Bus fans keep your fingers crossed.

Tomorrow transport dept 2011-12 policy note, announcement and allocation will be read in assembly.

Hope they don't copy and paste what KN was having same crap for past 5yrs. Expecting some reforms...:)

I remember a news where senthil balaji was telling transport policy note will be released on 7th sep. But looks so far no info.

http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/

and this site never updates the schedule of assembly.

wonder if they are waiting for Chennai monorail info.

1) Ramesh please understand that TNSTC PDKT has bus from trichy to nagercoil and from Trichy to tiruchendur via madurai.
2) TNSTC erode runs coimbatore to madurai buses and coimbatore to trichy buses ...u know why? because it passes through erode region. For both the above cases, you have given the answer as well. B'cos these routes pass through atleast few kms of these regions, i.e., PDKT and Erode not KMU and CBE. TNSTC, MDU operated a bus in Dindigul - Sivagangai via Melur. No one would comment about that, because though few in kilometres, places around Melur come under MDU region and it has got all rights to take up this route after proper arrangements made by KKDI and DGL regions for slots.

but TNSTC KKDI runs madurai to trichy because after melur it comes under its (KMU) territiory and TRICHy region dont oppose it because both are from same division.

So TNSTC karaikudi operates bus from maduari towards trichy because after melur the area is coming under TNSTC KUM so they have the option to run maudari -trichy route as Trichy is also coming under KMU division...If you see KKDI region as KMU division then you will not have such confusionI don't think all KMU regions are under the same umbrella. It is only these divisions which display their regions as Trichy, KKDI, PDKT and it is happening ONLY in KMU division. No other TNSTC displays their region but only divisions like VPM, MDU, CBE, SLM, Tirunelveli. Madurai - Trichy has part of PDKT region falling in but not KKDI. Just because TRY doesn't oppose, KKDI cannot go in for routes wherever TRY, PDKT, KMU region falls midway. If that is the case, then there won't be any sense in displaying a region, which they are supposed to take care of.

In fact, this way of working is not prevailing in PDKT, TRY or KMU regions.

PDKT connects its towns like Meemisal, Thirumayam, Ponnamaravathy with big cities in shorter routes which wouldn't be known to people who travel in NH and SH's. Few examples are

1) Pattukottai - Palani via PDKT, Iluppur, Viralimalai, Manapparai. I have seen a Manamelgudi - Palani bus also recently but not sure about the route.
2) They have Pattukottai - Trichy via Kandarvakottai, Pattukottai - DGL via Arandhangi, KKDI.

They use their depots based at TRY, Pattukottai purely for their own territory's benefit and doesn't route the above said buses via the KMU region's highway which is money making. These buses would be treated very bad in collection wise but connection wise, don't you think PDKT is doing a lot for its region? This region is getting back buses in shortest routes to Ponnamaravathy from Tiruppur by TNSTC, Erode (via DGL, Natham) and Dharmapuri by TNSTC, Dharmapuri (via NKL, Kulithalai, Manapparai).

But KKDI route its buses to west by TRY or MDU and get back in the same routes by extensions of TRY or MDU bound buses by Trichy, Erode regions. Connectivity within its territory or entire KMU region alone wouldn't be sufficient. When they can get slots from other regions (VPM, DGL, SLM, CBE, ED, TUP) for operating regular/ special buses from MDU - TRY/ SLM/ CBE/ ED/ TUP and beyond, can't they get it for connectivity in shorter routes? I feel the latter would be easier as this would the very first or one of very few buses available.

The decision to run maduari-chennai spls will be made by TNSTC KUM and not solely by KKDI region .

If KKDI is a seperate division then I can accept your argument but it is actually KUM division so KUM has jurisdiction after melur till perambalur and tilll rameswaram so they can operate buses which pass through this area(it can be KKDI/TRUCHY/PDKT) as KKDI has depot in madurai KUM has better option to start a bus from madurai using KKDI.

Hope you understand. And please dont say KKDI has not provided connectivity to its own region it has given good connection to most its interior pockets. As you said to operate KKDI-ponnamaravathy-kulitahlai-karir-erode route, IAM sure the patronage will be very very low as already a TNSTC PDKT(earlierKKDI) bus runs on this route with poor patronage.IMHO, PDKT which is taking care of just 1 district can be given this additional load rather than KKDI which already has 2 districts to take care of.

If that is the case then why dont TNSTC DGL start its KKDI to ERODE/TIRUPUR buses via dindigul? as it passes through DGL region they can always do it but the point is that collection will be less.DGL would be another worse region in everyting. They use their depots in many small towns just to maintain their buses running towards west/ north-west from MDU. They have completely ignored the connections towards north-west & west from Palani itself, which is topper in temple earnings in TN. Luckily CBE regions (ED/ TUP/ CBE) covers up these routes again, because these routes go via their territory.

Only in previous AIADMK period, Natham depot buses started going beyond Thuvarankurichi, Madurai and Dindigul till Nagore/ Chennai, Rameshwaram/ Tiruchendur and Tiruppur respectively. All others were long distance buses operated for MDU or were buses from other depots transferred to Natham depot. Don't expect anything from such a region when we ourselves don't expect. :ohno: It was a miracle for them to operate Tiruppur - Thuvarankurichi.

That is the reason TNSTC cbe bus operates covai-KKDi bus through madurai which is again circuituos rather than through DGl purey because of collection so TNSTC CBE also does the same. TNSTC tirunelveli operates nagercoil to rameswaram bus through maduari which is longer than through ECR which is again for collection.It happens in every TNSTCs.This could have been because of collection, journey time due to road condition earlier but most TNSTC's now go for shorter routes possible except KKDI and TNSTC regions when entering KKDI territory. I would place KKDI in the lines of Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Thiruvallur regions which operate CMBT - Trichy regular services, which is in noway related to them.

Ramesh

Thiruvallur regions which operate CMBT - Trichy regular services
Ramesh

Guys any body have pictures of Tiruvallur region Buses??

Guys,

Few snaps from the long weekend travel last week:

SLM built bus transferred to Mdu running on T'veli - Kodai route belonging to Puranagar Depot @ MIBT:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CAiAGL7qwHM/Tl8KxRLwgnI/AAAAAAAAJkE/Zo8JNQeqaIU/s800/DSC00501.JPG



TNSTC-Covai bus doing Tiruppur - Rameswaram at Aarapalayam, this bus uses "PP", "Express" and "123":
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Y3ppyegdKXw/TmOTUu5622I/AAAAAAAAJkM/OdnygyY-lGE/s640/DSC00509.JPG


TNSTC-Covai bus doing Tiurppur-T'chendur at Aarapalayam, this bus was once only bus from Jeeva crossing into South, it was called "Kongu Nadu Express", now long routes are very common with TN33:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-52H1bjatDAM/TmOTVRzj4rI/AAAAAAAAJkU/iHpb-e6buU0/s512/DSC00510.JPG


...to be continued

KUM is competing with MDU in madurai-trichy sector because after melur the area comming under KUM division and KUM operates more trichy-maduari buses than MDU so they have their share in maduari-trichy route.

MDU is operating rameswaram-erode because it is passing through madurai..MDU opearates rameswaram-tirupur because it passes through maduari thats why KUM operates maduari-chennai because it passes through KUM region.

Even our SETC operates trivandrum-bangalore because they pass through TN and have a depot at trivandrum.this is exactly the same case with KKDI region. People can argue that SETC should give connectivity only and start it from nagercoil as there are lot of crowd from there,but SETC has the rights to operate this route.

if KUM(Be it trichy / KKDI region) is really interested in madurai-chennai route, why cant they get a regular permit in this route and run it?? Still i feel Trichy-Chennai is dominated by VPM by introducing new routes. let KUM win this route from VPM and then come to Madurai-Chennai route.

KKDI region depot at madurai is specifically there to serve its two dist and not connecting Madurai with other cities just because it runs through few KM inside KKDI territory. If that is the real scenario KKDI should have started all these routes long back and not before 5/6 months.

MDU divn runs them as regular services and not as specials. Whereas KKDI runs these services as SPL(Saw a Madurai-Chennai stickered bus long back, but not seeing them now).

If KKDI(or any other region of KUM really obeys the orders KUM divn) then first let them remove all their individual region names in the wind sheild. :)

Coming to your erode region queries... Erode region already had enough presence connecting CBE and Tirupur with many places from long back. Even erode region is running city buses inside tirupur. At the same time erode region connected all its important towns with important places well. Erode region was best in terms of connecting its territory with other places.

Trivandrum-Bangalore route was an extended route of Trivandrum-Hosur. Saw 1986 route list of SETC and TVM-Bangalore was not there. Just notice the distance SETC runs inside TN. :)

I dont want to drag this discussion again and again. Let me stop here.

New SETC buses.. -- Sorry for the poor quality of pics. Took it in the night.
TN01 N 9699 of Nagercoil-Thirupathi route. Seats of this bus were really good and first time seeing a TN State bus fitted with LED lights inside it.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TYlMLjes0e0/TmZN8ieK95I/AAAAAAAADKY/Kn99ZtCycvg/s512/DSC06763.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n8qqWkvbqUI/TmZOD6aPJ8I/AAAAAAAADKw/U4vy3tB4MxM/DSC06770.jpg

Very good KMS Metal Logo in the front profile..
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lKL6d7SvbPI/TmZN-BPvAhI/AAAAAAAADKc/_fqZ0DmFUqI/DSC06764.jpg

An Ex Red livery Veera running in Rameshwaram-Madurai route.. They have done a nice repaint job.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UqfJpw3L8_A/TmZODPgsdKI/AAAAAAAADKs/lFDk7VK8ACY/DSC06767.jpg

Finally, Madurai depot also got a new UD. The below one is built by Irizar TVS and operated in Madurai-Chennai route.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ojIOVFxuIdc/TmZOFSnkJjI/AAAAAAAADK0/3Nm_-1Sa2gU/DSC06771.jpg

Fleet No. B707 and Reg No. TN01 N 9756
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QX7dBswabWM/TmZN4YcV9dI/AAAAAAAADKQ/xN6yJolXekg/DSC06760.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3gAr5kPekvI/TmZOHAevF5I/AAAAAAAADK4/Uify8NBi4WU/DSC06772.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MYv6gdK9dcQ/TmZN6CmJB4I/AAAAAAAADKU/nWmu50KV4vA/DSC06762.jpg

TNSTC PDKT has bus from trichy to nagercoil


Trichy - Nagercoil by TNSTC PDKT

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iNFZveXkL1U/TkvlVARH3lI/AAAAAAAACPA/_L3NkD6l5yw/DSCN1755.jpg

caught during spare run of its regular bus

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hRbHfgRIb_U/Tlkb7VyilQI/AAAAAAAADbw/cpMN02KqxX4/DSCN2375%252520copy.jpg

contd....

TNSTC-Covai run Tiruppur - Madurai @ Aarapalayam
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TO5OyXXfFjA/TmOTnmblieI/AAAAAAAAJkc/vftRDHBssRk/s800/DSC00513.JPG

A bus fans favorite seat, just next to the driver, wathcing him playing around with the beast and us watching the vehicles clearly which come across:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--YhRlOuXDnQ/TmOTrh5WpAI/AAAAAAAAJkQ/AHNiTjGhaV0/s640/DSC00516.JPG


SLM Division generally does not venture out much ....very few buses which cross Dindigul ...one among them is this Salem - Theni, members can list out the services of SLM divison to South TN (Mdu, Ngl, RMM, Theni.....)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TQ8j45vEqrk/TmOT3cun2II/AAAAAAAAJkY/xwp0_ImGiVk/s512/DSC00521.JPG


Route# K1 is very happy for Ed division to have joined Cbe, it got a rocking SS body for her. SS bodies are too good. Even Chennai should have them, look at the seats...way ahead of any town buses ...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E51DNNVKNtg/TmOT_N9SWwI/AAAAAAAAJkg/ZDKDJ1J0M8g/s800/DSC00524.JPG


Not sure if Erode people have some vision problem, Ed town buses are sporting these big size route numbers:lol::
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Tb7jYhhTrrY/TmOUKK-g5PI/AAAAAAAAJkk/-g2zhmLCgnU/s512/DSC00525.JPG

City express of Cbe transferred and running in Ed town service:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2qpc9ngTAX4/TmOUI2eIIbI/AAAAAAAAJko/aJppXvr3A5E/s720/DSC00526.JPG

Neatly built PEETE coach from Meenambigai @ MIBT running on MIBT - Aruppukottai, face looks very cute:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SICdZgL5cUo/Tl8MTvwKg8I/AAAAAAAAJec/g53PaURrIrI/s720/DSC00488.JPG

AE coaches are very few in Mdu area, this one belongs to NNL @ MIBT:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uTXa7z66LtI/Tl8Men8iHjI/AAAAAAAAJeg/PnBuQL0Yyz8/s640/DSC00487.JPG

Old warrior at MIBT:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XhU4G-op3rw/Tl5Wpc_hDpI/AAAAAAAAJk0/cl9MrcwxGOs/s720/DSC00485.JPG

My first close shot of 12m Irizar, have seen them earlier flying past on highways:

Chendur - Tirupathi
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0u48OGgZrYA/Tl5XA2BpEuI/AAAAAAAAJk4/4yPNqnK_8KA/s640/DSC00502.JPG


Shencottah-Tirupathi:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-w8x_IiVQu9k/Tl5W35hjKyI/AAAAAAAAJgk/CwJkzCQjcfw/s720/DSC00493.JPG

and finally near Shoolagiri:

VPM run Hosur - Chennai, the mayil livery is good:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GSA8stgTBvU/TmOTd1DiyGI/AAAAAAAAJkI/2X5dXVpf8Ak/s800/DSC00541.JPG

I have seen the villupuram transport corporation is running bus between T.NAGAR TO MADURANTHAKAM ROUTE NUMBER WAS 521. T.Nagar was such an greatest place for shopping for shoppers world most crowded shopping spot

Old warrior at MIBT:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XhU4G-op3rw/Tl5Wpc_hDpI/AAAAAAAAJk0/cl9MrcwxGOs/s720/DSC00485.JPG




Subbu sir do u have any idea which company built body for this one.......
If new SETC UD buses were built with this front design will surely be a hit.....
Old warrior or we can say king...... still undefeated.......:)

Subbu sir sorry for using ur pic.....
Added AL name/logo + 2*2 head lights......
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1964/testrys.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7917/sfgff.jpg

Currently this bus is taking the route of Karur, Trichy, Pudukottai to KKDI from Erode.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6118507725_bf49c56cc7_z.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6119056102_0d36337fc0_z.jpg

No Subbu, this is a new bus. the KKD bus via dindugal starts at 6.30 am from Erode and in returrn starts at KKD BY 2.30pm i think. This andhiyur versions were started in 1992-3 when i was studying 8th standard

Some of the routes tried by TNSTSC ERODE in 1993
Erode-Kangeyam-Dharapuram-Oddanchatiram-Madurai
Erode-MuLANUR-Dindugal-Madurai:)

Route# K1 is very happy for Ed division to have joined Cbe, it got a rocking SS body for her. SS bodies are too good. Even Chennai should have them, look at the seats...way ahead of any town buses ...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E51DNNVKNtg/TmOT_N9SWwI/AAAAAAAAJkg/ZDKDJ1J0M8g/s800/DSC00524.JPG


Subbu,
We also got them running in Tirupur, Pollachi and Udumalpet(One bus). Not sure about Mettupalayam. This was initially tried by Pallipalayam workshop.. Built quality of few buses were not bit bad and later they were really good.

The one which you have mentioned is built by Erode region itself(Pallipalayam unit)

Below one could have been built by CEC. Red color for front face looks better in both the buses. they could have used red for all the SS body buses. Bumper design, Head light cover design and Front grill designs are traditional CEC design.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XSwynlxSYHE/TmTy0fLtMHI/AAAAAAAADFY/6SH579ZLa10/DSC06726.jpg

This one is from Pollachi.. I missed this from long back.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-em3zXlTSA6A/TmTy57p8XMI/AAAAAAAADFk/4m5CcNgWAwQ/DSC06736.jpg

Here is the latest(TN38 N 2595) of these SS Body buses which i got it last week at CBE. These are really rocking. This bus is fitted with SLF seats and the minimum fare is increased to Rs.3(City Exp charges). Dont know how this missed the latest inaugural ceremony. CBE should have showcased this design @ Inauguration ceremony.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MkzHjN8UTiw/TmTysfUAUEI/AAAAAAAADFE/j8m2ZrdNJOQ/DSC06711.jpg

Rear profile got standard brakelights..
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZF47VQnPkJ4/TmTyt0fd1OI/AAAAAAAADFI/YGNLZ_G3IwE/DSC06713.jpg

Older rear profile of SS Body buses..
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-93UMT-WBQF4/Tfd7I_iUJlI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/5oChkF15Kl8/s640/DSC05831.jpg

Route# K1 is very happy for Ed division to have joined Cbe, it got a rocking SS body for her. SS bodies are too good. Even Chennai should have them, look at the seats...way ahead of any town buses ...

Trichy was the first to have SS bodies in town buses. Majority of city buses in Trichy have SS bodies.

These SS bodies will spoil the livery concept.. IMHO, Chennai should not have such SS bodies. Let it continue with beautiful liveries, that gives more pleasant look.:)

Route# K1 is very happy for Ed division to have joined Cbe, it got a rocking SS body for her. SS bodies are too good. Even Chennai should have them, look at the seats...way ahead of any town buses ...

Trichy was the first to have SS bodies in town buses. Majority of city buses in Trichy have SS bodies.

These SS bodies will spoil the livery concept.. IMHO, Chennai should not have such SS bodies. Let it continue with beautiful liveries, that gives more pleasant look.:)

Arul SS body city buses were there in Pollachi and Coimbatore areas from long back. I have seen them built by AE, LGB etc.,

BTW SS bodies are first introduced by Erode region at erode. Later CBE got many such SS body buses. I have seen operating in some bhavani route also. But missed them to capture when i was in Bhavani some 6 months back.

The only drawback with the seats in these SS Body buses are they are made of velvette cloths. They should have tried normal vinyl material itself.

New SETC buses.. -- Sorry for the poor quality of pics. Took it in the night.
TN01 N 9699 of Nagercoil-Thirupathi route. Seats of this bus were really good and first time seeing a TN State bus fitted with LED lights inside it.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TYlMLjes0e0/TmZN8ieK95I/AAAAAAAADKY/Kn99ZtCycvg/s512/DSC06763.jpg



Very good KMS Metal Logo in the front profile..
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lKL6d7SvbPI/TmZN-BPvAhI/AAAAAAAADKc/_fqZ0DmFUqI/DSC06764.jpg





Dhandapani sir what route does the nagercoil to tirupathi bus take ? Earlier there was a nagercoil to tirupathy bus which used to take villupuram,tindivanam,vandavasi,kanchipuram,arakonam,tiruttani,ngari puttur and renigunta route.Does this bus takes the same route? or the conevntional thirukoilur,tiruvannamalai,vellore route ? or does it follow the trichendur to tirupathi bus route of madurai,salem,tirupatthur and vellore route?

Dhandapani sir what route does the nagercoil to tirupathi bus take ? Earlier there was a nagercoil to tirupathy bus which used to take villupuram,tindivanam,vandavasi,kanchipuram,arakonam,tiruttani,ngari puttur and renigunta route.Does this bus takes the same route? or the conevntional thirukoilur,tiruvannamalai,vellore route ? or does it follow the trichendur to tirupathi bus route of madurai,salem,tirupatthur and vellore route?

I think it takes Kanchi route. I have seen a person shouting "Kanchipuram" name standing before this bus.

The only drawback with the seats in these SS Body buses are they are made of velvette cloths. They should have tried normal vinyl material itself.

Dhandapani,

The SS body bus that i have put has vinyl material for its seats. U can see if you observe closely. The color is choclate and good amount of cushion is also provided. I was in a hurry or else i wanted to travel some distance in them.....

Some of the routes tried by TNSTSC ERODE in 1993
Erode-Kangeyam-Dharapuram-Oddanchatiram-Madurai
Erode-MuLANUR-Dindugal-Madurai:)

There is one more unique route that ERD region has in Mdu - Erode sector:

It is via Dindigul, Pallapatti, Chinna Dharapuram and finally joins Erode SH at Solar.

Subbu sir do u have any idea which company built body for this one.......

Should be the Nagercoil body building unit of SETC only...Reno can confirm.

Should be the Nagercoil body building unit of SETC only...Reno can confirm.

SETC has one unit at Villupuram. Both of them has the same design. Not sure about how to identify the body building unit name on seeing the SETC buses.

Old warrior at MIBT:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XhU4G-op3rw/Tl5Wpc_hDpI/AAAAAAAAJk0/cl9MrcwxGOs/s720/DSC00485.JPG


A Similar bus in its good days:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ORVF56kH1ys/TilJU0chTnI/AAAAAAAAAA8/71ADw4jwAZ4/s640/P1050076.JPG

SETC has one unit at Villupuram. Both of them has the same design. Not sure about how to identify the body building unit name on seeing the SETC buses.

does dharmapuri region have any SETC body building unit?

Few old Annai sathya buses have same look that of SETC pic posted by Binai.

Arul SS body city buses were there in Pollachi and Coimbatore areas from long back. I have seen them built by AE, LGB etc.,

BTW SS bodies are first introduced by Erode region at erode. Later CBE got many such SS body buses. I have seen operating in some bhavani route also. But missed them to capture when i was in Bhavani some 6 months back.

The only drawback with the seats in these SS Body buses are they are made of velvette cloths. They should have tried normal vinyl material itself.

Any idea when first SS body buses were introduced? This SS body were common in city buses of Coimbatore. I was seeing them from 2002.. but my Trichy friends use to tell, it was common in Trichy and go introduced way back 2000 first by private players.

I don't like those velvet covers too. It gives ching chack effect to the bus.

Did you read the post of rsubbu and dhandapani?


Good that all our forumers are supporting fare hike.
Hope some official hears our cries and does it soon.

Changing era:
TN-01-N-7612 (B429) of Pondicherry depot.

1: Taken on August 31, 2010:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Hxj-gGt81zA/TilJ1pYBRMI/AAAAAAAAAFI/otWhUmp-rd0/s640/IMG_1281.jpg
2: Taken on June 30, 2011:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-J-oUGeAM3RU/TilLfhalCLI/AAAAAAAAAG8/F13b3hQLZm4/s640/IMG_0232.jpg
3: Taken on September 05, 2011:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BfHgz1LHS4k/TmTKqZl4swI/AAAAAAAADrg/_WAUrM5lIF0/
s640/IMG_4285.jpg


Good Comparison binai..
Happy to see the changes and SETC people working in maintaining the buses...

Sorry to drag KaSRTC as usual ( i am forced to quote, as they seem to have some good practices and are our immediate neighbours). Even if the Rajahamsa is full and some fifty people waiting outside for tickets. No one is allowed to sit and cramp the whole driver cabin, i.e on driver bed.(there might be one off cases some time).
.

KaSRTC Rajahamsa usually allows people to sit in the driver cabin whenever there is huge crowd and i have seen it once. A person sitting in driver cabin upto Tiruvannamalai in Bang - Pondy Rajahamsa on Friday evening.

KaSRTC Rajahamsa usually allows people to sit in the driver cabin whenever there is huge crowd and i have seen it once. A person sitting in driver seat upto Tiruvannamalai in Bang - Pondy Rajahamsa.

I had same experience with APSRTC while traveling from Nandyal to Bengaluru 3months ago. It was a night bus, but there was standing crowd from Banaganabali to Tadipatri around 10:00pm to 11:00PM 1hr travel... it was a super delux bus from Srisailam to Bengaluru... bus was empty when it reached Nandyal... but from Nandyal it was full and it was carrying many way side passengers.. And at Hindupur more than half of the crowd got down and only 10-15passengers were there to get down at Bengaluru.

Ramesh,
Hundreds of people were standing in Ramnad bay waiting for catching buses towards Ramnad / Rameshwaram. But KKDI region is busy in putting up buses towards chennai. i have seen buses which had stickers of Madurai-Ramanathapuram standing there with temporary boards of chennai. I personally noticed these things in MIBT few times.

There was a problem between SETC officials(came up in Papers already) and Kumbakonam divn officials in running specials to Chennai. Even problems came up between some officials of Madurai. Now madurai divn turning up more buses towards chennai. BTW Madurai divn operated regular buses bound to South and CBE/Tirupur. Most of the spls i have seen to chennai are old BPRs of Madurai-Nellai route.


But evalo than special buses Chennai ku vittalum, the buses are not self sufficient. People want more and more special buses to Chennai.
But, it is really sad to see the sufferings of passengers bound to other places apart from chennai. This situation wont stop unless and until, 2 overnight trains to Madurai and Tiruchi each are introduced by SR permenantly on a daily basis.:ohno::ohno:
I think all the TNSTCs need to have some of their old buses as reserve for special trips to Chennai. Instead of dumping them or allocating them to town bus route, they can do it just in weekends and holiday seasons. Also, it can be added in the timetable as a Peak Hour Special.

Can we expect introducing Volvo's in Tier 2 cities as it was mentioned by the transport minister?

When was it announced by Transport Minister? I didn't hear of any such announcements.
Can anyone clarify it?

@ Dhandapani, Subbu, Biani, Reno and Ramesh

I too feel shy lot of times when i go to take pics of buses.
During the time when PRTC introduced its new bus in Mahe and Nagercoil routes, i went to bus stand exclusively for this purpose.
My parents and friends scold and tease at me when i take pics of buses, whenever and wherever possible.
But really hats off to your work on taking pics regularly.

I guess there is a legal way to get away from this issue. We need to register our name with dt administration for taking picture.. and ID card may be given. I am not sure about this rule...

:lol::lol:

Subbu sir do u have any idea which company built body for this one.......
If new SETC UD buses were built with this front design will surely be a hit.....
Old warrior or we can say king...... still undefeated.......:)

I think that it must be built by SETC Workshop at Nagercoil only.

KaSRTC Rajahamsa usually allows people to sit in the driver cabin whenever there is huge crowd and i have seen it once. A person sitting in driver seat upto Tiruvannamalai in Bang - Pondy Rajahamsa.

He might be the driver!

Just Kidding :cheers:

When was it announced by Transport Minister? I didn't hear of any such announcements.
Can anyone clarify it?

tension agathinga. Isham just asked "can we expect"

contd....
VPM run Hosur - Chennai, the mayil livery is good:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GSA8stgTBvU/TmOTd1DiyGI/AAAAAAAAJkI/2X5dXVpf8Ak/s800/DSC00541.JPG

In fact, TNSTC VPM was the first to introduce NONSTOP and BY-PASS RIDER tags in its buses. The NON-STOP service became a big hit in Vellore region buses, while it was a big flop in Villupuram and Kancheepuram region buses. The tag BY-PASS RIDER is not much visible in TNSTC VPMs buses. They just have it in the destination name boards.

All the TNSTC VPM buses to Pondy, Cuddalore and Chidambaram, via GST Road are tagged with BY-PASS RIDER stickers. I remember seeing them since 2002.

tension agathinga. Isham just asked "can we expect"

Oh.. thanks for clarifying..

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/volvo-plans-to-launch-double-deckervestibule-buses/371141/

Volvo planning to introduce Vestibule and Double Decker buses in India.

^^
Anand,
one small suggestion.. Instead of having multiple posts with quotes from older replies, can you use a single post with multiple quotes?

does dharmapuri region have any SETC body building unit?

Few old Annai sathya buses have same look that of SETC pic posted by Binai.

Arul,
In west we have SETC depots at Coimbatore and Salem only. Moreover SETC got few buses built by other regions too. I vaguely remember that SETC(Old TTC) bus getting built by CEC. SETC had one TN29 bus long back. I forgot the route..

Arul,
In west we have SETC depots at Coimbatore and Salem only. Moreover SETC got few buses built by other regions too. I vaguely remember that SETC(Old TTC) bus getting built by CEC. SETC had one TN29 bus long back. I forgot the route..

I also have seen TN-45 registered SETC bus and TN-32-N-15XX registered Super Delux (both old ones). So, is it that they must have been built by the SETC Workshops in the respective places or they must have got transferred???

^^
Anand,
one small suggestion.. Instead of having multiple posts with quotes from older replies, can you use a single post with multiple quotes?

Let me try to do it.. :)

I also have seen TN-45 registered SETC bus and TN-32-N-15XX registered Super Delux (both old ones). So, is it that they must have been built by the SETC Workshops in the respective places or they must have got transferred???

There was one time when SETC starting buying used buses from TNSTC's ...at that time they got TN45 SD bus which was running earlier on Chennai - Trichy from TRY divn. Then they went further down, they got TN32 3*2 buses from VPM, put two doors on them and started running them as well...i have travelled in one such bus long time back.


New lot from TNSTC divisions were also there, but very few. I have seen one TN72 registerd bus with SETC.

There was one time when SETC starting buying used buses from TNSTC's ...at that time they got TN45 SD bus which was running earlier on Chennai - Trichy from TRY divn. Then they went further down, they got TN32 3*2 buses from VPM, put two doors on them and started running them as well...i have travelled in one such bus long time back.


Something like this?? This photo was taken in May 2005. (Apologies - the photo is not very clear).

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PmF4SlGcq_I/TmiLA1725lI/AAAAAAAAD2k/lDo9vLFvGt4/RT479.jpg

Something like this?? This photo was taken in May 2005. (Apologies - the photo is not very clear).

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PmF4SlGcq_I/TmiLA1725lI/AAAAAAAAD2k/lDo9vLFvGt4/RT479.jpg

Ya this is TN - 29 - N - 1XXX series

Something like this?? This photo was taken in May 2005. (Apologies - the photo is not very clear).

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PmF4SlGcq_I/TmiLA1725lI/AAAAAAAAD2k/lDo9vLFvGt4/RT479.jpg

Precisely Binai, that 2004-2005 time frame only. The bus you have put is one got second hand from TN29. The TN32 3*2 i travelled was also running on the KL route (i guess Tuticorin - Ernakulam).

Even if you note the windshield of this bus, they just removed the words "Perunthu - Dharamapuri" and have put in "viraivu perunthu" in a different font size....poor guys....

Guys,

SETC used to have Air Bellows fitted buses built by their own shops (AIR BUS was written on them) running even before UD's came into picture. Does anyone have any pic of those buses. I remember them running in Chennai - Trichy route initially. They used to be sightly bigger than the regular dabbas.

Guys,

SETC used to have Air Bellows fitted buses built by their own shops (AIR BUS was written on them) running even before UD's came into picture. Does anyone have any pic of those buses. I remember them running in Chennai - Trichy route initially. They used to be sightly bigger than the regular dabbas.

Ya subbu . The air bus existed in many routes such as chennai-trichy,chennai-trivandrum, chennai-chenganachery . The suspension was good for those buses. The busues used to be in light violet colour. I have travelled in those busues two to three times and fare difference was only 15- 20 rupees between the so called airbus and the super deluxe buses.

SETC used to have Air Bellows fitted buses built by their own shops (AIR BUS was written on them) running even before UD's came into picture. Does anyone have any pic of those buses. I remember them running in Chennai - Trichy route initially. They used to be sightly bigger than the regular dabbas.

Do you mean this one?

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_Us6P5ZS2gM/TilJjxHkhLI/AAAAAAAAADk/3bgXCZk6zFg/s640/P1300543.JPG

This one had "Sokusu Perunthu" written on the glass. Pic taken in August 2009 at Thiruvalluvar Bus Station (SETC BS), Coimbatore.

Do you mean this one?

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_Us6P5ZS2gM/TilJjxHkhLI/AAAAAAAAADk/3bgXCZk6zFg/s640/P1300543.JPG

This one had "Sokusu Perunthu" written on the glass. Pic taken in August 2009 at Thiruvalluvar Bus Station (SETC BS), Coimbatore.

No Binai, this one is a Video Coach (ie SD + video). Those buses were bit huge. I have seen them running from 2002-3 time frame. They were badly handled by SETC guys and they became Air bellows fitted junk moving around.

Ya subbu . The air bus existed in many routes such as chennai-trichy,chennai-trivandrum, chennai-chenganachery . The suspension was good for those buses. The busues used to be in light violet colour. I have travelled in those busues two to three times and fare difference was only 15- 20 rupees between the so called airbus and the super deluxe buses.

Those so called Air Buses were really good in speed. I remember traveling by those buses once from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai in days before 2000. It started from Thiruvananthapuram at 2 PM in the afternoon and reached early morning at 6 AM. At that time, it was faster than many of the travels buses at that time.

* 21,169 buses are operated daily in Tamilnadu

* 2.1crores people are daily traveling TNSTC/MTC/SETC buses

* Chennai MTC have 3140bues and 55lakhs commuters are using it daily

* For past 10years bus fare was not increased

* 2010-11 loss for transport dept is 1453.43crores

* 111KM monorail will be implemented in Chennai first and then finally for 300KM

* DPR will prepared for Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy monorail

* 3000new buses for Chennai MTC

* Drivers rest rooms will be upgraded. Meditation, yoga practise for drivers

* online reseveration for buses

* ETM will be extended for mofusil routes.

http://epaper.maalaimalar.com/892011/epaperimages/892011/892011-md-hr-4/144730609_1.jpg
maalaimalar

Today, i travelled in an SETC UD TN-01-N-7349, belonging to Pondy depot.
I boarded it at Thiruvanmyur. I got a very good impression of the bus. There were many changes i was able to see in it:
1. No Hanging bulbs. All of them are replaced with Mini tube lights giving a good and the bus had nicely washed interiors.
2. There was a leather cover attached with the seat in the head rest, giving a decent look at the seats.
Last, but not the least
3. There were no Bed Bugs. (SETC lost its ISP :ohno::ohno:)

[B]3000new buses for Chennai MTC
maalaimalar

What??? 3000 new buses for MTC alone??
Will it be fleet addition or fleet replacement??

What??? 3000 new buses for MTC alone??
Will it be fleet addition or fleet replacement??

3000 new buses were proposed for whole TNSTCs right(Incl MTC and SETC)?

3000 new buses were proposed for whole TNSTCs right(Incl MTC and SETC)?

Again the reporters mis-leading us here.
The news article says here that 3000 old buses will be replaced by new buses in Chennai.

3000 new buses were proposed for whole TNSTCs right(Incl MTC and SETC)?

Again the reporters mis-leading us here.
The news article says here that 3000 old buses will be replaced by new buses in Chennai.

check in Jaya tv, sattasabai proceedings will be shown for 1hour. I guess as Vicvin told in MTC thread 3000 buses will be replaced in some time-line.

or as you guys told it should be 3000bus for 2011-12 year.:)

Arul,
No time frame is given. At the same time.. 1000 SLFs of MTC were <2 yrs old and they were JNNURM SLFs. 100 Volvos are also <2 yrs old and they were also procured with JNNURM Assitance.

Overall MTC has around 3140 buses. And most of the buses were <5 yrs. Old SLFs looks bad because of the worst maintenance. I think the reported mislead the statement. Govt allotted 125Cr for procuring 3000 new buses in the budget.
------------------------------------------------
Correction:
As per MTC website, MTC has 3421 buses(website updated on 31-07-2011) and they got 36 BS-4 buses during inauguration.

MTC started updating all its tender documents in MTC website itself. Even the latest queries and clarification related to Monorail is updated in the website.

Any idea when first SS body buses were introduced? This SS body were common in city buses of Coimbatore. I was seeing them from 2002.. but my Trichy friends use to tell, it was common in Trichy and go introduced way back 2000 first by private players.

I don't like those velvet covers too. It gives ching chack effect to the bus.

The First private bus was introduced by TST Bus Services in Trichy in the year 1932. This bus was running in steam. The First SS Body bus was introduced around 1950's by TST again.

Also i heard from my friend that The first private bus transport was proposed to start in 1992 in Pollachi and they started in the year 1996. This bus services were by Pollachi Mahalingam.

The First private bus was introduced by TST Bus Services in Trichy in the year 1932. This bus was running in steam. The First SS Body bus was introduced around 1950's by TST again.

Also i heard from my friend that The first private bus transport was proposed to start in 1992 in Pollachi and they started in the year 1996. This bus services were by Pollachi Mahalingam.

Are you sure it is 1996?? As per my knowledge, Cheran was formed after taking over 110 buses from ABT on 17.02.1972.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/volvo-plans-to-launch-double-deckervestibule-buses/371141/

Volvo planning to introduce Vestibule and Double Decker buses in India.

This is two year old News.
And now I am not sure of the validity of this news.

Are you sure it is 1996?? As per my knowledge, Cheran was formed after taking over 110 buses from ABT on 17.02.1972.

The services were started in 1996 but still govt doesn't give permission for priavate players. So they stopped and started it again in 2000 (Fully in operation).

The same case happened in Tanjore. Initially the private buses were in operation and govt took over the buses and formed as CRC (Cholan Roadways Corporation).

No Subbu, this is a new bus. the KKD bus via dindugal starts at 6.30 am from Erode and in returrn starts at KKD BY 2.30pm i think.Arandhangi - Erode via DGL departs KKDI @ 2:40 PM, Natham @ 4:35 PM. It departs DGL and Natham at sometime around 10:40 AM & 11:45 AM respectively towards Arandhangi in return. Another interesting info about this route is that 2 buses do alternate days' service to Erode and will ply in Arandhangi - Trichy after Erode trip.

Spotted this bus also on sunday at KKDI. It was operated to MDU while some dabba without head rest was deployed in Erode route. PDKT's Ponnamaravathy - Coimbatore morning bus (route #: 569 B) has lost its charm after FC. PDKT usually cares much for these buses to Coimbatore (route #s: 569 A & B) and Erode (route #: 423).

Ramesh

The First private bus was introduced by TST Bus Services in Trichy in the year 1932. This bus was running in steam. The First SS Body bus was introduced around 1950's by TST again. .

Isham,

I am putting the TVS ad that i had put earlier again...it talks about TVS running Public transport with coal in 1912 itself. So they shoud be the first operator in TN. or your statement was specific to Trichy ??

Old TVS advertisement (1957) in the print media...they were the one of the pioneers in rural transportation in TN. My granpa used to say that people used to set their watches with the arrival of buses (in the sense, so precise they were)

http://sriramv.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/tvs-ad.jpg
Source (http://sriramv.wordpress.com/category/chennai-madras-history/page/2/)

Isham,

I am putting the TVS ad that i had put earlier again...it talks about TVS running Public transport with coal in 1912 itself. So they shoud be the first operator in TN. or your statement was specific to Trichy ??

Its specific to Trichy subbu.

Arul,
No time frame is given. At the same time.. 1000 SLFs of MTC were <2 yrs old and they were JNNURM SLFs. 100 Volvos are also <2 yrs old and they were also procured with JNNURM Assitance.

Overall MTC has around 3140 buses. And most of the buses were <5 yrs. Old SLFs looks bad because of the worst maintenance. I think the reported mislead the statement. Govt allotted 125Cr for procuring 3000 new buses in the budget.


Rightly said! There is NO need to replace any fleet in MTC. It is high time to increase the fleet strength than to simply throw out the <5 years fleet or transfer to other TNSTCs to get ultimately spoiled. In fact this is mostly the first time in history of PTC/MTC that the entire fleet is <5 years.

Cheers,
Raj

Arul SS body city buses were there in Pollachi and Coimbatore areas from long back. I have seen them built by AE, LGB etc.,

BTW SS bodies are first introduced by Erode region at erode. Later CBE got many such SS body buses. I have seen operating in some bhavani route also. But missed them to capture when i was in Bhavani some 6 months back.

The only drawback with the seats in these SS Body buses are they are made of velvette cloths. They should have tried normal vinyl material itself.

Even before the above mentioned regions/ entire SS design without any color was used in 80 s and 90 s by Madurai region in VNR and sivakasi. you can see them even in subramaniyapuram film. Even in 90s there was SS buses in nellai with single red livery which is very much similar to CBE type livery.:)

Isham,

I am putting the TVS ad that i had put earlier again...it talks about TVS running Public transport with coal in 1912 itself. So they shoud be the first operator in TN. or your statement was specific to Trichy ??

Subbu,

Even before 1900s there was a bus introduced by a royalist in nellai and he is a Sri Lankan Tamil. (introduced in kalakkad i suppose)

I also have seen TN-45 registered SETC bus and TN-32-N-15XX registered Super Delux (both old ones). So, is it that they must have been built by the SETC Workshops in the respective places or they must have got transferred???

I spotted that Tn-45 SETC bus 2 years before and it was running as SD in NGL-Chennai

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PmF4SlGcq_I/TmiLA1725lI/AAAAAAAAD2k/lDo9vLFvGt4/RT479.jpg

Binai Sankar,
Thanks for TN 29 N XXXX series...and Harsha built RT series..

VPM run Hosur - Chennai, the mayil livery is good:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GSA8stgTBvU/TmOTd1DiyGI/AAAAAAAAJkI/2X5dXVpf8Ak/s800/DSC00541.JPG

NON- STOP??
Then why it is stickered as Vellore, Krishnagiri???
It stop there???
where its got halting now? Chennai or Hosur??



https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XhU4G-op3rw/Tl5Wpc_hDpI/AAAAAAAAJk0/cl9MrcwxGOs/s720/DSC00485.JPG


A Similar bus in its good days:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ORVF56kH1ys/TilJU0chTnI/AAAAAAAAAA8/71ADw4jwAZ4/s640/P1050076.JPG

I guess all the three are NGL built ... It was built with Double wind shield. later it was lifted as Single wind shield when it became popular on that days.

There was one time when SETC starting buying used buses from TNSTC's ...at that time they got TN45 SD bus which was running earlier on Chennai - Trichy from TRY divn. Then they went further down, they got TN32 3*2 buses from VPM, put two doors on them and started running them as well...i have travelled in one such bus long time back.


long back i've seen some TN 49 SD buses also in SETC

Guys,

SETC used to have Air Bellows fitted buses built by their own shops (AIR BUS was written on them) running even before UD's came into picture. Does anyone have any pic of those buses. I remember them running in Chennai - Trichy route initially. They used to be sightly bigger than the regular dabbas.

Let me add,
Kanyakumari - Banglore
Thiruvanthapuram - Banglore

i've seen these in Nagercoil before long back.

Me too searching all possible old snaps of JJTC, RGTC... no body having pictures of JJTC & RGTC buses.. (there was no record even in Google may be Gov deleted all of them)

[QUOTE=Reno Ruberts R;83608558]NON- STOP??
Then why it is stickered as Vellore, Krishnagiri???
It stop there???
where its got halting now? Chennai or Hosur??









it is halted for lunch near before Krishnagiri toll gate. they have mentioned vellore ,krishnagiri via routes this bus passes as non stop ....

* In last DMK rule since the buses were operated in Minister's relatives areas, 32lakh rupees loss has occured to the transport dept

* If private buses charges more fare than gvt bus fare, strict action will be taken.

* 52,000 conductors and drivers got job orders in past DMK rule (??? how come).. It is mentioned as kavanithathal.. I guess the inside meaning is bribe for job.

* Technical people was not recruited or given job orders in past DMK rule - kavanikavillai (again bribe for job!!)

* Since enought technical people were not recruited, many buses were operated without maintenance.. and this lead to many accidoents too.

* 12000 drivers and conductors were recruited on the basis of "reserve", no works were given to them and no proper wages were given to them. Now works are being allotted for these drivers and conductors.

* In 2007, Jan few new buses were introduced and later those routes were stopped and same buses were introduced as new bus in other routes!! OMG!! EKSI :lol:

* SETC was competing with Omni buses in 2001-2006, but DMK gvt has led SETC to become bankrupt. The new gvt is concentrating on bringing back the glory of SETC.

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/showxml.aspx?id=14800335&code=5106

it is halted for lunch near before Krishnagiri toll gate. they have mentioned vellore ,krishnagiri via routes this bus passes as non stop ....

If the bus is NON STOP then via routes are not need Starting point and End point is enough

One more shot of
Puducherry - Nagercoil PRTC

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gN0etxaCR68/TmLP3AUoStI/AAAAAAAADio/GcLVgkWmgUk/DSCN2568%252520copy.jpg

If the bus is NON STOP then via routes are not need Starting point and End point is enough

This bus goes Non-stop between these destinations.
In peak hours, it goes Non-Stop between Chennai and Hosur.

* In last DMK rule since the buses were operated in Minister's relatives areas, 32lakh rupees loss has occured to the transport dept

* If private buses charges more fare than gvt bus fare, strict action will be taken.

* 52,000 conductors and drivers got job orders in past DMK rule (??? how come).. It is mentioned as kavanithathal.. I guess the inside meaning is bribe for job.

* Technical people was not recruited or given job orders in past DMK rule - kavanikavillai (again bribe for job!!)

* Since enought technical people were not recruited, many buses were operated without maintenance.. and this lead to many accidoents too.

* 12000 drivers and conductors were recruited on the basis of "reserve", no works were given to them and no proper wages were given to them. Now works are being allotted for these drivers and conductors.

* In 2007, Jan few new buses were introduced and later those routes were stopped and same buses were introduced as new bus in other routes!! OMG!! EKSI :lol:

* SETC was competing with Omni buses in 2001-2006, but DMK gvt has led SETC to become bankrupt. The new gvt is concentrating on bringing back the glory of SETC.
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Most of the Dailys are attacking DMK directly for their worst rule. :banana::banana:

I have a doubt:
Why is IRT Polytechnic college and IRTT set-up???
TNSTCs can directly be allocated technicians who completed Diploma in Mechanical and Electricals in IRT Polytechnic College and IRTT. Even these institutions come under the Transprort Department of Tamilnadu. The recruitment cost will be minimized.

Newly Launched MTC

21H Broadway - Kelambakkam

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8505/mtc1.jpg

M46 Thiru V.K.Nagar - CMBT

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5005/mtc2g.jpg

21L Broadway - Velachery

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9265/mtc4.jpg

B18 Koorukupettai - Vandalur Zoo

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/792/mtc3.jpg

SETC

Chennai - Ernakulam

already posted by Mr.Binai, it welcomed me at CMBT.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9603/setc739ernakulam.jpg

Thiruvanathapuram - Chennai

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6755/setc794thiruvanathapura.jpg

Kalpakkam -Chennai - Bangaluru

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8015/kalpakkam.jpg

A new one working on Route No 831 built By BBB Bangalore Body Builders

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3894/setc831.jpg

New TNSTC SD

KKDI Region

A new route on ECR Ramanathapuram -Chennai via velankanni, Karaikal, Pondy

EAST COST EXPRESS

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7337/ecrramnad.jpg

Periyapattinam - Ramnad - Chennai

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2620/ecrperiyapattinam.jpg

DGL Region

Kumbum -Chennai

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6348/sdkumbum.jpg

Theni -Chennai

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7001/sdtheni.jpg

SETC

Arun,
Nice pics after some time. :)


Kalpakkam -Chennai - Bangaluru

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8015/kalpakkam.jpg

Looks like some cleaning work is happening here. First time seeing someone cleaning an SETC bus.:cheers:


A new one working on Route No 831 built By BBB Bangalore Body Builders

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3894/setc831.jpg



Nice catch! Whether the driver in this SETC bus saw you taking pics? :lol:

New TNSTC SD

KKDI Region

A new route on ECR Ramanathapuram -Chennai via velankanni, Karaikal, Pondy

EAST COST EXPRESS

Periyapattinam - Ramnad - Chennai


Did you notice any air suspensions in these buses? Last time i saw a bus mentioning Air Suspesion.. But when went to check that, they are just normal buses but stickered as Air Suspension. :)

DGL Region

Kumbum -Chennai


Theni -Chennai


Whether these are SD buses or 3X2 fitted with single door?

Dolphins,

Excellent catch ...real visual treat of the newly introduced MTC and SETC UD's(so called). BBB also contributing to the new UD's is a pleasent surprise. So looks like KMS and BBB have proven their mettle with the 3*2 orders they executed.

FC has be done well for this Vestibule Bus

M70A Avadi - CMBT

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8273/vbmtc1.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1558/vbmtc2.jpg

Max all the SLF which are gone to FC got this green uniform, MTC officials nalla kaka pudikanga.

Chrompet Depot

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/710/fc1r.jpg

Ambattur Depot

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3955/fc2z.jpg

Did you notice any air suspensions in these buses? Last time i saw a bus mentioning Air Suspesion.. But when went to check that, they are just normal buses but stickered as Air Suspension. :)

The Same Fake nothing of Air Suspension only Spring leaves, but the colours they are coming out really nice and the new route on ECR tried by them soon this will be extended up to Thoothukudi, Nellai Region will be watching it :nuts: already they have introduced the Nagai - Velankanni - Tuti service.

Whether these are SD buses or 3X2 fitted with single door?

These are SD buses 2X2, Nice front Face.

Dolphins,

Excellent catch ...real visual treat of the newly introduced MTC and SETC UD's(so called). BBB also contributing to the new UD's is a pleasent surprise. So looks like KMS and BBB have proven their mettle with the 3*2 orders they executed.

Thanks Subbu Sir, clicked some sir will soon upload and give the link.

Looks like some cleaning work is happening here. First time seeing someone cleaning an SETC bus.:cheers:


Nice catch! Whether the driver in this SETC bus saw you taking pics? :lol:

Yes SETC will be soon a competitor to others, the cleaning works and buses to the bays were inspected by a team of officials they were shouting that its late bring it fast.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/4540/73265886.jpg

New buses were cleaned outside the cleaning machine and the old one cleaned with machine, in other areas the machine will move to clean the bus, here its reverese the machine will be idle and SETC bus have to move inch by inch through the machine.:bash:

yes driver was seeing me and had a stare, when i was clicking a D70 volvo a guy who walked nearby had a strange look and may thought சரியான கிறுக்கன் போல பஸ்ஸ போட்டோ எடுக்கான்:lol:

This bus goes Non-stop between these destinations.
In peak hours, it goes Non-Stop between Chennai and Hosur.


The bus generally goes non-stop only between chennai and vellore ( they bypass sriperumpudhur, walaja and dont stop at kaveripattanam). These buses takes 10 to 20 minutes halt in vellore and start to hosur. They by-pass vaniyambadi but enter in to krishnagiri and they do stop at ambur, pallikonda and mathanur. The non-stop is just name sake during the day time. I have used these buses two to three times between chennai and hosur.

IRT

IRT Building at Tharamani, Velachery

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4446/irtnr.jpg

Dear Dolhpin,

ur photographs are very nice, really happy to see the new buses to Kumbam and Theni, After so long years back they changed this bus. thank u for ur wonderful photos

Arun.,

Simply superb captures. I am loving the new fc of both slf and vestibule- excellent. Paint job and livery of vestibule looks really good.

With regards mTC, the second one you posted has a different good looking face and I like that green livery than others.

The lightish green with one stripe of dark better than dark with single light stripe.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5005/mtc2g.jpg

I hope they make these Sd door automatic.

Arun, who built those periyapattinam and theni, cumbum buses?

Guys why is kumabakonam allowing TNSTC karaikudi on buses? atleast in side written kumbakonam? no other division allowing regions to do this.

The vestibule bus doesnt have stickers of MTC in front yet

Any one has idea what the vestibule original color was? violet? orange?

Looks like senthil balaji doing good job. hope it continues

ஜப்தி செய்யப்பட்ட 338 அரசு பஸ்கள் மீட்பு
08-09-2011, Link (http://www.tamilnewsa2z.com/news.php?cid=1&nid=11172)

சட்டசபையில் இன்று போக்குவரத்து துறை மானியக் கோரிக்கை மீதான விவாதத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டு பேசிய மார்க்சிஸ்டு கம்யூனிஸ்டு உறுப்பினர் சவுந்தரராஜன் சில அரசு பஸ்களால் விபத்துகளுக்கு அபராதம் விதிக்கப்படுகிறது. அதை செலுத்தாததால் அரசு பஸ்கள் கோர்ட்டால் ஜப்தி செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன. இதனால் நல்ல முறையில் ஓடும் அரசு பஸ்கள் கூட அபாரதம் செலுத்ததால் கோர்ட்டில் நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்படுகிறது என்று கூறினார்.

இதற்கு பதில் அளித்த அமைச்சர் செந்தில்பாலாஜி கடந்த ஆட்சி காலத்தில் அபராதம் செலுத்தாத 338 அரசு பஸ்களுக்கு ரூ.10 கோடி அபராதம் செலுத்தி அந்த பஸ்கள் மீட்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. மேலும் 220 பஸ்களை மீட்க நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது என்றார்.
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Replying to queries in the Assembly, Mr.Senthil Balaji conveyed that, 338 buses which were attached by court in the DMK rule have been taken back by STC's by paying the fine of Rs 10cr. Further steps are being taken to get back another 220 buses.^^

Newly Launched MTC

21H Broadway - Kelambakkam

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8505/mtc1.jpg

M46 Thiru V.K.Nagar - CMBT

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5005/mtc2g.jpg

21L Broadway - Velachery

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9265/mtc4.jpg

B18 Koorukupettai - Vandalur Zoo

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/792/mtc3.jpg

FC has be done well for this Vestibule Bus

Max all the SLF which are gone to FC got this green uniform, MTC officials nalla kaka pudikanga.

Chrompet Depot

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/710/fc1r.jpg

Ambattur Depot

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3955/fc2z.jpg


Which one of these green liveries you guys like?

I think green better looking than blue. In like the second one, apart from the livery, those al badges also make it look good. now most fc buses are also getting this face, we saw some setc ud's getting it.

I dont like the blue one in these pics. but if you see in ambattur depot pic, you can see a marcopolo. light blue with dark. that light blue replacing the dark ones in above blue bus with dark taking light sstripe places will make blue look bit good.

Previous jaya period in 90's too had this green and blue combination of buses for pallavan.

but i hated the green then, as it was no good.

[A new route on ECR Ramanathapuram -Chennai via velankanni, Karaikal, Pondy

EAST COST EXPRESS



கிழக்கு கடற்கரை விரைவுவண்டி superb name :banana:

In 2099, SR will be running East coast express from Chennai to Rameshwaram. (there is a EC exp running from Hyderabad to Howrah...)

Nice picture Dolphin.

N.Kumar, yes green buses is looking good and giving Volvo livery effect. Actually they should paint tyre rim, it will be looking nice then.:)

FC has be done well for this Vestibule Bus

M70A Avadi - CMBT

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8273/vbmtc1.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1558/vbmtc2.jpg



Wow this color combination looks nice!

Thillai,

These buses have always had colour. I like the violet ones as well. So this super chocolate colour.

^^ Yup. When comparing to the older color of the vestibule buses, this combination looks nice to me :cheers:

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When this will be stopped? :bash: :bash: The songs played in buses are terrible with high volume...

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/09/09/20110909a_003107007.jpg

Wow this color combination looks nice!

+1 Nice visual treat Arun. :)

You made me to think of one chennai trip.:cheers:

Arun, you gave a nice treat..
Also, nice to see the news of 330 buses being brought back from the court after paying fine.
Is it true? Can someone confirm the news?

Kumbum -Chennai
Theni -Chennai


Why isn't TNSTC MDU Changing from White Color for it's Super Delux buses? Even the earlier SD buses of the same destination were white in color.
Any one of you guys having information on the destinations SD buses operated by TNSTC MDU?

A new one working on Route No 831 built By BBB Bangalore Body Builders
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3894/setc831.jpg

This color is really good and looks appealing.

Yes SETC will be soon a competitor to others, the cleaning works and buses to the bays were inspected by a team of officials they were shouting that its late bring it fast.
New buses were cleaned outside the cleaning machine and the old one cleaned with machine, in other areas the machine will move to clean the bus, here its reverese the machine will be idle and SETC bus have to move inch by inch through the machine.


Most of the times in 2010 and in this year when i go to CMBT, i am seeing SETC UDs being Water-washed. It was during the end of 2010 and in 2011, SETC UDs looked clean from the exteriors.

Now, i am sure, SETC will really compete with KSRTC and other private players.
SETC needs to explore some new inter-state routes with it's UDs and further upgrade the buses if possible. My suggestion for immediate attention is:
1. Chennai - Mysore
2. Chennai - Hyderabad
3. Chennai - Vijayawada
4. Coimbatore - Mysore

Thanks a lot guys for your comments.

Dhandapani - This is regarding TNSTC MDU and TNSTC CBE buses running between Madurai to Coimbatore.

I used to travel every week between Coimbatore to Madurai from 2007 to 2010 regularly(still i am travelling but not every week). I always feel like TNSTC CBE drivers are very slow compared to other division buses and also they never show any urgency like reaching in time.

Until early 2009 from 7 PM to 7 AM Madurai bound buses were starting from Gandhipuram. Even during those days buses used to reach Madurai in 5 hours. Since early 2009 buses have been starting from Singanallur and still it takes 5 hours to reach Madurai. Most of the times TNSTC CBE used to take 5.30 hours. Now after replacing the older one'e they are much better.

In fact after some time i preferred TNSTC MDU buses. I planned my schedule accordingly. For instance i always like to take Madurai bus from Coimbatore from 7 PM to 8 PM(this time was allotted to TNSTC MDU)only that too specifically 19.25 Tirunelveli Bus. Mostly it will reach in 4.30 hours. While coming back from Madurai, i will take the bus from 2 PM to 3 PM. I had been doing this till early 2010.

Yesterday I travelled in TNSTC CBE BPR from Madurai to Coimbatore. It took 4.40 minutes to be exact. But i travelled in TNSTC MDU more than couple of times and it took nothing more than 4 hours. Ticket price Rs. 85 on both the buses.

It was surprising to me the time difference it makes even in BPR's. Please clarify.

Arun.,

Arun, who built those periyapattinam and theni, cumbum buses?

Guys why is kumabakonam allowing TNSTC karaikudi on buses? atleast in side written kumbakonam? no other division allowing regions to do this.

The vestibule bus doesnt have stickers of MTC in front yet

These Buses were built by their respective body building units, every one knows about body buildings of Karaikudi region, i have a doubt with Dindigul region, whether it is built by Dgl region or built by pasumalai unit in Madurai.

Yesterday I travelled in TNSTC CBE BPR from Madurai to Coimbatore. It took 4.40 minutes to be exact. But i travelled in TNSTC MDU more than couple of times and it took nothing more than 4 hours. Ticket price Rs. 85 on both the buses.



Sankkar,
Is it Non stop similar like MDU - Tirunelveli BPRs??

Sankkar,
Is it Non stop similar like MDU - Tirunelveli BPRs??

Vignesh,

This is not a non stop neither TNSTC MDU but it will reach with in 4 hours.

If i am rite, first non stop bus called 1 to 1 was introduced by Kumbakonam division in Madurai to Ramanathapuram route. I travelled a lot in that bus. It will reach 110 kilometres in 2 hours max. It was a huge success.

Please corret me if i am wrong.

Vignesh,

This is not a non stop neither TNSTC MDU but it will reach with in 4 hours.

Thank you, but can you please tell me then what is the difference b/w BPRs and normal MDU - CBE services? Is BPRs little bit faster than normal services or fare is more in normal service?

Dhandapani - This is regarding TNSTC MDU and TNSTC CBE buses running between Madurai to Coimbatore.

I used to travel every week between Coimbatore to Madurai from 2007 to 2010 regularly(still i am travelling but not every week). I always feel like TNSTC CBE drivers are very slow compared to other division buses and also they never show any urgency like reaching in time.

Until early 2009 from 7 PM to 7 AM Madurai bound buses were starting from Gandhipuram. Even during those days buses used to reach Madurai in 5 hours. Since early 2009 buses have been starting from Singanallur and still it takes 5 hours to reach Madurai. Most of the times TNSTC CBE used to take 5.30 hours. Now after replacing the older one'e they are much better.

In fact after some time i preferred TNSTC MDU buses. I planned my schedule accordingly. For instance i always like to take Madurai bus from Coimbatore from 7 PM to 8 PM(this time was allotted to TNSTC MDU)only that too specifically 19.25 Tirunelveli Bus. Mostly it will reach in 4.30 hours. While coming back from Madurai, i will take the bus from 2 PM to 3 PM. I had been doing this till early 2010.

Yesterday I travelled in TNSTC CBE BPR from Madurai to Coimbatore. It took 4.40 minutes to be exact. But i travelled in TNSTC MDU more than couple of times and it took nothing more than 4 hours. Ticket price Rs. 85 on both the buses.

It was surprising to me the time difference it makes even in BPR's. Please clarify.

Sankar,
Worst running time in Madurai-Coimbatore route is actually from Dindigul region. Once it took more than 5.5 hrs. I never felt that CBE is dragging too much.

if you are travelling from Coimbatore to madurai around 10.00 PM, you can try using Coimbatore-Thiruchendur AC bus. Now a days its becoming difficult to get a seat to madurai. From Madurai(Arapalayam) it started somewhere between 1.00 - 1.45 AM.

A month before i used a BPR of Coimbatore.. It took exactly 4.5 hrs to reach madurai. This is the BPR which i have used and you might have used the same.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mP1LmwbGhQM/TjLPDNLEq-I/AAAAAAAAB1M/DXWmw347O6Q/DSC06320.jpg

Now Some of the Nellai divn buses towards coimbatore are also operated as BPRs. TNSTC-Nellai's Tuticorin-Coimbatore(Ukkadam) bus completes Madurai-Coimbatore(Via Pollachi) in 4.5 hrs. This is the fastest guy in our route.

Sankkar,
Is it Non stop similar like MDU - Tirunelveli BPRs??

Vignesh,
Madurai-CBE BPRs stops @ Palladam, Dharapuram, Oddanchatram. from Oddanchatram it takes DGL bye pass and skips Kodai road and Vadipatti. Normal buses takes Sempatti route and some of them skips kodai road and vadipatti.

Even Madurai-Nellai BPRs are not non stop buses. They stops @ Thirumangalam, Sattur, Kovilpatti.

Vignesh,

This is not a non stop neither TNSTC MDU but it will reach with in 4 hours.

Based on my exp only one MDU bus reached Madurai in 4 hrs. But that was a old story. MDU is the first to introduce a BPR in Madurai-Coimbatore route. Incidentally that was my first bus fanning click. It was a converted SLF. This coverted SLF was replaced with a new bus. It is back to its original city bus route in madurai i.e Arapalayam-Thirumangalam via Bye Pass road. Again as a BPR in madurai city. :lol:

Initially it took 4 hrs(1.5 hrs to reach Oddanchatram from Madurai) and after some time it took more than 4 hrs.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yyWHZd5m1mE/S58TpDI63ZI/AAAAAAAADAE/6djjPPSEw0k/s640/DSC03283.JPG

Thank you, but can you please tell me then what is the difference b/w BPRs and normal MDU - CBE services? Is BPRs little bit faster than normal services or fare is more in normal service?

Normal MDU - CBE running time is 5 hours and fare is Rs. 70.

For BPR's fare is 85 and running hours is less.

What I am saying is ideally it should be 4 hours for BPR's which MDU division is managing and not the case for CBE division for them offical running time is 4.30 hours in BPR's with the same fare which is not acceptable.

To make matters worse Madurai division is running only two BPR's in this route including the Tirunelvel to Coimbatore bus.

Thank you, but can you please tell me then what is the difference b/w BPRs and normal MDU - CBE services? Is BPRs little bit faster than normal services or fare is more in normal service?

Vignesh,
I have mentioned the stops in my previous post.

Stops:
Normal Services: Vadipatti, Kodai Road, Sempatti, Oddanchatram, Dharapuram, Palladam, Sulur
BPR: Oddanchatram, Dharapuram, Palladam (Same for AC Service)

Normal Services may stop in some extra stops and during some festival times more BPRs are operated.

Madurai-Coimbatore fare:
Normal service: Rs.70
BPR: Rs.85

Madurai-Oddanchatram(Here it is NS) in same BPR:
Normal: Rs.28/Rs.30
BPR(Serves as a Non Stop): Rs.40

TNSTC-MDU can try a one stop BPR in Palani-Madurai route.

Sankar,
Worst running time in Madurai-Coimbatore route is actually from Dindigul region. Once it took more than 5.5 hrs. I never felt that CBE is dragging too much.

if you are travelling from Coimbatore to madurai around 10.00 PM, you can try using Coimbatore-Thiruchendur AC bus. Now a days its becoming difficult to get a seat to madurai. From Madurai(Arapalayam) it started somewhere between 1.00 - 1.45 AM.

A month before i used a BPR of Coimbatore.. It took exactly 4.5 hrs to reach madurai. This is the BPR which i have used and you might have used the same.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mP1LmwbGhQM/TjLPDNLEq-I/AAAAAAAAB1M/DXWmw347O6Q/DSC06320.jpg

Now Some of the Nellai divn buses towards coimbatore are also operated as BPRs. TNSTC-Nellai's Tuticorin-Coimbatore(Ukkadam) bus completes Madurai-Coimbatore(Via Pollachi) in 4.5 hrs. This is the fastest guy in our route.



Vignesh,
Madurai-CBE BPRs stops @ Palladam, Dharapuram, Oddanchatram. from Oddanchatram it takes DGL bye pass and skips Kodai road and Vadipatti. Normal buses takes Sempatti route and some of them skips kodai road and vadipatti.

Even Madurai-Nellai BPRs are not non stop buses. They stops @ Thirumangalam, Sattur, Kovilpatti.



Based on my exp only one MDU bus reached Madurai in 4 hrs. But that was a old story. MDU is the first to introduce a BPR in Madurai-Coimbatore route. Incidentally that was my first bus fanning click. It was a converted SLF. This coverted SLF was replaced with a new bus. It is back to its original city bus route in madurai i.e Arapalayam-Thirumangalam via Bye Pass road. Again as a BPR in madurai city. :lol:

Initially it took 4 hrs(1.5 hrs to reach Oddanchatram from Madurai) and after some time it took more than 4 hrs.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yyWHZd5m1mE/S58TpDI63ZI/AAAAAAAADAE/6djjPPSEw0k/s640/DSC03283.JPG

Bang on Dhandapani. Thanks for your clarification. I used the same bus yesterday.
As for as my experience 19.25 Coimbatore to Tirunelveli guy is the fastest in the route(now it has been converted in to BPR recently).

Your Dindugul Division observation is rite. I believe they are more or less in line with CBE Division.

Dindigul division had one super fast staring at 19.35 from CBE to MDU(it will be written as CBE to Sivakasi but will go upto Madurai only.) next to Tirunvelveli bus. This one used to compete with Tirunelveli bus and had given a stiff competition with some success and i travelled in this one also when i could not find a seat in tirunelveli bus. I don't know nowadays they opearte this one or not.

In Madurai to Coimbatore sector, I always preferred Thiruchendur to CBE bus(red one) starting around 2.45 PM just before the Rameswaram to CBE(CBE division) bus. I don't know whether they replaced this bus or not.

Also nowadays i am travelling in different times so don't know the status of these buses.

Vignesh,


TNSTC-MDU can try a one stop BPR in Palani-Madurai route.

its much needed.

Stops:
Normal Services: Vadipatti, Kodai Road, Sempatti, Oddanchatram, Dharapuram, Palladam, Sulur
BPR: Oddanchatram, Dharapuram, Palladam (Same for AC Service)

Normal Services may stop in some extra stops and during some festival times more BPRs are operated.

Madurai-Coimbatore fare:

Normal service: Rs.70
BPR: Rs.85

which route has more service? via dharapuram or palani? and whats avg time taken in both of them?

madurai-coimbatore via palani has palani,pollachi,udumalpet and can be more remunerative?

If only we had a small BPR bus stand. doesnt need to be huge. just 6 bays at bye pass beginning and operated town-byepass bus services, these bprs could make quick entry exits

Bang on Dhandapani. Thanks for your clarification. I used the same bus yesterday.
As for as my experience 19.25 Coimbatore to Tirunelveli guy is the fastest in the route(now it has been converted in to BPR recently).

Your Dindugul Division observation is rite. I believe they are more or less in line with CBE Division.

Dindigul division had one super fast staring at 19.35 from CBE to MDU(it will be written as CBE to Sivakasi but will go upto Madurai only.) next to Tirunvelveli bus. This one used to compete with Tirunelveli bus and had given a stiff competition with some success and i travelled in this one also when i could not find a seat in tirunelveli bus. I don't know nowadays they opearte this one or not.

In Madurai to Coimbatore sector, I always preferred Thiruchendur to CBE bus(red one) starting around 2.45 PM just before the Rameswaram to CBE(CBE division) bus. I don't know whether they replaced this bus or not.

Also nowadays i am travelling in different times so don't know the status of these buses.

Coimbatore-Sivakasi(Till Madurai) from DGL region was running earlier. Havent noticed it in recent times. That was an old bus. Not sure whether they replaced it with some new stickerings.

Nellai buses are fastest. Newly introduced Thenkasi-Coimbatore(with Transferred buses from CBE. :)) of Nellai are really good. It starts in the midnight from madurai. You will get a combined feel of CBE and Nellai in that.

I have used MDU buses(except BPR) couple of times and none of them reached before 4.5 hrs. Only BPR took me before 4.5 hrs. Other than that most of them takes 4.5 to 5 hrs.

Better avoid DGL guys. Opt for Nellai/MDU/CBE. IMO CBE buses are clean than MDU guys. :)

its much needed.



which route has more service? via dharapuram or palani? and whats avg time taken in both of them?

madurai-coimbatore via palani has palani,pollachi,udumalpet and can be more remunerative?

If only we had a small BPR bus stand. doesnt need to be huge. just 6 bays at bye pass beginning and operated town-byepass bus services, these bprs could make quick entry exits

Coimbatore-Madurai via Dharapuram has more service. Running buses via Dharapuram is not a problem for CBE/MDU/Nellai divisions because they dont have timing issues in this route. All the special buses in CBE-MDU route uses this route only.

Coimbatore-Madurai via Pollachi has got big timing problem @ Pollachi, Udumalpet and Palani bus stands

1. Coimbatore-Pollachi --> <5 min frequency. During peak hours it goes to <3 min. More private buses. Timings are followed strictly.
2. Coimbatore/Pollachi-Palani --> 5-10 min frequency.
3. Palani-Madurai --> Except festival times, timings are followed strictly.

TNSTC-Coimbatore operates 3 buses via Pollachi, DGL operates 1 bus, MDU operates 1 bus and Nellai has 4 buses. Pollachi-Madurai is taken care by DGL region.

Coimbatore-Madurai buses via pollachi stops at 10 min in Pollachi BS, <5 min in Udumalpet and 5-10 min in Palani BS. And these buses cant skip Pollachi/Udumalpet/Palani. So stopping in all these towns will consume atleast 20-30 min. Still ABT, ARC, SRM, KPN and most of SETC buses uses this route.

TNSTC-Madurai's Madurai BPR starts from Arapalayam Bus stands @ 8.30 AM and 6.30 PM.

TNSTC-Madurai's Madurai BPR starts from Arapalayam Bus stands @ 8.30 AM and 6.30 PM.

It starts from Coimbatore @ 1.30 PM and 11.30 PM.

It starts from Coimbatore @ 1.30 PM and 11.30 PM.

Yes, you are right. I mentioned all these timings in my first blog post in TNSTC blog here (http://tnstc.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/tnstc-mdus-new-air-bus-in-cbe-mdu-route/)

If possible, check in singanallur BS and give us the timings of TNSTC-CBE BPR.

[QUOTE=dhandapanik;83626103]Coimbatore-Sivakasi(Till Madurai) from DGL region was running earlier. Havent noticed it in recent times. That was an old bus. Not sure whether they replaced it with some new stickerings.

Nellai buses are fastest. Newly introduced Thenkasi-Coimbatore(with Transferred buses from CBE. :)) of Nellai are really good. It starts in the midnight from madurai. You will get a combined feel of CBE and Nellai in that.

I have used MDU buses(except BPR) couple of times and none of them reached before 4.5 hrs. Only BPR took me before 4.5 hrs. Other than that most of them takes 4.5 to 5 hrs.

Better avoid DGL guys. Opt for Nellai/MDU/CBE. IMO CBE buses are clean than MDU guys. :)


All the normal services irrespective of the division takes 4 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours only and expect them to reach before 4 hours 30 minutes is not possilbe. To drag it to more than 5 hours is not at all acceptable.

My point is BPR's to take 4 hours and 30 minutes is not good having charged 15 rupees more. It has to be 4 hours.

All the normal services irrespective of the division takes 4 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours only and expect them to reach before 4 hours 30 minutes is not possilbe. To drag it to more than 5 hours is not at all acceptable.

My point is BPR's to take 4 hours and 30 minutes is not good having charged 15 rupees more. It has to be 4 hours.

Sankkar,
Both the services suffer with 2 lane roads till Oddanchatram. From there BPR takes a different route. Driving in this 2 lane road is really difficult for them and they also have a 5-10 min break in between and that is really needed. Only prob is they never stop in good motel. Initially they saved 1 hrs in these BPRs and now it got reduced a bit. But 4 hrs is really tough job for our TNSTCs. Do you think Rs.85 is more for 210 KM journey? They accelerate a bit more for this Rs.15. :) I loved these BPR services from MDU and CBE. MDU started it and CBE following it.

I feel pity for the bus running in Coimbatore-Madurai and Palani-Madurai route.. Almost 90% of the normal services in the above 2 routes enters inside Kodai road, Vadipatti and some will skip any one. Again the road present in Pudhuchatram to Kamalapuram(Where sempatti road joins NH7) is really bad. You also need to see the huge speed breakers present in this section.

Sankkar,
Both the services suffer with 2 lane roads till Oddanchatram. From there BPR takes a different route. Driving in this 2 lane road is really difficult for them and they also have a 5-10 min break in between and that is really needed. Only prob is they never stop in good motel. Initially they saved 1 hrs in these BPRs and now it got reduced a bit. But 4 hrs is really tough job for our TNSTCs. Do you think Rs.85 is more for 210 KM journey? They accelerate a bit more for this Rs.15. :) I loved these BPR services from MDU and CBE. MDU started it and CBE following it.

I feel pity for the bus running in Coimbatore-Madurai and Palani-Madurai route.. Almost 90% of the normal services in the above 2 routes enters inside Kodai road, Vadipatti and some will skip any one. Again the road present in Pudhuchatram to Kamalapuram(Where sempatti road joins NH7) is really bad. You also need to see the huge speed breakers present in this section.

Dhandapani,

I am not saying Rs. 85 is more but problem is there is not a big difference in running time. Then what is the point in having BPR. They have to find alternative way to do some thing about it.

Yes I agree starting from Pudhuchatram to Kamalapuram it will kill time. If i am rite, it takes one hour to cross this distance of around 30 kms.

Now most of the buses started skipping Kodai Road and taking bye pass in peak hours. Vadipatti have to go inside. Two years back some buses started using Vadipatti bye pass but that area people agitated for it and some how managed to succeed in that.

Dhandapani,

I am not saying Rs. 85 is more but problem is there is not a big difference in running time. Then what is the point in having BPR. They have to find alternative way to do some thing about it.

Yes I agree starting from Pudhuchatram to Kamalapuram it will kill time. If i am rite, it takes one hour to cross this distance of around 30 kms.

Now most of the buses started skipping Kodai Road and taking bye pass in peak hours. Vadipatti have to go inside. Two years back some buses started using Vadipatti bye pass but that area people agitated for it and some how managed to succeed in that.

The modified SLF(now got a replacement.. Noticed the new bus a week back) and the CBE BPR saved good amount of time till Oddanchatram. They saved 30-45 minutes in Oddanchatram-Madurai section. But they lost considerable amount in Oddanchatram-Coimbatore part. Problem is we got only 50KM 4 laned road(Samayanallur-DGL bye pass), the rest 160KM were 2 laned and most of the distance are not even NH. :(

Dhandapani,

I had observed in my travels untill 2 yrs back 2 lane road from palani to oddanchatram wasnt a big deal.

but may be now traffic has increased and spoiling it.

I hope in few yrs, we have sufficent road infra for buses to do a 21/2 hr from mdu to plni.

Last time 2 yrs back porivate buses did via sempatti in 2/12 hrs. but it seemed rash for the narrow road in the route.

How many railway crossings in route? i remember atleast 2 of them. Now if trains in route increase post GC, may increase time if caught.

Dhandapani,

I hope in few yrs, we have sufficent road infra for buses to do a 21/2 hr from mdu to plni..

The only thing that can help the passengers on this section is the completion of GC of the DG-POY-PTJ line ...

Even then subbu, 2.5 hrs to palani from mdu or 4 hrs to coimbatore will be pipe dream.

and these will be once in a day express. passengers too will take enuf time.

Dhandapani,

I had observed in my travels untill 2 yrs back 2 lane road from palani to oddanchatram wasnt a big deal.

but may be now traffic has increased and spoiling it.

I hope in few yrs, we have sufficent road infra for buses to do a 21/2 hr from mdu to plni.

Last time 2 yrs back porivate buses did via sempatti in 2/12 hrs. but it seemed rash for the narrow road in the route.

How many railway crossings in route? i remember atleast 2 of them. Now if trains in route increase post GC, may increase time if caught.
Even now also Private operators covers the distance in 2.5 hrs. But their driving is too rash and you will not feel safe inside them. I always opt for a TNSTC.

We got 3 crossings in Palani-Oddanchatram section and one crossing after Oddancthram. In total Palani-DGL/Madurai buses need to cross 4 railway crossings. We didnt have any trains now. But we can expect them running soon. Track works are completed. Station works are going on in Palani, Oddanchatram, Sathirapatti, Reddiyar Chatram etc.

The only thing that can help the passengers on this section is the completion of GC of the DG-POY-PTJ line ...

SR should expediate the station works and they should try operating trains before thai poosam. This will ease some traffic in Palani-DGL and Palani-Madurai route.

Palani-Pollachi-Podanur/Palghat is really a tough job. In SR terms we may need another 3 yrs for seeing trains in this section. Works going on in POY-Palghat section. But the other two remains silent.

Guys why is kumabakonam allowing TNSTC karaikudi on buses? atleast in side written kumbakonam? no other division allowing regions to do this.

Its not only KKDI, all kids of KUM are rebel ones. Trichy will put TNSTC - Trichy on the windshield and PDKT will put TNTSC-Pudikottai on its windshield. TNTSC-KUM will be there only on the the body side.

One doubt regarding Dolphin's pics,

I have seen a Bangalore - Kalpakkam SETC bus run by PDY deopt of SETC. Is this Bangalore-CMBT-Kalpakkam a new service or else its there for a long time ?

No subbu, they put as State transport - Trichy, State transport - Pudukkottai, ie Arasu Perundu - Trichy, Karaikudi, Pudukkottai

The bus generally goes non-stop only between chennai and vellore ( they bypass sriperumpudhur, walaja and dont stop at kaveripattanam).

If they stop even in one bus station/stop NON STOP terminology will became meaningless one. If there is one or two stops they can try the name as BY PASS RIDER, SUPERFAST, NH EXPRESS.
NON STOP means the bus shouldn't anywhere (Expect for lunch/Tea)

If i am rite, first non stop bus called 1 to 1 was introduced by Kumbakonam division in Madurai to Ramanathapuram route.

Who introduced 1 to 1??? is it meaningful?
The bus start from 1st point move to 2nd point(destination) but won't stop there and return to 1st point (from where its started). is it so?
i feel 1 to 2 is suitable one..

Its not only KKDI, all kids of KUM are rebel ones. Trichy will put TNSTC - Trichy on the windshield and PDKT will put TNTSC-Pudikottai on its windshield. TNTSC-KUM will be there only on the the body side.


The trouble started because of the wrong decision of aligning TRY under KMU. So, TRY was the first rebel :)

Whatever may be the history (CRC etc), TRY should have been the HQ for KUM, PDKT and KKDI. In fact, PDKT and KKDI were never linked to KUM or CRC in the past. There was no justification to bring them all into KUM fold.

So, even now, they can change the HQ from KUM to TRY to be better accessible from all corners of the division. Maybe KUM will stick TNSTC KUM on windshields and TNSTC Trichy on sides! :) Just kidding!!

Cheers,
Raj

19.25 Coimbatore to Tirunelveli guy is the fastest in the route(now it has been converted in to BPR recently).


Nellai buses are fastest. Newly introduced Thenkasi-Coimbatore(with Transferred buses from CBE. :)) of Nellai are really good. It starts in the midnight from madurai. You will get a combined feel of CBE and Nellai in that.

I have used MDU buses(except BPR) couple of times and none of them reached before 4.5 hrs. Only BPR took me before 4.5 hrs. Other than that most of them takes 4.5 to 5 hrs.


offcourse nellai division
you both forgot one. 8:30 p.m MARTHANDAM - COIMBATURE TSS from Nagercoil. the bus start from Marthandam but its hard to get seat from Nagercoil. its took 1:30 hrs (via-ervadi) upto Nellai from Nellai (10:15 p.m) its skip all places up to Ottacnchatram and reach Coimbature at 5:15 a.m (7 hours running time from nellai)
i travelled many in it. the driver make a avg of 75 kmph. i'm not sure about the return trip from Coimbature.

In Nagercoil - Tirunelveli - Madurai sector TN 74 N 1397 (week end special bus to Madurai) is the only one reached 110 kmph when a competition with another NGLs AC bus. As soon as it returned Madurai officals programmed the speed to 85 kmph.

Who introduced 1 to 1??? is it meaningful?
The bus start from 1st point move to 2nd point(destination) but won't stop there and return to 1st point (from where its started). is it so?
i feel 1 to 2 is suitable one..

we canot research actual meanings of the terminologies used as these are brought for making extra income and we can see all the busses(even dabba ones) with EXPRESS tags few years back.
Actually a person goes from one destination to another and so 1to1. they cannot keep names wrt trips made by the bus.

Its not only KKDI, all kids of KUM are rebel ones. Trichy will put TNSTC - Trichy on the windshield and PDKT will put TNTSC-Pudikottai on its windshield. TNTSC-KUM will be there only on the the body side.


I personally hate all this names. TNSTC divisions are belong to one family. So TNSTC or TAMIL NADU ARASU PERUNTHU alone is enough on our buses.

we canot research actual meanings of the terminologies used as these are brought for making extra income and we can see all the busses(even dabba ones) with EXPRESS tags few years back.
Actually a person goes from one destination to another and so 1to1. they cannot keep names wrt trips made by the bus.

Precisely these are backdoor techniques for fare. We can't research it offcourse we ain't so Can you explain about 1 to 3, 1 to 5, 1 to 8???.

TNSTC SALEM town buses

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J0_5vmdTJe0/TksYucihCcI/AAAAAAAACI4/WV1ui3EixkQ/3041.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ImaVaxhmdZk/TksYvgDnaSI/AAAAAAAACI8/0N0pF0gbA9A/3042.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7y19msvIYGU/TksY08VfZ8I/AAAAAAAACJY/FI_XsQgvUXs/3055.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JiLqBFLl6QM/TksYyK5I_VI/AAAAAAAACJI/3HUiumkiUgU/3051.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xN9pt6e5MHk/TksYzphsFhI/AAAAAAAACJQ/9XAwEqX5mho/3053.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wSJTnQvlxog/TksY2JPO-dI/AAAAAAAACJg/rfj4gjZsvKY/3057.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BgfK4CWPupg/TksY5RVC0QI/AAAAAAAACJw/UFeVt8NLP6Q/3061.jpg

(Sorry for the poor qualities)

The trouble started because of the wrong decision of aligning TRY under KMU. So, TRY was the first rebel :)

Whatever may be the history (CRC etc), TRY should have been the HQ for KUM, PDKT and KKDI. In fact, PDKT and KKDI were never linked to KUM or CRC in the past. There was no justification to bring them all into KUM fold.

So, even now, they can change the HQ from KUM to TRY to be better accessible from all corners of the division. Maybe KUM will stick TNSTC KUM on windshields and TNSTC Trichy on sides! :) Just kidding!!

Cheers,
Raj

Also, none of the other TNSTC regions were ready to accept Kumbakonam as the divisional HQ, as Kumbakonam is the smallest of the other two (i am having doubt, pls correct me if i am wrong). Also, Kumbakonam was not even a district.
So only, the regions of TNSTC KMU are not displaying Arasu Perundhu Kumbakonam in their front glasses.
Now, TNSTC Kumbakonam is the largest among the Corporations in terms of fleet strength

we canot research actual meanings of the terminologies used as these are brought for making extra income and we can see all the busses(even dabba ones) with EXPRESS tags few years back.
Actually a person goes from one destination to another and so 1to1. they cannot keep names wrt trips made by the bus.

Precisely these are backdoor techniques for fare. We can't research it offcourse we ain't so Can you explain about 1 to 3, 1 to 5, 1 to 8???.


We need not have seen all these if the DMK government had increased the fares directly in their ruling period before 2008, when all these tags were popularized.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wVZaiTyJuh0/TmTz1UHS3BI/AAAAAAAADGc/-OSA_wxAPcU/DSC06691.jpg

Dhandapani Sir,

Saw this in your Picasa album. Was this the DGL depot bus you used in Karaikudi - Palani on Vinayagar Chadurthi?

I used this on last sunday in Karaikudi - Natham.

Thanks
Ramesh

Dhandapani Sir,

Saw this in your Picasa album. Was this the DGL depot bus you used in Karaikudi - Palani on Vinayagar Chadurthi?

I used this on last sunday in Karaikudi - Natham.

Thanks
Ramesh

Yes. This is the one which i used to reach Palani from Karaikudi. Worst speed, at the same time, no space for breath from KKDI itself.

Ruberts,subbu,anand, raj,

The habit of those rebels is strictly condemnable and must be conveyed and forced to change. Doesnt matter with you are big city small city, not a dist, not connected so on.

all regions be it pudukottai or karaikudi or trichy are connected to districts under kumabakonam region one way or other.

Coimabtore doesnt run a separate coimbatore division under SR or bengaluru separately because its under SWR.

Tomorrow entire thing can be made one corporation. Rules are to follow.

Tmorrow kanchi, vellore(it already is) will be bigger than villupuram and they will rebel.

I am surprised and not one bit pleased with Raj reply. Thats not how he normally replies. There was a clear trichy bias in that

further to nonsense is fact that if one goes back when cholan was established and whether trichy was hq? wasnt trichy dist part of cholan then?
and where was the hq of cholan then?

Dhandapani,

I remember i had travelled in a palani-kodumudi bus some 10 yrs back. also did a kangeyam-palani trip. Are the palani kodumudi buses still running?

New in My Home

SETC 702 Thoothukudi - Chenganesary

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/423/702chenganeasary.jpg

Nellai Region

New Service

Nellai region added a pair to Velankanni in ECR from Thoothukudi it Starts at 6:30PM running a old bus soon will be replaced by a new one

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5175/ecrvelankanni.jpg

TN-72N-1650 replaces My Yellow Beauty TN-72N-1180 on 333A proud to say built by TNSTC -Nellai Samathanapuram Unit, they are goin to add another bus as an additional to Chennai.

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7971/n1650chennai.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9059/n1650chennai2.jpg

A New one in TNSTC Madurai

TN-45N-3336 Running Madurai - Tiruchendur

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6429/45n3336.jpg

SETC

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9603/setc739ernakulam.jpg



Arun,
Thanks for new buses. What Prakash coach builders?? is there is any new buses by Prakash??
FC has be done well for this Vestibule Bus
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8273/vbmtc1.jpg


http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/710/fc1r.jpg


Remember Mr.Boopathy is in MTC

Yes SETC will be soon a competitor to others,

We all hope so.


when i was clicking a D70 volvo a guy who walked nearby had a strange look and may thought சரியான கிறுக்கன் போல பஸ்ஸ போட்டோ எடுக்கான்:lol:
Its normally happens to all bus fans. just we discussed before two days
"kazhuthaiku theriyuma karpura vasanai"


TN-72N-1650 replaces My Yellow Beauty TN-72N-1180 on 333A proud to say built by TNSTC -Nellai Samathanapuram Unit, they are goin to add another bus as an additional to Chennai.

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7971/n1650chennai.jpg



Arun,
i expected this. Thanks
What about rear profile?
particulary route board



http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6429/45n3336.jpg

Looks like Madurai built and registered in Tirchy... Why don't they try the log of Ferrari, Lambhorgini, Rolls royce or Bently??? Mdu did't used those logo yet.

Arun,
Thanks for new buses. What Prakash coach builders?? is there is any new buses by Prakash??


Remember Mr.Boopathy is in MTC


We all hope so.


Its normally happens to all bus fans. just we discussed before two days
"kazhuthaiku theriyuma karpura vasanai"



Arun,
i expected this. Thanks
What about rear profile?
particulary route board



Looks like Madurai built and registered in Tirchy... Why don't they try the log of Ferrari, Lambhorgini, Rolls royce or Bently??? Mdu did't used those logo yet.

i think they didn't considered prakash due to last MK period all major SETC buses built
by them ,quality also poor compare to present .yet again we can wonder how come still VEERA not in the list where it builts more private air bus.prakash is doing good job for KSRTC & private operator in buses building:)

A New one in TNSTC Madurai

TN-45N-3336 Running Madurai - Tiruchendur

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6429/45n3336.jpg

Very funny! TNSTC Madurai built buses, registered in Trichy and transferred to Madurai. May be they wanted to allot this bus to Trichy region

The trouble started because of the wrong decision of aligning TRY under KMU. So, TRY was the first rebel :)

Whatever may be the history (CRC etc), TRY should have been the HQ for KUM, PDKT and KKDI. In fact, PDKT and KKDI were never linked to KUM or CRC in the past. There was no justification to bring them all into KUM fold.

So, even now, they can change the HQ from KUM to TRY to be better accessible from all corners of the division. Maybe KUM will stick TNSTC KUM on windshields and TNSTC Trichy on sides! :) Just kidding!!

Cheers,
Raj

KKDI should be under TNSTC-Madurai only as KKDI region is very close to Madurai than KUM or TRY. KKDI region starts from Thiruppuvanam itself which is just 24 KM from Madurai. In fact KKDI operates most of its buses from / throuch Madurai than from TRY or KUM. Long before, both KKDI and PDKT regions were with PRC and when the strength of PRC crossed 1000 buses (in 1983), PRC was bifurcated and a new Maurthupandiar transport corporation was formed covering KKDI and PDKT region. KKDI has a bus depot in Madurai since long. PDKT has to be with TNSTC-KUM as it is close to KUM region

New in My Home



http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9059/n1650chennai2.jpg

I like the livery of this bus. And this is the first time I am seeing the name "Villupuram" in the routes of TNSTC - Nellai buses. Ususally it will be like Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy, Chennai or Tirunelveli, Madurai,Trichy,Tindivanam, Chennai and even like Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy, Melmaruvathur, Chennai (Even in some SETC too).

Yes. This is the one which i used to reach Palani from Karaikudi. Worst speed, at the same time, no space for breath from KKDI itself.On sunday, it was just average. Took 2 hours to reach Natham for just 66 kms averaging less than 35 KMPH. But on that day also, bus was packed completely but mostly with intermediate passengers to Kundrakudi, Pillaiyarpatti, Tirupattur, Marudipatti, Singampunari, Kottampatti.

Palani - Karaiudi buses run mostly with intermediate passengers sparing few festive occasions in Palani, when even Tirupattur passengers will not be allowed to board KKDI bus in DGL. That's the prime reason why KKDI has allocated just 5 buses for Palani - Karaikudi/ Devakottai/ Sivagangai while Trichy region is almost dominating with so many Palani - Trichy buses though Trichy and KKDI are almost the same distance from DGL.

Ramesh

I like the livery of this bus. And this is the first time I am seeing the name "Villupuram" in the routes of TNSTC - Nellai buses. Ususally it will be like Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy, Chennai or Tirunelveli, Madurai,Trichy,Tindivanam, Chennai and even like Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy, Melmaruvathur, Chennai (Even in some SETC too).

As Per Rules they have pasted the Villupurm, If the bus get full or not, it will never enter villupuram, it have stage only at Trichy, Madurai, If the bus if Full Packed At Thoothukudi it Skips Madurai, Trichy too.

As Per Rules they have pasted the VillupurmCould you please explain me the rule in pasting the route stickers on buses, particularly to other territories or going beyond?

Thanks in advance
Ramesh

Even Mdu has few rebel depot buses who dont want to showcase the name of their parent depot:

Saw one bus from Sattur depot which runs on the Thenkasi - Kovilpatti route. It had only Arasu - Perunthu Virudhunagar stuck on the front and rear windshield. I missed to note what was there on the body sides. Even the ticket which i have put here carries VNR name only. I asked the conductor why they have put VNR instead of MDU, he gave me one very bad stare and told, this bus belongs to VNR region depot and we will put VNR ony!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6131651561_b1b38ea75d_z.jpg

i think they didn't considered prakash due to last MK period all major SETC buses built
by them ,quality also poor compare to present

Hi Superfast444,

Can you tell us what problems did u see in the P8000 series supplied by Prakash to SETC's and TNSTC's.....
and you u say "in comparison to the present".. i wonder what you found.

TN-72N-1650 replaces My Yellow Beauty TN-72N-1180 on 333A proud to say built by TNSTC -Nellai Samathanapuram Unit, they are goin to add another bus as an additional to Chennai.


I like the stickerings in the front glass and the Vanakkam hands symbol in the door.
But the color scheme is not so good and attractive.

வருவாயை அதிகரிக்க திட்டம் அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து பஸ்களில் கூடுதல் இருக்கைகள் பயணிகள் சிரமம்
9/9/2011 Dinakaran (http://www0.dinakaran.com/District_detail_2011.asp?Nid=8217)

செங்கோட்டை, செப்.9: அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து கழக பஸ்சில் இருக்கைகள் திடீரென அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதால் பயணிகள் சிரமத்துக்குள்ளாகியுள்ளனர்.
தமிழக அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் அதிகளவு நஷ்டமடைந்து வருகிறது. இதனால் லாபத்தை அதிகரிக்க அரசு பல்வேறு அதிரடி நடவடிக்கை எடுத்துள்ளது. அதன் ஒரு பகுதியாக பஸ்களில் இருக்கைகளை அதிகரித்துள்ளது. அதாவது 36 இருக்கைகள் 48 ஆக உயர்ந்துள்ளது. திடீரென 12 இருக்கைகள் அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதால் பயணிகளுக்கு மிகுந்த சிரமம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. இருக்கைகளுக்காக பஸ்சின் நீளமும் அதிகரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதனால் பயணிகள் ஆடாமல் அசையாமல் சீட்டில் கட்டி போட்ட நிலையில் தொலை தூரம் பயணம் செய்ய வேண்டிய சூழ்நிலை நிலவுகிறது.

பொதுவாக ஒரு பஸ்சில் சேஸ் 10.7 மீட்டராக இருக்கும். பாடி கட்டும்போது பின்னால் ஒரு சில அடி நீளம் வைத்து பாடி கட்டுவார்கள். ஆனால் 48 இருக்கைகள் கொண்ட பஸ்சிற்கு பின்னால் அதிக நீளம் கொண்ட அளவுக்கு பாடி கட்டப்படுவதால் பின் சீட்டில் உள்ளவர்கள் கடுமையாக பாதிக்கப்படுகின்றனர். மேலும் பஸ்சின் நீளம் அதிகரிக்கப்படுவதால் திருப்பங்களில் எதிர்பாராத விபத்துகளில் சிக்கி ஆபத்துக்களை சந்திக்கும் சூழ்நிலையும் உள்ளதாக பயணிகள் குற்றம் சாட்டுகின்றனர். செங்கோட்டை கிளையில் இருந்து கேரளா, பாண்டிச்சேரி, கர்நாடகா போன்ற மாநிலங்களுக்கு பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படுவதோடு சென்னை, கோவை போன்ற தொலை தூர நகரங்களுக்கும் இயக்கப்படுகிறது. எனவே முன்பு போல 36 இருக்கை பஸ்களை மட்டும் இயக்க வேண்டுமென பயணிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்
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The news item has again brought to fore the problems faced by passengers in the newly introduced 12m UD buses in SETC.
Few glaring mistakes in the article:
- viking AL buses are of 10.8m length and not 10.7m
- article says that longer body has been built on the same chassis whereas new buses are on alltogether new chassis, i.e 12m

Bit srange to note that drivers are finding it difficult to drive 12m buses. 12m buses hav been adopted by Ke/Ka SRTC and even our SETC/TNSTC have 12m AC UD buses. With our four lanes and higher power 180hp engine...not sure what problems the crew are facing.

Hi Superfast444,

Can you tell us what problems did u see in the P8000 series supplied by Prakash to SETC's and TNSTC's.....
and you u say "in comparison to the present".. i wonder what you found.

Yes ,just u compare yourself with Prakash built SETC & TNSTC with Prakash built Karnataka Rajahamsa buses (UD) ...you will get the answer ,even you can take help of Picasa album of BINAI lot of images exists.you will get good answer :cheers: :lol:

here is the link :https://picasaweb.google.com/111537879485500543733

Guys, here is the treat of TNSTC Villupuram. I think after a long time, pics of TNSTC VPM buses are being posted. The first of the pics of the new buses of TNSTC VPM (some of them inaugurated by amma recently).

Nice to see that the pics of amma has been removed from the windshield glasses. What about the other division buses?



This new bus TN-32-N-3586 of Chidambaram depot of Cuddalore Region, doing the newly allocated route of Puducherry to Chidambaram

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6131911655_1492655610.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6131911361_b3b6fc661d.jpg

The newly allocated bus in Puducherry - Villupuram route. TN-32-N-3591, belonging to VPM-3 Depot.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6132459012_aff982161c.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/6131910809_61d62ddd09.jpg


New buses belonging to Kancheepuram region doing in Pondy - ECR Chennai.
The one on left hand side, TN-21-N-1415 (Kancheepuram region) is built by Kancheepuram unit and the one on right hand side, TN-21-N-1462 (Thiruvallur region) is built by Arrow Builders.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/6132458516_12383a2fbc.jpg


An old bus TN-32-N-2967 of Tiruvannamalai depot and a new bus, TN-32-N-3596 of Pondy depot doing in Puducherry - Tindivanam - Tiruvannamalai rotue.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6132458250_a26a868c89.jpg


An old bus TN-23-N-1773 of from Vellore Region (unable to guess the depot name) doing in Puducherry - Vellore route.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6132457996_155105ccfc.jpg


These two siblings TN-32-N-3595 and TN-32-N-3596 of Pondy depot, which was doing in Pondy - Chennai route when they were allocated, are now back to the routes for which they were allocated. ie Puducherry - Tiruvannamalai.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6131909769_192aa4b532.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6131909469_ece91ca86f.jpg

See this photo taken on June 18
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5228/5851591937_8d03695481.jpg

Nice pics Anand, :cheers:

Villupuram-Cuddalore, Pondy-Cuddalore, Pondy-Villupuram are one of the very dense bus routes in TN.:) Suburban service would be hit in these sectors.

Nice pics Anand, :cheers:

Villupuram-Cuddalore, Pondy-Cuddalore, Pondy-Villupuram are one of the very dense bus routes in TN.:) Suburban service would be hit in these sectors.

Ya, they can electrify the tracks upto Cuddalore atleast and try running EMU trains in Pondy - Villupuram and Cuddalore - Villupuram. Again, we must not depend on SR for that. Pondy - Cuddalore is unimaginable in this century.

While coming back to my home, i saw a new SETC UD, stickered Chennai - Puducherry.
Can anyone confirm, is an UD allocated for this route exclusively?

TNSTC, Karaikudi in Devakottai - Palani. This is actually Karaikudi - Palani which goes till Devakottai for 1 of its trips. TN 63 N 1482 (seen in picture) and TN 63 N 1477 shares slots on alternative days
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg847/scaled.php?server=847&filename=tn63n1482.jpg&res=medium




Ramesh

Ramesh actually ur database has been pretty old,,,I would like to give you some info on the particular karaikudi-palani buses. Now they are not sharing slots on alternate days..they have been split into two seperate service from last year as follows,

First bus starts at morning(5.40) as,KARAIKUDI-PALANI-KARAIKUDI then in the ev(3.40) it run as KARAIKUDI-TANJORE-KARAIKUDI.

Second bus starts at palani in mrng and run as PALANI-KARAIKUDI, then KARAIKUDI-PARAMAKUDI-KARAIKUDI then again in the eve KARAIKUDI-PALANI (halt).

And the missing trip of mrng 9.00 from karaikudi is replaced by another new route THONDI-KARAIKUDI-PALANI and PALANI(2.00)-KARAIKUDI-THONDI.

So now there are no sharing of slots and everyday you can see the same bus at same time and now there is no trip to devakottai execptthe thondi bus.

And one more info, you mentioned about a TNSTC SLM bus (SALEM-TIRUPATHUR), actually that particular bus was introduced by TNSTC KKDI and was running for past 5 years,only last year they have transferred it to salem for reason not known to me..you know that bus is from DHARMAPURI region. You can argue how can a DHARMAPURI region run on SALEM-TIRUCHY_tirupathur route where it does not have territory but the thing is that they belong to SALEM division.

An old bus TN-23-N-1773 of from Vellore Region (unable to guess the depot name) doing in Puducherry - Vellore route.



Mr. Anand if it is mentioned as KND it will be Krishna Nagar Depot.

Could you please explain me the rule in pasting the route stickers on buses, particularly to other territories or going beyond?

Thanks in advance
Ramesh

Mr.Ramesh these line are from Tamilnadu Motor Vehicles Rule 1989

It shall be a condition of every stage carriage permit that a blue print of the route (indicating all theintermediate places also) for which the permit is issued, copy of fare table and time-table approved by the
Transport Authority shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place inside the vehicle covered by the permit and
adhered to and the fare table so exhibited shall indicate the stages on the routes fixed by the Transport
Authority and also the appropriate fare table according the stages.

Fore more details use this Link.

http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/tnmvr1989.PDF (http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/tnmvr1989.PDF)

fare table, time table - ha ha.

This ur region, my region, how can a bus from another regions operate happenning in last two pages, is getting on my nerve.

Just the hell, unify it all i say like binai and subbu keep saying, showing no regional permission nonsense and routes be operated as it suits the logistics from whichever depot to wherever, whenever

Yes ,just u compare yourself with Prakash built SETC & TNSTC with Prakash built Karnataka Rajahamsa buses (UD) ...you will get the answer ,even you can take help of Picasa album of BINAI lot of images exists.you will get good answer :cheers: :lol:

Hi Superfast444,

The UD buses built by Prakash for SETC was inferior on no account. Its just the poor maintainance that made them running junks. Still there are few TNSTC divisions like MDU,CBE where the Prakash built buses are in a decent condition similar to a Rajahamsa bought during that period.

even other members will be able to add TNSTC division where UD's are maintained pretty decently. The only bad lot of UD's that we got was from JCBL which was the worst of all and even TNSTC regional depots like Pollachi which maintain their Chennai buses very well found it difficult and had to resort to lot of patch up work on their body parts.

Can you tell what wrong do you see in the following buses from Prakash which were introduced in 2006:

Cbe divn UD:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Qg9rXqpTgtw/Tms6OKBh1jI/AAAAAAAAAIM/SrHX0wLLGaE/s640/90.jpg

MDU Divsion UD AC:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sMgn9yTNeFg/Tms5e2PM_fI/AAAAAAAