAME - KARNATAKA SARIGE (EXPRESS)
VIA PLACES - DINDIGAL
DEPARTURE TIME - 17:30
JOURNEY HOURS - 5.15
KMS - 224.00
ADULT FARE - 73
CHILD FARE - 37
ORIGIN PLACE - MADURAI
DESTINATION PLACE - COIMBATORE

TRIPCODE - 2245CBTMRI
CLASS NAME - KARNATAKA SARIGE (EXPRESS)
VIA PLACES - SULUR DINDIGAL BYPASS
DEPARTURE TIME - 22:45
JOURNEY HOURS - 5.00
KMS - 224.00
ADULT FARE - 73
CHILD FARE - 37
ORIGIN PLACE - COIMBATORE
DESTINATION PLACE - MADURAI

Looks KPN is adding 6 more Multi Axle buses:

5. Bengaluru-Kodaikanal
6. Kodaikanal-Bengaluru

This is strange.Multi axle in Ghat section:bash:
The existing route between Blore and Kodai is covered thru Palani.
If multi axle is put in use then the existing service will be stopped?
Even if Multi axle is introduced then will it run upto Palani and later this be continued with other bus?
Or will the route be throu be Batlagundu?

[[B]TN38 N 2340 of Ukkadam-2 depot running in Coimbatore-Munnar route.. This is built by Erode region.. Its sibbling 2341 is also running in same route..

Can u tell me the timings of the buses to munnar from coimbatore like that munnar to coimbatore.

[B][COLOR="Blue"]Whether KaSRTC allowed to operate in the route Coimbatore-Madurai-Coimbatore??
Imagine these guys shouting Kovai.. Kovai.. in Aarapalayam bus stand:banana::banana:
Is this throu DPM, ODC or PLN, ODC?

Whether KaSRTC allowed to operate in the route Coimbatore-Madurai-Coimbatore?? Noticed this in their website. Thanks RSubbu for pointing it out.



Is it not Mysore/Mangalore-Madurai bus via Coimbatore? KSRTC allows people to travel from Hosur/Salem to Madurai/Coimbatore/Trichy in their buses. I guess just they have added e-ticket for via route which was existing before.

Hi friends,

I inquired an PRTC official when i planned a visit to PRTC office today. He was an Assistant Engineer. I basically asked two questions.

1. Why still online reservation is not implemented in PRTC?
His reply:
For an transport corporation, online reservation is essential part now. We know that and we are not having online reservation system. For that to function properly, all we have are very old buses, running for more than 8 years.So, we ourselves don't know when which bus will be repaired. Also, all our buses are not plying regularly and properly due to some trouble caused in the buses. So, we will request the next government to replace all the buses running in inter-city routes. So, if that is done, we will implement online reservation system. We currently have our website ready. Only for the above reason we have not yet purchased a web-domain and introduced it.




PRTC does not have computerized reservation in counter like how SETC have?

It is not a big deal for SETC to introduce online booking as they have common online server booking tickets at the counters. Just they have to open it for public.

Is it not Mysore/Mangalore-Madurai bus via Coimbatore? KSRTC allows people to travel from Hosur/Salem to Madurai/Coimbatore/Trichy in their buses. I guess just they have added e-ticket for via route which was existing before.

Hi Arul,

The timings of this bus are not matching any other Mdu-KA-Mdu bound services. The trip code of this bus clearly states MRICBT, i.e Madurai to Coimbatore. :ohno:

Regards,
Subbu

[[B]TN38 N 2340 of Ukkadam-2 depot running in Coimbatore-Munnar route.. This is built by Erode region.. Its sibbling 2341 is also running in same route..

Can u tell me the timings of the buses to munnar from coimbatore like that munnar to coimbatore.

@ Ukkadam - 8:14AM and 2.25 PM

Looks KPN is adding 6 more Multi Axle buses:
1. Chennai-Bengaluru, 8AM dep from Chennai
2. Bengaluru-Chennai, 3PM dep from Bengaluru
3. Bengaluru-Chennai, 7AM dep from Chennai
4. Chennai-Bengaluru, 2PM from Chennai
5. Bengaluru-Kodaikanal
6. Kodaikanal-Bengaluru
7. Salem-Hyderabad
8. Hyderabad-Salem


6 More Multiaxles?? The first four services require only two buses. They have not mentioned anywhere that BLR-Kodai will be Multi-axles. Their website is showing a new AC Sleeper bus from May 6, 2011 onwards. So that is the new service.

The website is not showing any new services on Salem-Hyderabad route - most probably this is a new tactic to get passengers.

Whether KaSRTC allowed to operate in the route Coimbatore-Madurai-Coimbatore??


This could be a ferry trip - perhaps to shift buses from Coimbatore to Madurai and back. But its surprising that they are running an intra-state in a "foreign" territory.

Imagine these guys shouting Kovai.. Kovai.. in Aarapalayam bus stand:banana::banana:
Is this throu DPM, ODC or PLN, ODC?

it is via DPM, ODC, DGL.. i have seen a sarige bus at DGL BS a week before.. Could be this CBE-MDU bus.

Arun,
One small correction. NH7 comes under North South Corridor. i think NH7A comes under port connectivity project(Not very much sure).

Golden quadrilatrel(தங்க நாற்கர சாலை) actually connects all the 4 metros Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata.

Thanks for the Correction Dhandapani sir.

Hi Dhandapani,

You are right, this section was part of the port connectivity project. The other similar project was connecting state capitals to GQ or the N-S, E-W corridors. Pondy got the four lane work started on this account.

Link:http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/08/24/stories/2005082401491900.htm

Slightly off topic: A article in BT about benefits of GQ as seen by Truck operators and challenges as well:

BT article (http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/golden-quadrilateral-the-network-of-four-and-six-lane-expressways/1/14693.html)

Regards,
Subbu

Thanks for the correction and the Detail information but i remember the Banners displayed With Vajpayee and the detail of golden-quadrilateral, Thanks once again Mr.Subbu.

Also the reg no (tn-74n-1333) doesn't seem to be recent, it was 1350 for tn-74 even before bifurcation of MDU- right. Correct me if i am wrong.

Iam not Sure with the Reg No But this buses came after the Bifuraction only i have seen this bus as fresh in the month of Dec. Iam sure

All,

Diwakar Travels has introduced a Multi-axle volvo in the Pondy - Hyderabad route. Not sure whether this news has been posted earlier or not...

Location Dep Arrival
Pondy 5:30PM 7:30AM
Hyd 6:30AM 6:00AM



Regards,
Subbu

this must be the extension of Hyd-Vellore bus

it is via DPM, ODC, DGL.. i have seen a sarige bus at DGL BS a week before.. Could be this CBE-MDU bus.

KSRTC Loves NH 209 i DONT KNOW WHY

Thanks for the info Clicked it Today TN-57N-2007
Clicked it but the bus was speeding to depart, Body Built By TNSTC VPM.

TN-57N-2007 Kumbum -Madurai - Thoothukudi - Tiruchendur

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/549/image033j.jpg

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9111/image034a.jpg

Thanks dolphinsTuti! This is indeed from TNSTC-VPM - especially from its body building unit at Panruti (PRT) - same livery and seating like TNSTC VPM's 33xx-35xx series!

Cheers,
Raj

Hi All,

I wanted to discuss this topic for long but missed.....how on earth does TNSTC gets such weird ideas. Electronic display boards on long distance services does not make any sense as the buses run non stop for long duration and ther are no passnegers going to be lined up on the road to view their boards.
In the case of city services visibility from a distance is needed and lot of stoppings with huge population views these boards which makes sense to provide a digital ones. Take the below case of a non stop bus bus by TNSTC SLM between B'lore and Salem. Once the bus starts its going to be a not stop run, why do u require a digital board for such a service....instead they could have used the funds to provide better facilities for the crew and passengers inside the bus. This digital board habit is more prevalent among VPM division buses ......
Ka and KeSRTC's seem very clear on this subject and restrict digital boards to city/town bus services alone.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5664912349_28c4489115.jpg

Comments and ciritcism on this topic are welcome.


Regards,
Subbu

All,

Saw this TTDC bus with TN 32N registration. It did not look like a used chasis from VPM div. The coach was a first hand one built by Prakash for TTDC. How come it has a TNSTC registration then .....?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5665480942_429c54b755.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5664914833_a26a746526.jpg


Regards,
Subbu

All,

Saw this TTDC bus with TN 32N registration. It did not look like a used chasis from VPM div. The coach was a first hand one built by Prakash for TTDC. How come it has a TNSTC registration then .....?

Regards,
Subbu

Even some 108 ambulances in govt hospital opposite to central are registered under N series, may be this will be one such.

PRTC does not have computerized reservation in counter like how SETC have?


PRTC does have computerized reservation, only in Pondy and Karaikal. In CMBT, they have a separate counter/booth, with reservations to Karaikal, manual only. In all other places, they have taken franchise operators with other shops, like Shanthi Sweets in Tirunelvely Bus stand.

All,

Diwakar Travels has introduced a Multi-axle volvo in the Pondy - Hyderabad route. Not sure whether this news has been posted earlier or not...

Location Dep Arrival
Pondy 5:30PM 7:30AM
Hyd 6:30AM 6:00AM



Regards,
Subbu

I think i have posted it earlier..

All,

Saw this TTDC bus with TN 32N registration. It did not look like a used chasis from VPM div. The coach was a first hand one built by Prakash for TTDC. How come it has a TNSTC registration then .....?

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5665480942_429c54b755.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5664914833_a26a746526.jpg


Regards,
Subbu

All the TTDC buses i have seen till now, have TN-XX-N registration only.

All the TTDC buses i have seen till now, have TN-XX-N registration only.

Hello Anand,

TTDC used to register long back its buses in "TN-01-T" series. Now it is very erratice, few sample reg. numbers of TTDC coaches:

TN-01AM-3319
TN-21J-5525
TN-01Y-3449
TN-01Y-3447

and i am sure "N" registered TTDC coaches should be very few.

Regards,
Subbu

TTDC bus is a new one it is not a used Chasis i have seen TN-32N-3535 the same bus in three different station once at chennai, at Tiruvanamalai and once at Thoothukudi very recently but missed to capture it.

All the TTDC buses i have seen till now, have TN-XX-N registration only.

No. Even the TTDC volvo has a TN21 registration. its registration in TN21 J 5535.

This volvo is bit Special.. This could be the lone Intercity type volvo with TN govt. :) I took this pic around 2 yrs back in mahabalipuram.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TbsA46UHXYI/AAAAAAAAISU/aswy5tD6GWM/s640/DSC02079.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TbsA4r66NbI/AAAAAAAAISQ/ctZpx_V_1NE/s640/DSC02081.jpg

Any idea how many nos of volvos are there with TTDC?

No. Even the TTDC volvo has a TN21 registration. its registration in TN21 J 5535.

This volvo is bit Special.. This could be the lone Intercity type volvo with TN govt. :) I took this pic around 2 yrs back in mahabalipuram.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TbsA46UHXYI/AAAAAAAAISU/aswy5tD6GWM/s640/DSC02079.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TbsA4r66NbI/AAAAAAAAISQ/ctZpx_V_1NE/s640/DSC02081.jpg

Any idea how many nos of volvos are there with TTDC?

There are 2 Volvos I think. They purchased another one after this Volvo. I remember reading in a news article. Will post soon

Special Buses for Summer Vacation

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/764/image0623.jpg

Two additional buses from Erode and Tiruppur Started plying for summer vacation
Timing from Thoothukudi

Erode -11:15AM
Tiruppur-12:15AM

First BPR of Nellai Region

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3131/image0633.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2289/image0634t.jpg

TN-72N-1392 first bypass rider of Nellai Region now new bus replaced for this, now running Thoothukudi - Tirunelveli EEE

But Thoothukudi Depot Still Running the First bus TN-72N-1393 main division does not care about this high revenue bus This bus Covers Thoothukudi - Madurai Distance 135KM in 2 Hrs 5mns.

Two TNSTC Salem express buses court seized


http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=232802

When i googled got this pic New Buses in Madras, not much info, but AL attracts

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8431/writemediaasp.jpg

Source : educatus.com

No. Even the TTDC volvo has a TN21 registration. its registration in TN21 J 5535.
This volvo is bit Special.. This could be the lone Intercity type volvo with TN govt. :) I took this pic around 2 yrs back in mahabalipuram.


Wow, till now i was thinking that TN was not having any executive coach type Volvo. But TTDC disproved my opinion.

I hope TTDC is running in profits.
Even PTDC is running in profits.

Two TNSTC Salem express buses court seized


http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=232802

The news headline tells it as two SETC buses seized!!!!????

The news headline tells it as two SETC buses seized!!!!????

Dinamani uses "விரைவு பேருந்து" for express buses in TNSTC. If it happens to be SETC, they use "விரைவு பேருந்து போக்குவரத்து கழக பஸ்கள்" . But not quite sure about Dinamalar.

TTDC bus is a new one it is not a used Chasis i have seen TN-32N-3535 the same bus in three different station once at chennai, at Tiruvanamalai and once at Thoothukudi very recently but missed to capture it.


i think TN-32N-3535 came 2 yrs back.i saw this bus in puducherry on 2009 dec

hi dolphin tuty sir

can u get me the pict of TN-72N-0832, TN-72N-0899, TN-72N-0901, TN-72N-0889, TN-72N-0898 if possible,because i love to see these buses now. 10 yrs back TN-72N-0832 ran through thiruchendur to madurai.in the front glass they wrote BHARATHAM in tamil.TN-72N-0898 and TN-72N-0899 frm thiruchendur to madurai. TN-72N-0889 frm nagercoil to madurai.TN-72N-0901 thiruchendur to dindigul

hi dolphin tuty sir

can u get me the pict of TN-72N-0832, TN-72N-0899, TN-72N-0901, TN-72N-0889, TN-72N-0898 if possible,because i love to see these buses now. 10 yrs back TN-72N-0832 ran through thiruchendur to madurai.in the front glass they wrote BHARATHAM in tamil.TN-72N-0898 and TN-72N-0899 frm thiruchendur to madurai. TN-72N-0889 frm nagercoil to madurai.TN-72N-0901 thiruchendur to dindigul

In your list iam seeing TN-72N-0899 only now the Bus was first with Thoothukudi mofussil Depot. Running Tiruchendur - Madurai It will be stickered Idhayakani in front windsheild. Now it is with Thisayanvilai Depot running in Route No 144 Thisayanvilai - Thoothukudi. soon will post the pic. the others will be degraded to City Service and run in some other Depots whenever got a chance sure will click them.

Inter State Services

Madurai - Moonar TN-58N-1815 From Arapalayam

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/994/image0660.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7219/image0657.jpg

Bus Timing for Moonar, Thekadi, Kodaikanal (To and Fro) Bus shot is 10:44 AM the Bus departed sharp at time.

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7213/image0662.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1924/image0661.jpg


Madurai - Kollam TN -67N-0741 (Virudhunagar Region Rajapalyam Depot) From Mattuthavani It Departe at 01:00 PM This Bus too had Door at rear I have seen Kesrtc Bus taking this time to kollam.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8270/image0704a.jpg

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8863/image0725.jpg

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6760/image0702.jpg

Changes In Arapalyam and Mattuthavani.
Arapalyam

The Buses has to lline up one after the other to their Destination, No jumpings each one should join their lines only on their scheduled time, other buses should not come inside the Busstand, normally in Arapalyam the buses will wait outside, after this practice many buses have been parked out. Only the Buses which depart at time is entering the line. It was nice to see the line up of Buses, People will not get confused which one will go first. if this continues it will be nice. Nice to see buses moving in proper timings and regular intervals. Ropes has been nailed to grounds to have lines.
Line 1 Periakulam, Vathalakundu
2 Theni
3 Kumbum
4 Palani
5 Erode
6 Dindigul
7 Salem
8 Kovai
9 Tiruppur

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/7122/image0656.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/435/image0659e.jpg

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/705/image0658.jpg

Mattuthavani
The renovation work started at the area were City buses Depart, so the City buses entering Mattuthavani is using a Special entrance near by the Autostand.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9775/image0665.jpg

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/8497/image0667.jpg

Changes In Arapalyam and Mattuthavani.
Arapalyam

The Buses has to lline up one after the other to their Destination, No jumpings each one should join their lines only on their scheduled time, other buses should not come inside the Busstand, normally in Arapalyam the buses will wait outside, after this practice many buses have been parked out. Only the Buses which depart at time is entering the line. It was nice to see the line up of Buses, People will not get confused which one will go first. if this continues it will be nice. Nice to see buses moving in proper timings and regular intervals. Ropes has been nailed to grounds to have lines.
Line 1 Periakulam, Vathalakundu
2 Theni
3 Kumbum
4 Palani
5 Erode
6 Dindigul
7 Salem
8 Kovai
9 Tiruppur


After salem comes palani. Palani, Kovai and the last one is tirupur. Earlier SETC has a separate queue, now it is not there. Still SETC uses erode bay.

In your list iam seeing TN-72N-0899 only now the Bus was first with Thoothukudi mofussil Depot. Running Tiruchendur - Madurai It will be stickered Idhayakani in front windsheild. Now it is with Thisayanvilai Depot running in Route No 144 Thisayanvilai - Thoothukudi. soon will post the pic. the others will be degraded to City Service and run in some other Depots whenever got a chance sure will click them.

thank u very much, eager to see those busses :)

00 BUSES

Got a chance to Click these Buses

TN-58N-1300

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9893/image0644j.jpg

TN-58N-1800

A Marco, it has been serviced, The front bonnet had changed and The upper glass of Dispaly had been newly placed.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/8623/image0639.jpg

TN-58N-1900

New MTC model waited for this bus to click when every new MTC model bus came went near to see the reg No.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9444/image0649.jpg

After placing the watermark edited the bus with Special Effects on the software, the bus looked nice for me, Hope u Members would also like this.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7650/1900l.jpg

After placing the watermark edited the bus with Special Effects on the software, the bus looked nice for me, Hope u Members would also like this.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7650/1900l.jpg


Fantastic.. Keep going.. :cheers:

Is this the end of Hill riders in Pollachi-Valparai route?
Buses operated in Pollachi-Valparai route are 100% hill riders.. Once i noticed a normal 10.5M AL bus on this route.. I was surprised to see that bus in pollachi-valparai route.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TZtDQng3SSI/AAAAAAAAHuE/fAab1Z33XIA/s640/IMG_1469.jpg

I think they tried the above bus in a trial for few days before adding new buses.. Just noticed this normal 55+2 seater in Pollachi-Valparai route when i was in POY.. It is a erode region registered bus TN33 N 2746. But the bus might have been built by CEC(Pollachi).
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Slowly it started raining in POY when i was clicking these pics.. It is very unusual to get a rain during this time.. The new bus with a old mini bus at Pollachi New BS. After long time i standed in this BS during rain.. A bit lucky though!
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One more.. TN38 N 2568.. This is running in Pollachi-Shekalmudi route.
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TN33 N 2750 of Valparai depot.. This is running in Pollachi-High Forest route.
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When i saw these 55X2 seaters had couple of questions running in my mind.. Firstly, how the drivers gonna drive these buses in the ghat routes which has 40+ hair pin bends.. Secondly, Whether they are compromising safety to get more revenue?

New DELUXE AIR SUSPENSION bus from KKD region

TN-63N-1491 Rameswaram - Chennai doing a Spl Service to Madurai. retun backs to Rameswaram

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Deluxe ok But Air suspension only for name sake,

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Deluxe ok But Air suspension only for name sake,

I too saw some of them with Air Bus, Ultra deluxe stickers in Trichy and Tanjore. Something similar to Rajahamsas.. Even some rajahamsa's of KaSRTC didnt have Air Suspension. Normally we will not notice that in Rajahamsa.. :)

TN-59N-1017

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TN-59N-0370 workshop van from Ellis Nagar Depot.

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TML - 6845 from Pudhur Depot

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I too saw some of them with Air Bus, Ultra deluxe stickers in Trichy and Tanjore. Something similar to Rajahamsas.. Even some rajahamsa's of KaSRTC didnt have Air Suspension. Normally we will not notice that in Rajahamsa.. :)

Kumbakonam Region is Rocking they are using the new Chassis, well provided to them. in past 4 months many new Super Deluxe buses have been introduced by them, Nice move. This is the one and only region to introduce new super deluxe buses am i correct Dhandapani Sir.

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Slowly it started raining in POY when i was clicking these pics.. It is very unusual to get a rain during this time.. The new bus with a old mini bus at Pollachi New BS. After long time i standed in this BS during rain.. A bit lucky though!
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The Front Face look Very nice If CEC continue with the New face it would be Nice, I love a lot to watch Buses in Rain Thanks for the Pics.

Just wanna know whether those mini buses which were a boon to remote villages are still in the businesS?

Just wanna know whether those mini buses which were a boon to remote villages are still in the businesS?

They are not in operation everywhere. But in Pollachi almost all of the mini buses are operated. In CBE few mini buses were stopped.. Same is the case with Tirupur and Madurai. Not sure about other areas.

The Front Face look Very nice If CEC continue with the New face it would be Nice, I love a lot to watch Buses in Rain Thanks for the Pics.

I too loved the front face of these buses. CEC should continue with the same design for some more time. This is the first time im trying to click during rainy time in my mobile and it came nicely.. :)

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/05/02/20110502c_013107003.jpg

Kumbakonam Region is Rocking they are using the new Chassis, well provided to them. in past 4 months many new Super Deluxe buses have been introduced by them, Nice move. This is the one and only region to introduce new super deluxe buses am i correct Dhandapani Sir.

You are right! even SETC didnt add any SD/luxury buses this year. No other regions added any SD buses.

They are not in operation everywhere. But in Pollachi almost all of the mini buses are operated. In CBE few mini buses were stopped.. Same is the case with Tirupur and Madurai. Not sure about other areas.

It is reverse in Thoothukudi, When Mini Buses started their operation, TNSTC stopped one by one in the Operational area, Mini Bus owners காட்டுல அடமழை now competition getting tough between them, we can see every month 2 or 3 mini buses in Police stations, here too only few buses are not in operations that too only for the shortage of Driver and conductors and Now Share auto is Dominating in a Particular route, in this Case private City bus operator also dropped their service and making Cut services in this Route.

It is reverse in Thoothukudi, When Mini Buses started their operation, TNSTC stopped one by one in the Operational area, Mini Bus owners காட்டுல அடமழை now competition getting tough between them, we can see every month 2 or 3 mini buses in Police stations, here too only few buses are not in operations that too only for the shortage of Driver and conductors and Now Share auto is Dominating in a Particular route, in this Case private City bus operator also dropped their service and making Cut services in this Route.

In pollachi, there is one particular route where mini bus conductors and drivers started speaking hindi.. Most of them came from north(mainly biharis) for working in coconut fibre industries, they used to roam around in that particular mini bus.. You can regularly hear hindi songs in that bus.. :lol:

New DELUXE AIR SUSPENSION bus from KKD region

TN-63N-1491 Rameswaram - Chennai doing a Spl Service to Madurai. retun backs to Rameswaram


Amazing move by TNSTC KMU. I think it is built by TNSTC only. A really nice one. Love to see more of them in all the TNSTCs in the future, replacing SETCs.

They are not in operation everywhere. But in Pollachi almost all of the mini buses are operated. In CBE few mini buses were stopped.. Same is the case with Tirupur and Madurai. Not sure about other areas.

It is reverse in Thoothukudi, When Mini Buses started their operation, TNSTC stopped one by one in the Operational area, Mini Bus owners காட்டுல அடமழை now competition getting tough between them, we can see every month 2 or 3 mini buses in Police stations, here too only few buses are not in operations that too only for the shortage of Driver and conductors and Now Share auto is Dominating in a Particular route, in this Case private City bus operator also dropped their service and making Cut services in this Route.

Thanks for the information guys

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/05/02/20110502c_013107003.jpg

The News from the above article
People From Nellai region suffers a lot with the ill maintained buses, After bifacturation of new region expected changes in the division, but day to day Nelaai region is going worst. Depots under the control of Nellai region, Srivaikundam, Thoothukudi, Thisayanvilai having the worst maintained buses, After receving many new buses , they have been deployed only in long routes, Still many remote villages are not connected by TNSTC. Many petition regarding the bus service had been recevied by the Collector ofiice, The official Doing the surveys and keep silent. Damaged Seats, No proper Spares and no technical staffs leading the Nellai region to get worse. This leads to a great revenue loss to this Division, Its high time the officials have to deploy the new buses at proper routes and scrap the oldies people expecting this do be done.

Hi All,

Clicked this bus in Coorg, it was on a trip ferrying the TN forest officials. This bus looks bit confusing because its written as ARC in the front. I got confused as ARC travels is run by other Pollachi group. Then some research on both groups cleared the air !!


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Regards,
Subbu

Hi.. I saw this bus near Dharapuram...going to Madurai..on friday noon...many special buses are running on that...and also i noted there was more ads in this bus at the side window of the bus...its against the rule only?..

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Cluster bus service from tomorrow in New Delhi

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/05/03/20110503a_00210c009.jpg

How is this service different from SLF , other than enhanced features, whether the engine is different ?

Whether there is any such proposal for chennai?

[QUOTE=Naveenmech;77062015]Hi.. I saw this bus near Dharapuram...going to Madurai..on friday noon...many special buses are running on that...and also i noted there was more ads in this bus at the side window of the bus...its against the rule only?..

/QUOTE]

Hi Naveen,

As per Madras High court ruling, ads are banned on the following spots on the bus:

- rear windshield
- rear body
- wrapping of buses with ads on the sides (this made the chennai Volvo's to drop the idea of wrapping them like BMTC)

But the ruling allows the ads to be displayed on the top glass on the sides of the bus which is there above the sliding glasses. So STC's are following the law.

Regrads,
Subbu

[QUOTE=Naveenmech;77062015]
Hi Naveen,

As per Madras High court ruling, ads are banned on the following spots on the bus:

- rear windshield
- rear body
- wrapping of buses with ads on the sides (this made the chennai Volvo's to drop the idea of wrapping them like BMTC)

But the ruling allows the ads to be displayed on the top glass on the sides of the bus which is there above the sliding glasses. So STC's are following the law.

Regrads,
Subbu

Now most of the SLFs running in madurai got the ads in the side glasses. They started putting up these ads in Moffusil buses too.. TNSTC-KMU(Trichy region) already put the ads in their moffusil buses..

The first ad in Madurai SLFs came for a Zee Tamil's serials "Jansi Raani" and "Sinna Marumagal".. :lol: Now many got added to the list..
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TZtJEGdeGbI/AAAAAAAAHwA/HJ4F_yamPz0/s640/IMG_0769.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TZtJLbpdEQI/AAAAAAAAHwI/6rZI9yeKmj4/s640/IMG_0771.jpg

Cluster bus service from tomorrow in New Delhi

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/05/03/20110503a_00210c009.jpg

How is this service different from SLF , other than enhanced features, whether the engine is different ?

Whether there is any such proposal for chennai?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delayed-bus-cluster-to-start-rolling-on-May-5/articleshow/8146922.cms

The above article says its about grouping of routes into clusters and awarding each to operator.

The Delhi (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Delhi) government has divided 650 bus routes into 17 clusters, each comprising profitable and non-profitable routes and decided to give each cluster to a private operator. This is besides the 6,500 DTC buses that are currently on the roads.

Thanks Mr Dhandaphanik and Mr.rsubbu.mdu..

After the bifurcation of Nellai Region, TNSTC MDU extende their services in south TN to Marthandam, Kanyakumari many services have been extended.

Kodaikanal - Kanyakumari

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Vedasanthoor - Kanyakumari

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on may way to MIBT i missed to Click Madurai - Marthandam, Dindigul - Kanyakumari.

One more body buider ARROW for TNSTC, the information about the body builder was given by Shyam one of our member from Trichy, I got a chance to click the bus.

http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/6075/image0715.jpg

The Name of the Destination were Different so clicked these buses,

Oyyavanthan, Already posted the pic of the bus but for a better view.

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Rameswaram - Arukattuthurai running a schedule for madurai

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Trichy - perumagalur at MIBT spl service

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delayed-bus-cluster-to-start-rolling-on-May-5/articleshow/8146922.cms

The above article says its about grouping of routes into clusters and awarding each to operator.

This is a better option in place where private buses are like Yamadharma raja's for towns and cities.
It helps reducing traffic jams and accident levels..
Indian Government can try implementing it immediately with effect in all cities where private operators are running city bus services...

^^ It suits Delhi because of its size and moreover its awarded to private operators only. Hope it does not fall in wrong hands.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5684055374_887c87fe2c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35164268@N02/5684055374/)
MTC volvo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35164268@N02/5684055374/) by VinTN (http://www.flickr.com/people/35164268@N02/), on Flickr

^^ I saw this in your wikimedia commons folder.. I thought to post it in MTC thread but good that you posted it here. Why no cross post in Indian Bus thread?

Good shot btw

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delayed-bus-cluster-to-start-rolling-on-May-5/articleshow/8146922.cms

The above article says its about grouping of routes into clusters and awarding each to operator.

Ada cha! I thought it was something innovative.

^^ It suits Delhi because of its size and moreover its awarded to private operators only. Hope it does not fall in wrong hands.

I hope you have not understood the concept.

It may well suite all the cities where small private operators are operating 1 - 3 buses indivudually like Coimbatore or Ernakulam. In a city, where there are 200-250 buses plying, the government can try implementing the project where all the 250 buses are owned by a single company, and will be a subsidy of a parent company.

This helps in reducing the travel time, traffic jams and accidents in the road during the peak hours. Moreover, the buses procured also will be according to the government standards, more environment friendly.

^^ Its a big leap from present blue lines not technically though.

I hope you have not understood the concept.

It may well suite all the cities where small private operators are operating 1 - 3 buses indivudually like Coimbatore or Ernakulam. In a city, where there are 200-250 buses plying, the government can try implementing the project where all the 250 buses are owned by a single company, and will be a subsidy of a parent company.

This helps in reducing the travel time, traffic jams and accidents in the road during the peak hours. Moreover, the buses procured also will be according to the government standards, more environment friendly.

The reason for not having single private operator is to avoid monopoly. With 20 million in suburbs and 30 million in NCR along with countless migrants it is possible to have multiple clusters say even 20 -25.

The reason for not having single private operator is to avoid monopoly. With 20 million in suburbs and 30 million in NCR along with countless migrants it is possible to have multiple clusters say even 20 -25.

Transportation is not a business. It is a public service. So, safety must be the first point here. It must not be sacrificed.
Even if you think that it becomes a monopoly when there is a single private operator, it is government regulated, unlike the current omni bus operators in TN.

Transportation is not a business. It is a public service. So, safety must be the first point here. It must not be sacrificed.
Even if you think that it becomes a monopoly when there is a single private operator, it is government regulated, unlike the current omni bus operators in TN.

It wont work out in TN. If they try this cluster service, slowly TNSTCs will stop running their city bus services and private buses will occupy the routes..

It wont work out in TN. If they try this cluster service, slowly TNSTCs will stop running their city bus services and private buses will occupy the routes..

Ya, that will be better. This will minimize the losses for TNSTCs.
We can better opt for these kind of cluster services rather than the dubba TNSTC services. If some pressure is relived from TNSTCs then they will concentrate more on rural services.

Ya, that will be better. This will minimize the losses for TNSTCs.
We can better opt for these kind of cluster services rather than the dubba TNSTC services. If some pressure is relived from TNSTCs then they will concentrate more on rural services.

For cities in TN i better opt for TNSTCs rather than giving permits to new prviate buses. In the past 2 to 3 yrs TNSTC-MDU introduced so many new routes connecting various parts of city with the new JNNURM SLFs. Whereas TNSTC-CBE with same number of new SLFs it introduced very less new routes. So many places in and around CBE remains unconnected. Even the new routes that were introduced will not run during festival / weekends. They used to run all those buses as special buses to MDU/POY/PLN etc..,

hi dolphin tuty sir

can u get me the pict of TN-72N-0832, TN-72N-0899, TN-72N-0901, TN-72N-0889, TN-72N-0898 if possible,because i love to see these buses now. 10 yrs back TN-72N-0832 ran through thiruchendur to madurai.in the front glass they wrote BHARATHAM in tamil.TN-72N-0898 and TN-72N-0899 frm thiruchendur to madurai. TN-72N-0889 frm nagercoil to madurai.TN-72N-0901 thiruchendur to dindigul

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This is the only bus touch Thoothukudi in your list, other buses will click them if i have a chance.

BPR

After a long Run, TNSTC MDU region also added 2 Byepass Rider in Thoothukudi - Madurai Route, TN-58N-1850, 1902 one of them.

TN-58N-1850 operated by puranagar Depot. this bus first went only inside to Aruppukottai and skipped other towns, now running full in Bypass.

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In Front and rear windshields Arupukottai is hided by pasting white papers and scribbled as BYE PASS RIDER. in Name board also Arupukottai stickers had been removed.

BPR

After a long Run, TNSTC MDU region also added 2 Byepass Rider in Thoothukudi - Madurai Route, TN-58N-1850, 1902 one of them.

TN-58N-1850 operated by puranagar Depot. this bus first went only inside to Aruppukottai and skipped other towns, now running full in Bypass.

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/153/image0811c.jpg


Thanks for those pics.. Now all the buses of Madurai region built in pasumalai workshop is having "Renault logo":lol:. We also have a mercedes-benz running in madurai.. :lol: i'll try to get that benz soon..

For cities in TN i better opt for TNSTCs rather than giving permits to new prviate buses. In the past 2 to 3 yrs TNSTC-MDU introduced so many new routes connecting various parts of city with the new JNNURM SLFs. Whereas TNSTC-CBE with same number of new SLFs it introduced very less new routes. So many places in and around CBE remains unconnected. Even the new routes that were introduced will not run during festival / weekends. They used to run all those buses as special buses to MDU/POY/PLN etc..,

This can be done if, in a city the respective STU is unable to handle the growing population. As you said, in coimbatore, very less no of new routes are introduced, private players can come into play.

All the private bus operators can together form a organization / corporation for operating city buses in Coimbatore alone. They can take the help of the local govt and the state/center for procuring buses according to the standards mentioned in operating city buses (under JnNURM). Here they will be under full control by the government. They can operate city buses only if they agree to certain conditions and terms. This may avoid competition between different private operators to gain higher collection and profits, and everyone may operate good quality/standard city buses in the roads. For a big city like Delhi, different zones are created so that each zone indivudually meets the demand. For a city like Coimbatore, a single company can operate buses, apart from TNSTC.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tbonY9l9rxc/TbP92ltUMVI/AAAAAAAAAYM/FPB3R7WjNsg/s1600/NWS1011031015351_TNSTC_in.jpg

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inside

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This is the only bus touch Thoothukudi in your list, other buses will click them if i have a chance.

thank u very much, after long time im seeing this bus.they have changed the front portion.realy nice click sir thank u very much :)

BPR

After a long Run, TNSTC MDU region also added 2 Byepass Rider in Thoothukudi - Madurai Route, TN-58N-1850, 1902 one of them.

TN-58N-1850 operated by puranagar Depot. this bus first went only inside to Aruppukottai and skipped other towns, now running full in Bypass.

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/153/image0811c.jpg

In Front and rear windshields Arupukottai is hided by pasting white papers and scribbled as BYE PASS RIDER. in Name board also Arupukottai stickers had been removed.

i think 1902 is town bus

Following pics cover High frequency mofusil bus routes on NH47 between Coimbatore and Salem.

1. Coimbatore-Tiruppur prime route via Avinashi
2. Coimbatore-Erode prime route via Perundurai
3. Coimbatore-Salem prime route via Perundurai, Bhavani, Sankari
4. Tiruppur-Erode via Perumanalur, Perundurai
5. Tiruppur-Salem via Peundurai, Bhavani
6. Erode-Salem via Sankari

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BPR buses...

Peak hour mofusil bus from Salem to Coimbatore.... bus was packed like town bus instead... clearly shows still town buses are not in par with requirement and mofusil buses are used for the same.


Salem-Coimbatore TN -33 N 2228, Erode region bus.

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Coimbatore-Salem TN 33 N 2725, Erode region new bus.

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Coimbatore-Salem TN 30 N 0622 Salem division bus

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Tirppur City-Suburban-Tiruppur City Vatta Perundu, Circular city bus. :)

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Brand new Coimbatore-Salem BPR TN-38 N 2513 belongs to Coimbatore division.

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Guruvayur-Salem late night bus on the way to Salem... clicked near to Avinashi operated by SETC

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Another Coimbatore-Salem BPR belongs to Erode region with TN-33 N 2175 reg no.

4th bus towards Salem from Coimbatore within 40min travel from Chengampali near to Avinashi...

Looks frequency of Coimbatore-Salem buses have come down to 10min one bus from 20min one bus.

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One of the money spinning route for Coimbatore division, Coimbatore-Erode bus TN-33 N 2670.

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3858/dsc09631v.jpg

Written as Mettupalayam-Ooty, but doing Coimbatore-Erode route.

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Tirppur-Erode bus TN 33 N 2334

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Coimbatore-Salem BPR TN-33 N..... belongs to Erode region.

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Coimbatore-Tiruppur bus via Avinashi TN-38 N 2289

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Legendry ERO 100 Coimbatore-Erode non-stop bus TN 33 N 2513

and Salem-Coimbatore BPR heading towards Coimbatore belonging to Salem division

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4113/dsc09644y.jpg

^^ Arul a request. Anything over 3-4 pictures can you please post it as link? I didn't realize the pain till I browsed in India. Okay for me here though!!

i think 1902 is town bus

Yes you are correct i saw that BPR in long so the mistake its 1904 yellow in color body built by pasumalai
unit.
For more TNSTC PICSMy images (http://picasaweb.google.com/dolphinstuti)

i think 1902 is town bus

Right. 1902, 1903 belongs to Thirumangalam depot. these registration nos are for MTC model buses.

^^ Arul a request. Anything over 3-4 pictures can you please post it as link? I didn't realize the pain till I browsed in India. Okay for me here though!!

This should be a problem for the members who use dial up connection... Broad band will not be problem even in India.

Anyway I will paste the link for those who have slow connection once all pics are posted here.

Looks frequency of Coimbatore-Salem buses have come down to 10min one bus from 20min one bus.


Shouldn't that be "Frequency went up to 10 minutes". The Frequency has gone up, while the interval was come down.

Isn't frequency defined as "the number of times a particular event happens in a fixed duration of time". So, if the it was was one bus per twenty minutes earlier, and its one bus every 10 minutes now, hasn't the frequency actually increased?

And, Please insert smaller images. Even if its a broadband connection, why do you want people to load their connection? Many people work on limited bandwidth connections, and they are wasting their bandwidth by loading bigger size images. Please share others' concerns. I remember stating this earlier as well - I hope I haven't been rude.

^^

Everyday cityscapes threads gets flooded with bigger i.e normal size pics or just everyone is pasting only thumbnail pic? Also so far i was pasting only 15-19 inch monitor size pics so far!! Just for few concerns, why majority of whom enjoy pics directly in the forum should suffer?

For those few concerns FYI, i have already posted that i will paste the link of complete set of pics those who have dial up connection and those who don't want load their broadband bandwidth.

MINI BUSES

TN-72N-0102

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TN-59N-0113

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/5944/image0766n.jpg

TN-32N-0039

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4833/image0778.jpg

This bus Clicked for its Front Face i love these Designs
TN-33C-7887

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@Josephantony: Those JCBL's looks good but were never lasting for not more than a year. Bodies were so bad and they turn to rattle boxes very fast.

@Josephantony: Those JCBL's looks good but were never lasting for not more than a year. Bodies were so bad and they turn to rattle boxes very fast.

Right! JCBL UD's were the worst looking UDs.

Southern TN SETC depots maintain their UDs better than the other SETC depots. I noticed few good looking UDs from South SETC depots. Noticed one SETC UD from NGL/MTM depot having the sticker as "Nanjil". :)

From TNSTC-MDU's DGL region..
Reg No. TN57 N 2012 - A TNSTC-VPM built new bus at CBE last week.. Belongs to Cumbum-2 depot.
Reg no TN57 N 2005 - Could be built by Dharmapuri region (Based on the look) was going to Rameshwaram from Bodi. Belongs to Bodi depot.

Everyday cityscapes threads gets flooded with bigger i.e normal size pics or just everyone is pasting only thumbnail pic? Also so far i was pasting only 15-19 inch monitor size pics so far!! Just for few concerns, why majority of whom enjoy pics directly in the forum should suffer?


Are you sure its only a "few" who suffer? Any statisticts to prove that? A good number of people work in resolution 1024x768. A good 50% of that is taken by the outlines of the forum. Your images only go out of it.

While everybody else is "kind" enough to post smaller images, I seriously do not understand why you still try proving that humans are three legged.

And, people have already wasted bandwidth by trying to load you big images, then why post links??

Please think of a bigger picture. It is not very difficult to get a 600x450 sized image link from imageshack, or ANY other picture host. No body is asking you to post thumbnails, but post smaller sized images. They load faster, and hence is more comfortable for all users in general.

You might be browsing from an office connection, which offers guaranteed speeds - but NONE of the home broadband connections provide guaranteed speeds. I browse from a connection that promises 2mbps speeds, but the images you posted never loaded in full. Its annoying to see broken images, and the pages appear distorted.

At the same time 600x450 sized images load inline very easily, and viewing is a pleasure.

I stop here..

Hello Arul,

Don't take my post in a negative sense, this is purely a suggestion based on the previous posts from forumers. I also face difficulty seeing the images posted by you when i access the net from home. Not only that, bigger images need you to scroll horizontaly to view them fully and you loose the satisfication you have looking at a image in a single shot. You can use flickr or imageshack which offer smaller size images (which don't compromise on picture quality and details) which makes life easier for people working on low bandwith connections.

Regards,
Subbu

Binaiks,

Stop your prejudice there! May be you are trying to prove that humans are 2 and half legged.

FYKI, imageshack or flickr or anyother image uploader is blocked in my office and i uploaded my pics in home with Airtel broadband... May be i have to take prejudice that you are viewing the forum with a age old dial up connection.

Hello Arul,

Don't take my post in a negative sense, this is purely a suggestion based on the previous posts from forumers. I also face difficulty seeing the images posted by you when i access the net from home. You can use flickr or imageshack which offer smaller size images (which don't compromise on picture quality and details) which makes life easier for people working on low bandwith connections.

Regards,
Subbu

at everyone, i will resize the pic size!
But posting the thumbnail is useless in forum like ssc where pic viewing is one of the main option.

at everyone, i will resize the pic size!
But posting the thumbnail is useless in forum like ssc where pic viewing is one of the main option.

Hi Arul,

This is like "vecha kudumi saracha mottai" [either a ponytail or clean shaven] case. No one is forcing you to post thumbnail images.
You can take my case where Picoolio which i was earlier using got blocked in my office and then i started using Flickr. So if things are blocked, you have to find a alternative which provides the same set of facilities.

Regards,
Subbu

^^^^

we cant view the photos properly If they post thumb nail's....

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Not related to buses.

I have a doubt for quite long. I have only seen vehicle registrations upto TN-XX CZ XXXX in TamilNadu (seen TN-21 CZ 9XXX series and TN-31 CZ). But I have seen other state registrations in MX, LX(eg KA-05 MJ XXXX) series. Does it mean that the volume of vehicles in other states is many folds compared to TN or do the other states follow different order of numbering?

... May be i have to take prejudice that you are viewing the forum with a age old dial up connection.


If that feeling gives you contentment, so be it. People browsing on a high-speed internet always expect others too be on the same plain - having been using all types of internet connections over the past few years, I, for one, would not like to forget the path I trekked to reach here.

My only request is be considerate to other users - not every one is using a fast internet connection. And like RSubbu said, it takes out the pleasure of watching a picture when you have scroll left right and centre - also the images take hell lot of time to load. Imageshack itself is an unreliable image host - especially for large images, and your loading of full resolution images only makes things worse.


at everyone, i will resize the pic size!
But posting the thumbnail is useless in forum like ssc where pic viewing is one of the main option.

No body is forcing you to post thumbnails. Every image host provides the option of resizing images, and would provide links for all possible dimensions from an image. Smaller images would make life easier for others.

And, If you still believe Humans are three-legged, or as you think, two-and-a-half legged, so be it.

But I have seen other state registrations in MX, LX(eg KA-05 MJ XXXX) series. Does it mean that the volume of vehicles in other states is many folds compared to TN or do the other states follow different order of numbering?

Karnataka has a very unique pattern of allotting registration numbers. The "F" series is always reserved for the State Transport Undertaking (BMTC/KSRTC/NEKRTC/NWKRTC, as the case may be), and "G" is always allotted to government vehicles.

Take an example of KA-51. In the initial phase, they gave number KA-51-1 till KA-51-9999, then moved to KA-51-A... and so on till they reached KA-51-Z. After Z, cars directly moved over to KA-51-MA-xxxx. Commercial Vehicles use a different series totally. I have not be able to find a single pattern for the RTOs though. Each one of them follow their own style of allotting alphabets.

The Mumbai Central RTO had another interesting trend (Not sure if its still there). That RTO gave out all series from A to Z. After Z, they went straight to AA, then BA, CA, DA, etc till ZA. Then they started AB, BB, CB, and so on.

Like this, each RTO has their own style of giving registration numbers.

In my limited observation, only TN and KL RTOs go one a "linear" pattern. Most other RTOs have unique systems.

In my limited observation, only TN and KL RTOs go one a "linear" pattern. Most other RTOs have unique systems.

In TN,
TN XX N XXXX is reserved for TNSTCs.
TN XX G XXXX is reserved for Government vehicles.

Registrations in TN starts with TN XX 0001 to 9999 and then A XXXX to Z XXXX.. after that it will start from AA, AB, AC.. AZ..

In few places we have the same RTO numbers shared across places.

Some private vehicles may carry N/G series registrations.. In that case they could be an auctioned vehicles.

ARASU PERUNDHU -MADURAI

This one simply rockszz

From the time i am seeing the new batch of 2750 TNSTC buses, all of them are being used only in long distance inter-city buses, which give loss / less profit than the local / short distance buses.
Why are they not thinking in this mentality and allocating new buses to profitable routes?

From the time i am seeing the new batch of 2750 TNSTC buses, all of them are being used only in long distance inter-city buses, which give loss / less profit than the local / short distance buses.
Why are they not thinking in this mentality and allocating new buses to profitable routes?

I think in TNSTC-CBE, they're changing the old buses with new buses...in the routes like CBE-Pollachi, Tiruppur...i dont know about other cities...and buses having series TN 38 N 17xx which previously served in the route of Madurai and Tiruchi now running in Cbe-Pollachi, udumalai..in addition to the New buses...but they're using more number of new buses in long distance routes only..but long distance routes are also a profitable one only na.?i can see nowadays in weekdays also more number of people are waiting in Singanallur Bus stand for Madurai and south bound buses...

From the time i am seeing the new batch of 2750 TNSTC buses, all of them are being used only in long distance inter-city buses, which give loss / less profit than the local / short distance buses.
Why are they not thinking in this mentality and allocating new buses to profitable routes?

Intercity routes need better buses because they are running these buses for longer distance than the normal city buses. Whatever TNSTC-CBE is doing is good. They replaced most of the buses in their long distance services.. Mainly CBE-MDU is flooded with new buses..

At the same time we need good buses for city bus services too. Atleast TNSTC-CBE added some new buses in city bus services this year.

Like this, each RTO has their own style of giving registration numbers.

In my limited observation, only TN and KL RTOs go one a "linear" pattern. Most other RTOs have unique systems.

Thanks binaiks. I too observed KL also going on a linear pattern (with KL07(ernakulam) having the max reg no in the state and KL 15 being used for all govt buses).

MINI BUSES
TN-72N-0102
TN-59N-0113
TN-32N-0039


Were these buses operated by TNSTCs earlier?

I think in TNSTC-CBE, they're changing the old buses with new buses...in the routes like CBE-Pollachi, Tiruppur...i dont know about other cities...and buses having series TN 38 N 17xx which previously served in the route of Madurai and Tiruchi now running in Cbe-Pollachi, udumalai..in addition to the New buses...but they're using more number of new buses in long distance routes only..but long distance routes are also a profitable one only na.?i can see nowadays in weekdays also more number of people are waiting in Singanallur Bus stand for Madurai and south bound buses...

For TNSTCs, with the current fare structure, if a bus is not jam packed, then it will definitely run in loss. For Mofussil buses, this will happen only during weekends and season times. But for short distant inter-city or city services, it is a regular thing. Morning and evening peak hour times are enough for a short distance service bus to break even indivudually.

Intercity routes need better buses because they are running these buses for longer distance than the normal city buses. Whatever TNSTC-CBE is doing is good. They replaced most of the buses in their long distance services.. Mainly CBE-MDU is flooded with new buses..
At the same time we need good buses for city bus services too. Atleast TNSTC-CBE added some new buses in city bus services this year.

Ya, while TNSTC CBE added new city/local buses, TNSTC VPM added many new local routes, but with their old buses, which are ofcourse looking good, unlike other divisions. One thing they are not doing is that they are not dumping out many old buses, instead they are using it for local routes. While new buses are being used for peak / long routes.

New buses from TNSTC VPM

TN-32-N-3565
TN-32-N-3566
running in the route: Pondy - Tindivanam - Melmaruvathur - Chennai

TN-21-N-1460 to TN-21-N-1462
running in the route: Pondy ECR Express Chennai

In TN,
TN XX N XXXX is reserved for TNSTCs.
TN XX G XXXX is reserved for Government vehicles.

Registrations in TN starts with TN XX 0001 to 9999 and then A XXXX to Z XXXX.. after that it will start from AA, AB, AC.. AZ..

In few places we have the same RTO numbers shared across places.

Some private vehicles may carry N/G series registrations.. In that case they could be an auctioned vehicles.

Perfect! Just to add, in TN the main RTO offices are given series letters from the forward (A, B, etc) and Unit offices from the reverse (Z, Y, etc). Both the forward and reverse series 'meet' somewhere depending on the volume of the main and unit RTOs.

TN-31 CZ is the first Cx series in TN, belongs to Neyveli Unit office of Cuddalore RTO! After Cuddalore, TN-22 (Meenambakkam RTO) has entered Cx series. It is now running CA and unit offices in Tambaram and Sholinganallur are running CZ, CY etc.

Cheers,
Raj

From TNSTC-MDU's DGL region..
Reg No. TN57 N 2012 - A TNSTC-VPM built new bus at CBE last week.. Belongs to Cumbum-2 depot.
Reg no TN57 N 2005 - Could be built by Dharmapuri region (Based on the look) was going to Rameshwaram from Bodi. Belongs to Bodi depot.

Yes 2005 is built by Dhrampuri region clearly saw it but missed to capture.

TN-57N-2001 by Virudhunagar region running Palani = Tiruchendur

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3538/image0784.jpg

NEW BUS ON INTER STATE SERVICE.

TN-72N-1575 THOOTHUKUDI _ KOTTARAKARA

The service was introduced three years back, old buses were used after a long time new bus alloted to the service. This bus is the first to have double doors in Nellai Region.

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Perfect! Just to add, in TN the main RTO offices are given series letters from the forward (A, B, etc) and Unit offices from the reverse (Z, Y, etc). Both the forward and reverse series 'meet' somewhere depending on the volume of the main and unit RTOs.

TN-31 CZ is the first Cx series in TN, belongs to Neyveli Unit office of Cuddalore RTO! After Cuddalore, TN-22 (Meenambakkam RTO) has entered Cx series. It is now running CA and unit offices in Tambaram and Sholinganallur are running CZ, CY etc.

Cheers,
Raj

Quicky to add few more observations..

There were few series - TN 31, 30, 23 that have the started the pattern of allotting series AZ, BZ, CZ, DZ.. for their unit offices.

For example Neyveli was progressing in this series TN 31 AZ, BZ, CZ.....
Virudhachalam was progressing TN 31 AV BV (not sure if it was AY BY, but it was like this)
Omalur was progressing TN 30 AY, BY...
One can see Gudiyatham also TN 23 B series, whereas Vellore is in AL now

Now this is rationalized to follow the pattern of unit order going in the reverse order as AZ, AY, AX, AW.. upto the point they meet the Main Office series.

Accordingly now Neyveli and Virudhachalam is using the AT, AS now since the start of the year.

Omalur has moved to AX..

Vellore (TN 23) unit offices will also move to this model being followed by all RTO's in TN

This is purely a observation and not received from official sources.

Cheers!

^^ I think it is the highest registration number of TN 72 N. Am i right dolphins?

Karnataka has a very unique pattern of allotting registration numbers. The "F" series is always reserved for the State Transport Undertaking (BMTC/KSRTC/NEKRTC/NWKRTC, as the case may be), and "G" is always allotted to government vehicles.

Take an example of KA-51. In the initial phase, they gave number KA-51-1 till KA-51-9999, then moved to KA-51-A... and so on till they reached KA-51-Z. After Z, cars directly moved over to KA-51-MA-xxxx. Commercial Vehicles use a different series totally. I have not be able to find a single pattern for the RTOs though. Each one of them follow their own style of allotting alphabets.

The Mumbai Central RTO had another interesting trend (Not sure if its still there). That RTO gave out all series from A to Z. After Z, they went straight to AA, then BA, CA, DA, etc till ZA. Then they started AB, BB, CB, and so on.

Like this, each RTO has their own style of giving registration numbers.

In my limited observation, only TN and KL RTOs go one a "linear" pattern. Most other RTOs have unique systems.


In my observation some 5-8 years back which I can vaguely remember...

A, B, C, D is reserved for commercial use buses, lorries, trucks, autos... you can see that KPN buses will be having only these and not E, M, N, P etc...

E, H, J, K, L is reserved for bikes, two-wheelers

M, N, P, Q (not sure), Z are reserved for four wheelers own-use

R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y are again reserved for two-wheelers

So for cars after finishing M, N, P, Q (not sure) , Z they jump to MA, MB, MC, MD...

For 2 wheelers they jump to EA, EB,EC....EZ and then HA, HB... one can see this in KA 03, 04, 05 series which are basically Bangalore main series...

This is purely observations and not from official sources..

Cheers!

kottarakarai is in kerala RIGHT?

In my observation some 5-8 years back which I can vaguely remember...

A, B, C, D is reserved for commercial use buses, lorries, trucks, autos... you can see that KPN buses will be having only these and not E, M, N, P etc...

E, H, J, K, L is reserved for bikes, two-wheelers

M, N, P, Q (not sure), Z are reserved for four wheelers own-use

R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y are again reserved for two-wheelers

So for cars after finishing M, N, P, Q (not sure) , Z they jump to MA, MB, MC, MD...

For 2 wheelers they jump to EA, EB,EC....EZ and then HA, HB... one can see this in KA 03, 04, 05 series which are basically Bangalore main series...

This is purely observations and not from official sources..

Cheers!
BlackPearl has got it right, very impressive. I would like to add few more things:

Commercial Vehicles use A,B,C and D before repeating AA,AB,AC..and so on
Q is again for two wheelers
Govt. series continues as GA,GB....

The pattern is used by RTOs across the state. One huge advantage of segregated numbering is the reduced chance of 'plate swapping' (for the lack of a better term in my own vocab!).

For eg, in a state that does not follow a similar system, it is difficult to pinpoint the nature of a vehicle by its plates alone. For e.g. TN-XX-YYYY could be a two wheeler/private car/auto/privately owned bus/truck/taxi but this wouldn't be possible with a clearly segregated system.

I have personally witnessed some cab drivers in Chennai (esp. of higher end vehicles such as Innova and above) who keep both yellow(taxi) and white (private) plates to use as the situation demands and reap the best of both the worlds!

kottarakarai is in kerala RIGHT?

Yes

^^ I think it is the highest registration number of TN 72 N. Am i right dolphins?

I don't have any idea about the latest series in Tn-72. But,in October it was 139X, within 6 months nearly 180 buses has been added to the fleet. Now it is nearly 157X :banana2:, i think this will be the highest no of buses allocated in a particular tenure. Even when nainar was holding transport ministry, we didn't see such a massive allocation

+ as far as i know, tuticorin- KOTTARAKARA is the only long distance interstate route form nellai region. Happy to see that they have replaced the older one. They can also try tuticorin-trivandrum via nellai. Also other interstate routes (by SETC)from tuticorin to kerala runs jampacked. Although interstate routes are run by bilateral agreement with our counterparts. TNSTC should put forward a proposal to the govt to introduce new interstate routes. The no of passengers travelling in the interstate routes has increased in the last decade.

Also, nellai division should at least replace the worst dabba buses which runs as long distance town buses. (Similar to what they did with nanguneri- TVL junction). They need not introduce some new buses, but the buses that got replaced by new buses in mofussil routes can be modified for this purpose.

I think the fuel efficiency in nellai region is the worst among all TNSTC's considering the engine condition of the buses. And I think trichy region is the best among all TNSTC as far as fuel efficiency is concerned. Iam 100% sure in SETC, sencottah depot tops in fuel efficiency .

NEW BUS ON INTER STATE SERVICE.

TN-72N-1575 THOOTHUKUDI _ KOTTARAKARA



Good job :cheers:

I don't have any idea about the latest series in Tn-72. But,in October it was 139X, within 6 months nearly 180 buses has been added to the fleet. Now it is nearly 157X :banana2:, i think this will be the highest no of buses allocated in a particular tenure. Even when nainar was holding transport ministry, we didn't see such a massive allocation

+ as far as i know, tuticorin- KOTTARAKARA is the only long distance interstate route form nellai region. Happy to see that they have replaced the older one. They can also try tuticorin-trivandrum via nellai. Also other interstate routes (by SETC)from tuticorin to kerala runs jampacked. Although interstate routes are run by bilateral agreement with our counterparts. TNSTC should put forward a proposal to the govt to introduce new interstate routes. The no of passengers travelling in the interstate routes has increased in the last decade.

Also, nellai division should at least replace the worst dabba buses which runs as long distance town buses. (Similar to what they did with nanguneri- TVL junction). They need not introduce some new buses, but the buses that got replaced by new buses in mofussil routes can be modified for this purpose.


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Mr.Nellai you are mentioning this bus only,

You are right Nellai Region should increase the inter state services, i have dreamed of the route Thoothukudi - Trivandarum bcoz, many people working in uae moving through only TVM, so they should try this, and the Kottarakara service should extended up to kollam.

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Mr.Nellai you are mentioning this bus only,

You are right Nellai Region should increase the inter state services, i have dreamed of the route Thoothukudi - Trivandarum bcoz, many people working in uae moving through only TVM, so they should try this, and the Kottarakara service should extended up to kollam.

Yes exactly. Buses bound to Nagercoil, won't stop in between, some buses stop at mundradaippu. But there is a govt eng college, govt IRT polytechnic, samathuvapuram, 2 more private colleges and some small villages like panangulam, thalai kulam etc in the nanguenri- tvl route.Before this route was introduced, people found it really difficult to reach their destination. Even though a bus route is introduced the frequency is very less; atleast for students, they should introduce a separate bus. When i saw students, that too 8 or 10 years old hanging in the footsteps and traveling i felt very bad.:bash:

You are right Nellai Region should increase the inter state services, i have dreamed of the route Thoothukudi - Trivandarum bcoz, many people working in uae moving through only TVM, so they should try this, and the Kottarakara service should extended up to kollam.

I hope there is a new Inter-state agreement after the new government(s) come to power. The kilometerage between Kerala and TN is just 4000 kms per week.. while the Kerala-Karnataka agreement is a good 14000 kms!!! The Kerala-TN agreement should be hiked to a much higher figure.

I hope there is a new Inter-state agreement after the new government(s) come to power. The kilometerage between Kerala and TN is just 4000 kms per week.. while the Kerala-Karnataka agreement is a good 14000 kms!!! The Kerala-TN agreement should be hiked to a much higher figure.

If so, do you know the kilometerage agreement between Karnataka and Tamilnadu? I am having doubt on this, as most of the Kerala bound KSRTC buses, pass through TN. What will happen in that case?

http://www.tenders.tn.gov.in/innerpage.asp?choice=ta1

Public Auctioning of scrap items from TNSTC Salem.
The items are like, old bikes, cars and buses.

The new TNSTC Tiruvallur region formed last year but none of the buses have been registered in TN20N...., tilldate only KPM region registration buses are being operated eg. TN 21 N 1373 plying between Tiruvallur to Vellore.
Have any one seen in new registration mark of TN 20 N ....and also new tiruvallur region office address.

BlackPearl has got it right, very impressive. I would like to add few more things:

Commercial Vehicles use A,B,C and D before repeating AA,AB,AC..and so on
Q is again for two wheelers
Govt. series continues as GA,GB....

The pattern is used by RTOs across the state. One huge advantage of segregated numbering is the reduced chance of 'plate swapping' (for the lack of a better term in my own vocab!).

For eg, in a state that does not follow a similar system, it is difficult to pinpoint the nature of a vehicle by its plates alone. For e.g. TN-XX-YYYY could be a two wheeler/private car/auto/privately owned bus/truck/taxi but this wouldn't be possible with a clearly segregated system.

I have personally witnessed some cab drivers in Chennai (esp. of higher end vehicles such as Innova and above) who keep both yellow(taxi) and white (private) plates to use as the situation demands and reap the best of both the worlds!

Thanks sscm for the appreciation, and thanks for the info on the logic for using different series for own-use and commercial use vehicles.. certainly there is a benefit.

I don't have any idea about the latest series in Tn-72. But,in October it was 139X, within 6 months nearly 180 buses has been added to the fleet. Now it is nearly 157X :banana2:, i think this will be the highest no of buses allocated in a particular tenure. Even when nainar was holding transport ministry, we didn't see such a massive allocation

+ as far as i know, tuticorin- KOTTARAKARA is the only long distance interstate route form nellai region. Happy to see that they have replaced the older one. They can also try tuticorin-trivandrum via nellai. Also other interstate routes (by SETC)from tuticorin to kerala runs jampacked. Although interstate routes are run by bilateral agreement with our counterparts. TNSTC should put forward a proposal to the govt to introduce new interstate routes. The no of passengers travelling in the interstate routes has increased in the last decade.

Also, nellai division should at least replace the worst dabba buses which runs as long distance town buses. (Similar to what they did with nanguneri- TVL junction). They need not introduce some new buses, but the buses that got replaced by new buses in mofussil routes can be modified for this purpose.

I think the fuel efficiency in nellai region is the worst among all TNSTC's considering the engine condition of the buses. And I think trichy region is the best among all TNSTC as far as fuel efficiency is concerned. Iam 100% sure in SETC, sencottah depot tops in fuel efficiency .

The series was in 11XX some 5 years back and it took a very long to cover the previous 200 and suddenly a quick ;)

Was travelling some time back from Trivandrum to Nagercoil and all I could see was only new vehicles in both TN72 and 74... whereas it was disappointing to see a lot of old vehicles running in Tuticorin...

The series was in 11XX some 5 years back and it took a very long to cover the previous 200 and suddenly a quick ;)

Was travelling some time back from Trivandrum to Nagercoil and all I could see was only new vehicles in both TN72 and 74... whereas it was disappointing to see a lot of old vehicles running in Tuticorin...

I accept your view. When compared to nellai region is a bigger one even before bifurcation. But after bifurcation kovilpatti, sencottah is added to it. So many new buses have to be divided among many depots. So new region with tuticorin as headquarters should be added to nellai division. Tisayanvilai, kovilpatti can be added to that.

Also there are also many old buses in nellai depot also. most of these buses from nellai ,and tuticorin depot are operated in nellai-tuticorin as well as nellai-tiruchendur routes. In fact many such old buses are posted here in previous pages

Hi All,

took the following snaps during my visit to Tanjore :

TJ town buses, TJ seems to be major dumpyard of MTC buses. You can see lot TN-01N- XXXX ex MTC buses running in the town. Only good part is that MTC gave some decently maintained buses. TNSTC KUM's town bus D74 seems to be the golden geese for them as it has jam packed services every 5 minutes on the Old -New busstand route. Even trailers are running on this route. The new busstand though spacious is one of the worst maintained bus stands in TN and you encounter huge cloud of dust as and when a town bus takes a U turn.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5698419858_977ff5a520.jpg
Ex MTC with plastic surgery done for face.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/5697847855_4c2d4b62ef.jpg
A new well built town bus of TN45, u can also find new TN68 built town buses.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/5698415860_e9e5c704cd.jpg
Old town bus


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5698419080_197bde4c55.jpg
Trailer bus in bad condition, still better than MTC maintainance. Due to bad levelling work at bus stand, see the levels at which two portions of bus stand at!


TJ-Mdu is ruled by KUM division. As four laing is complete on Mdu-Trichy-Tanjore section, TNSTC can think of 1 to 1 (Mdu - TPJ- TJ) service on this section to help EEP with journey time of 2:15 + 1:15 timing roughly:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/5697842629_c4c36e789d.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5697840619_275b9a52f9.jpg

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A new PDKT - Tiruppur by KUM:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/5697839915_8d0a583bd0.jpg

Tiruppur - Tanjore has very high frequency, not sure about the nature of traffic on this route. A tiruppur sub-division bus of Covai division:

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/5697848505_b7253549df.jpg

Tiruppur Mandalam displayed with pride ...

Regards,
Subbu

If so, do you know the kilometerage agreement between Karnataka and Tamilnadu? I am having doubt on this, as most of the Kerala bound KSRTC buses, pass through TN. What will happen in that case?

Although part of the agreement is available on the internet, sadly, the kilometre part is not included. However, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the TN-KA agreement is in the range of 15000 kms or so.

Yes, the Kerala bound buses of KaSRTC, which pass through TN are part of the agreement.

Yes, the Kerala bound buses of KaSRTC, which pass through TN are part of the agreement.

But most of the buses won't be of use to TN. So, how come they can be part of the agreement???

But most of the buses won't be of use to TN. So, how come they can be part of the agreement???

Why aren't they of any use to TN? Almost all the buses pick up passengers from TN - you can even book tickets to places in TN from Bangalore, and vice-versa.

And, they are part of the agreement because the buses run through Tamil Nadu. Similarly, KeSRTC buses running to Bangalore via TN are also part of the Kerala-TN Agreement.

TN buses running from Chennai to Bangalore via Chittoor are part of the TN-AP Agreement, as well as TN-KA Agreement.

I will complete the NH 47 mofusil bus pics

Coimbatore-Namakkal via Erode

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Coimbatore-Gobi

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4004/dsc09650m.jpg

Coimbatore-Tiruppur MTC type body building

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7194/dsc09651q.jpg

Coimbatore-Salem new bus from TNSTC-CBE

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9575/dsc09654qv.jpg

Private Coimbatore-Erode bus

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3117/dsc09655b.jpg

Coimbatore-Anthiyur via Gobi

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8900/dsc09657r.jpg

TN38 new Coimbatore-Salem BPR

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Coimbatore city bus Ukkadam-Somanur

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8366/dsc09659vm.jpg

Written as Thiruppur-Dharmapuri, but doing Coimbatore-Bhavani

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2338/dsc09660w.jpg

Thirussur-Tiruppur bus

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/416/dsc09662u.jpg

TN-33 new Coimbatore-Salem BPR

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6490/dsc09664r.jpg

Coimbatore-Salem via Erode TN-33 old route

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3325/dsc09665.jpg

Somanur-Gandhipuram, Coimbatore city bus

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2918/dsc09666e.jpg

Palakkad-Tiruppur bus

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4748/dsc09668.jpg


Gobi-Coimbatore in the left and Coimbatore-Salem in the right

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Coimbatore City buses

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Coimbatore-Salem and Coimbatore-Erode bus in the race on Avinashi road

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Erode-Coimbatore bus

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Coimbatore-Bengaluru via Salem Intercity express operated by TN-29 Annai Satya.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1169/dsc09763f.jpg

IMHO, TN-29, i.,e Dharmapuri region buses maintenance is very good compared to TN-30 buses.

UD of TN 29 i.e towards Hosur/Mettur from Chennai still have very good look and seats compared to UD dabbas of Salem-Chennai operated by TNSTC-Salem.

Many new buses of TN-29 have installed LED display name boards. But TN-30 lags in everything.

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All Bye-pass rider looks to be the new mantra of VPM division on NH4 to destination like Ambur, Vaniyambadi, Kanchi, Vellore from Chennai.

Coimbatore-Tiruppur MTC type body building

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Are you sure that this is MTC Model??? I dont think so. These are typical CEC built city bus.. They added this some 3 yrs back as city express service in CBE City. You can still see these type of buses in the route nos 84D, 4, 111, 117 etc..,

Some of them are running in Tirupur and Erode as well. some 3/4 buses of same color is running in Palani routes.

Below is the sample MTC Model from TNSTC-MDU
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TQZIhC73Q4I/AAAAAAAAEzA/_DcgmbYAWnk/s640/DSC04291.jpg

I accept your view. When compared to nellai region is a bigger one even before bifurcation. But after bifurcation kovilpatti, sencottah is added to it. So many new buses have to be divided among many depots. So new region with tuticorin as headquarters should be added to nellai division. Tisayanvilai, kovilpatti can be added to that.

Also there are also many old buses in nellai depot also. most of these buses from nellai ,and tuticorin depot are operated in nellai-tuticorin as well as nellai-tiruchendur routes. In fact many such old buses are posted here in previous pages

I have already posted this msg,

with Thoothukudi as HO a New Region can be formed including the depots in the district itself,

Thoothukudi City
Thoothukudi Mofussil
Kovilpatti
Vilathikulam
Srivaikundam
Tiruchendur
Udangudi (a new depot)

Thisayanvilai is 23 km away from Udangudi, now udangudi operations are taken by Thisayanvillai depot and Srivaikundam Depot mainly, and many Private operators start their service to Kovai, chennai and Bangalore from here, power plants from private sector and TNEB is also coming there, so a new depot and the Thoothukudi Region will be with in the district also.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5698419858_977ff5a520.jpg
Ex MTC with plastic surgery done for face.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5697840619_275b9a52f9.jpg

Regards,
Subbu

Nice Captures

After plastic Surgeries MTC Look neat too

The second Bus Of KUM Division Look like a lorry of AP, they only tie this black ropes and Shells huge in front of their lorries

Are you sure that this is MTC Model??? I dont think so. These are typical CEC built city bus.. They added this some 3 yrs back as city express service in CBE City. You can still see these type of buses in the route nos 84D, 4, 111, 117 etc..,

Some of them are running in Tirupur and Erode as well. some 3/4 buses of same color is running in Palani routes.

Below is the sample MTC Model from TNSTC-MDU
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TQZIhC73Q4I/AAAAAAAAEzA/_DcgmbYAWnk/s640/DSC04291.jpg

This is also one type of MTC model bus. I16XX series buses look like this.

X posting from Vadodara thread. Hoping that this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76241317&postcount=338) design gets replicated across India. Dreaming of a day that common man can get airport-quality services at bus terminals. Read the next post on that thread too which has a video of the proposed terminal.

Manasatchi: Adanguda mavanaE, modhalla airport-la airport quality services tharanugalannu parpom

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Manasatchi: Adanguda mavanaE, modhalla airport-la airport quality services tharanugalannu parpom


Even our airports didnt have this type good looking terminals.. Apparam enga bus stands?? Moreover CBE didnt have a integrated Bus stand.. Then how come good looking bus stand? :bash:

Even our airports didnt have this type good looking terminals.. Apparam enga bus stands?? Moreover CBE didnt have a integrated Bus stand.. Then how come good looking bus stand? :bash:

Even assuming if Vadodara type terminals are built in TN, the terminal will be spoiled by the CD and Parotta shops which will take all space meant for the passengers. Then come our honorable citizens, who like to attend the nature's call in public even if a restroom is present in the busstation. Unless these things change, its better we live with the current level bus stations we have.

Classic examples of spoiled busstands are CMBT and MIBT, CMBT was maintained very well in the first year and then on its maintainance nosedived. Same is the case with MIBT where at times only one person can walk in the walkways as shops have occupied all space!

Regards,
Subbu

Point-to-point circuit buses a hit among tourists

D. Radhakrishnan

Each bus can seat 43 people; tickets cost Rs.60 for adults and 30 for children
http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/10/images/2011051062200701.jpg
— Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy

Boon:Tourists boarding a circuit bus at Dodabetta in Udhagamandalam .

UDHAGAMANDALAM: On the lines of the hop-on, hop-off buses plying between Chennai and Mamallapuram, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) has introduced point-to-point circuit buses in Udhagamandalam to decongest traffic in the hill station during the summer season and provide an easy and cheaper mode of transport for the growing number of visitors.

Started on a trial basis with three buses on April 14, the TNSTC circuit buses, with a seating capacity of 43 each, have become the talk of the town.

As per the itinerary, it covers the Children's Park, Boat House, Botanical Garden, Dodabetta, Rose Garden and the Aavin parking lot. Owing to demand, the number of buses has been increased to seven within a week's time.

According to tourist officials, the circuit bus system is not a new concept for this hill station as TNSTC had tried out point-to-point and ‘park and ride' services during the earlier seasons. It was improved further as it was suggested that the new system would decongest the popular hill station in the State and might act as an alternative mode of transport to the growing number of tourists.

Talking to The Hindu, TNSTC Divisional Manager, K.S. Shanmuga Velayudham said that they had fixed the fare for adults at Rs.60 and children, Rs.30.

After purchasing a ticket, the passengers can board or get off the bus at any tourist spot between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

“The response from the tourists is very encouraging. Since the launch, we have fulfilled the transportation needs of thousands of tourists during the weekends and hundreds on the week days. Steps are taken to deal with breakdowns and other problems without delay. If need arises, we are prepared to run battery operated buses wherever feasible,” he added.

Police said that the introduction of circuit bus system was not only timely, but it also played a significant role in reducing traffic congestion within the town at the right juncture.

Source:http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/10/stories/2011051062200700.htm

Even our airports didnt have this type good looking terminals.. Apparam enga bus stands?? Moreover CBE didnt have a integrated Bus stand.. Then how come good looking bus stand? :bash:

Athaye thaan KT annanoda Manasaatchi yum solluthu!! :)

Are you sure that this is MTC Model??? I dont think so. These are typical CEC built city bus.. They added this some 3 yrs back as city express service in CBE City. You can still see these type of buses in the route nos 84D, 4, 111, 117 etc..,

Some of them are running in Tirupur and Erode as well. some 3/4 buses of same color is running in Palani routes.

Below is the sample MTC Model from TNSTC-MDU
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TQZIhC73Q4I/AAAAAAAAEzA/_DcgmbYAWnk/s640/DSC04291.jpg

This is not mtc type body built. This bus colour only mtc type.:bash:

This is not mtc type body built. This bus colour only mtc type.:bash:

I mentioned coimbatore bus body built, that is not mtc type model. Colour only mtc type model.

X posting from Vadodara thread. Hoping that this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76241317&postcount=338) design gets replicated across India. Dreaming of a day that common man can get airport-quality services at bus terminals. Read the next post on that thread too which has a video of the proposed terminal.

Manasatchi: Adanguda mavanaE, modhalla airport-la airport quality services tharanugalannu parpom

pathu bus vanthuttu pora ooruku antha mathiri bus stand kattalam

aayiram bus vanthutu pora orruku ithu sari pattu varathu.

proper chair, clean drinking water, traffic free, fan, non-stinking bus stand is what needed for us... :nuts:

pathu bus vanthuttu pora ooruku antha mathiri bus stand kattalam

aayiram bus vanthutu pora orruku ithu sari pattu varathu.

proper chair, clean drinking water, traffic free, fan, non-stinking bus stand is what needed for us... :nuts:

bus standku naraiya passengers vandhalea podhum......bus stand nasama poradhu urudhi.....innum bus mattum thaan damage aagama iruku suppose adhuvum aachuna podhum. WORK FINISHED:lol:

bus standku naraiya passengers vandhalea podhum......bus stand nasama poradhu urudhi.....

Neenga solratha patha, passengers bus standuke vara koodatha mathiri theriuthe.. ;)

TML 4480.. Finally got this guy at Gandhipuram BS. Just look at the magnet which it has at the bottom.. A Unique workshop vehicle of TNSTC-CBE..

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TclsNdwpbRI/AAAAAAAAIU8/rT16C4F9mFI/s640/DSC05796.jpg

These magnets were added to absorb the tiny iron particles present in the city roads.. Helps reducing the number of breakdowns due to punctures.. These kind of vehicles were added to MTC also
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TclsPKUAtVI/AAAAAAAAIVA/LaC0DkbsMFo/s512/DSC05797.jpg

^^

this indirectly helps other vehicles too. :)

CHENNAI: The searing heat has made life extremely unpleasant for the city's residents. But the city's only air-conditioned public transport option, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation's Volvo bus fleet, seems to be making most of the weather conditions to rake in profits.

The average daily earnings from the 100 AC buses, which operate along 30 of the MTC's 670-odd routes, have increased by a little more than Rs.1 lakh since the beginning of this month. Some of the AC bus routes that generate the highest revenue are: 576 (T.Nagar – Kancheepuram), 19B (T Nagar to Kelambakkam) and 570 (CMBT to Kelambakkam).

However, senior MTC officials are still sceptical about the need for the “luxury” service. Occupancy ratio of the AC buses is less than 50 per cent during off-rush hour, says an official. According to the MTC's internal estimates, daily collection from each of the AC bus must be around Rs.18,000 to break even. The summer heat has pushed collection only up to Rs.12,500. Enough passengers aren't using the buses, except on weekends when patronage is usually high, the official says.

There are many reasons for the apparent non-viability of the AC service. The limited area of coverage within the city is a prime area of concern for commuters. More than 35 per cent of AC services ply through the IT Corridor (Rajiv Gandhi Salai). Less than four services operate through a significant portion of north Chennai. Experts say that any transit system has to provide a “network service”, enabling commuters to reach most major hubs within the city.

There are also questions about the frequency of AC buses. T.K. Pandian, a quality consultant, who regularly uses AC buses, says “From Thirumangalam to Chengalpattu, I have to switch two buses. The travel is painful. Why wouldn't I use the direct AC bus? Though it is available, it is unreliable. I have no idea about the schedule. Catching an AC bus comes down to coincidence.”

The operational headway along most of the AC bus routes is one bus every hour. This low frequency is due to the limited number of such buses in the fleet. To give a comparison, Delhi has more than 700 low floor AC buses and Bangalore 450 such buses. The existing AC bus routes in the city and their operational frequency is available on http://www.mtcbus. org/ACBusesTimeSchedule.

asp

A recent study done by Anna University shows that of the 40,000-odd daily users of AC buses, more than 24 per cent had shifted from cars and two wheelers, which is one of the highest achieved by a public transport system in the city.

MTC's own studies prove that just by providing better frequency of services on all existing routes, a shift of 15 to 20 per cent from private modes to public transport is possible. The potential of such conversion is much more with more AC buses.

S.K. Lohia, Officer on Special Duty (Urban Transport), Ministry of Urban Development, says that States must stop looking at air-conditioned bus services as a luxury segment. “Are we ever going to have a Metro that is not air-conditioned? AC buses are a must, but frequency of service in Chennai is too low. There should be a bus at least every 15 minutes. Besides, just introducing such buses will not improve public transport. It has to be coupled with better route planning, introducing a variety of passes and implementing electronic ticketing, which has been shown to increase revenue by 12-15 per cent.”

Terming public transport facilities in most Indian cities as “inhuman”, he advocates a system where 40 per cent of the revenue will come through non-fare box collection. “Follow the Metro example. Use revenue from advertisements and commercial land use to expand service quality, while keeping fares low. We recently wrote to all JNNURM cities to frame a city-specific advertisement policy.”

A.Veeraraghavan, Transportation Engineering Professor at IIT-Madras, points to Bangalore which earns Rs.1.5 lakh per year through advertisements on each of its Airport-link ‘Vayu Vajra' AC buses. “In Indian conditions, every bus can be made into an AC service. We must stop viewing those who go by buses as third-rate citizens.”

MTC making hay while the sun shines mercilessly
http://http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/10/images/2011051060390201.jpg
COOL TRAVEL: Of the 40,000-odd daily users of AC buses, more than 24 per cent have shifted from cars and two-wheelers

Source : The Hindu e - paper dt. 10.05.11

Latest reg. buses from TNSTC's.

TN-32-N-3578 - Cuddalore - Chennai - ECR from Cuddalore region / VM div.

TN-33-N-2759 - Erode - Ooty from Erode region / CBE div.

TN-33-N-2759 - Erode - Ooty from Erode region / CBE div.

TN33 N 2759 which is running in Erode-Ooty.. Now on a Spl trip to Salem from CBE.
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TML 4480.. Finally got this guy at Gandhipuram BS. Just look at the magnet which it has at the bottom.. A Unique workshop vehicle of TNSTC-CBE..
These magnets were added to absorb the tiny iron particles present in the city roads.. Helps reducing the number of breakdowns due to punctures.. These kind of vehicles were added to MTC also


What is CSSS?on the van

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Hi Dhandapani,

Is the face of this TML bus the old standard face of CTC buses ?? If you have any pic of old Cheran buses, kindly share ...

I have one more doubt, this face looks very familiar to the old model Agri college buses. Does CEC also builds the bodies for Agri colleges.?

Regards,
Subbu

I mentioned coimbatore bus body built, that is not mtc type model. Colour only mtc type model.

It must be from MTC - recently MTC has given a few buses to Nellai, Madurai divisions. This bus resembles I-29XX or I-33XX from MTC.

Cheers,
Raj

Hi Dhandapani,

Is the face of this TML bus the old standard face of CTC buses ?? If you have any pic of old Cheran buses, kindly share ...

I have one more doubt, this face looks very familiar to the old model Agri college buses. Does CEC also builds the bodies for Agri colleges.?

Regards,
Subbu

Very true, Subbu. CEC used to build buses for many other organizations and other TCs as well.

Dhandapani, Thanks for sharing the photo! Reminds me of the old CTC face!

Cheers,
Raj

Tourist bus from TNSTC - Nellai

This tourist bus is well received by passengers

Passengers request online reservation facility to be implemented

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8848/2471375.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/2471375.jpg/)

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It must be from MTC - recently MTC has given a few buses to Nellai, Madurai divisions. This bus resembles I-29XX or I-33XX from MTC.

Cheers,
Raj

MTC have not given any buses to Nellai or Madurai Division, These buses are built by Private coach Builders which resembles the same style of MTC, TNSTC MDU has added city service nearly 5- 10 Buses of the type recently.

What is CSSS?on the van
I too dont know what that means? :) This could be from HO Branch of CBE. No idea. :)

Hi Dhandapani,

Is the face of this TML bus the old standard face of CTC buses ?? If you have any pic of old Cheran buses, kindly share ...

I have one more doubt, this face looks very familiar to the old model Agri college buses. Does CEC also builds the bodies for Agri colleges.?

Regards,
Subbu
This is a AL bus and not TML bus.. This is the original face of old CEC built buses..

The below one Could have been built by CEC.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_T-PE1u4eAzw/TZtJYJoZ56I/AAAAAAAAHwY/mxVHbrH-2dQ/s640/IMG_0770.jpg

Very true, Subbu. CEC used to build buses for many other organizations and other TCs as well.

Dhandapani, Thanks for sharing the photo! Reminds me of the old CTC face!

Cheers,
Raj

You are welcome.. I'm actually searching for some TN37 N registered old vehicles.. Till date i have seen only one.. It is a workshop van and it is there with Palani-1 depot of TNSTC-CBE. Need to get that once..

MTC have not given any buses to Nellai or Madurai Division, These buses are built by Private coach Builders which resembles the same style of MTC, TNSTC MDU has added city service nearly 5- 10 Buses of the type recently.

TNSTC-MDU has given this MTC model buses to DGL, VNR regions too..

I actually replied to Arul's post for saying that white livery buses of CBE was CEC built and not MTC model. But the discussions dragged to somewhere else.. :)

This is a AL bus and not TML bus.. This is the original face of old CEC built buses...

By TML...i was referring to its registration number. Should have chosen a better idetification...:)

Regards,
Subbu

MTC have not given any buses to Nellai or Madurai Division, These buses are built by Private coach Builders which resembles the same style of MTC, TNSTC MDU has added city service nearly 5- 10 Buses of the type recently.

Well, I meant MTC may have built these buses for TNSTC MDU/Nellai, since they are very similar to those introduced in Chennai. If they are built by Private builders, can you please share the company/builder.

Cheers,
Raj

You are welcome.. I'm actually searching for some TN37 N registered old vehicles.. Till date i have seen only one.. It is a workshop van and it is there with Palani-1 depot of TNSTC-CBE. Need to get that once..

I have seen city buses from TN-37 till 2 years back. These buses may have been indirectly replaced by the JNNURM batch. What is the oldest series running in TNSTC CBE - probably TN-38 N-09XX from 2002 batch?!

My recent observations from Villupuram TN-32 N-1454 (2000 batch), Trichy TN-45 N-1649 (2000 batch).

Cheers,
Raj

Tourist bus from TNSTC - Nellai

This tourist bus is well received by passengers

Passengers request online reservation facility to be implemented
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I think it is a bus of TNSTC. If TTDC operates a new Prakash Coach bus, it will facilitate all segments of the passengers.

Tourist bus from TNSTC - Nellai

This tourist bus is well received by passengers

Passengers request online reservation facility to be implemented

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8848/2471375.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/i/2471375.jpg/)

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Nice arrangement by TNSTC Nellai. Whether this bus will operate entire 365 days or only any particular season. Can u help me in this issue.

Neenga solratha patha, passengers bus standuke vara koodatha mathiri theriuthe.. ;)

Naan apadi sollala varalam aana bus standa avanga veedu mathiri aluku pannama irukanum........vethalaiya thuppurathu toilet irundhum bus standlaye poradhu....nadai padhai kadaigal idhallam illama irundhaley podhum...BUS STAND nalla irukum.:bash: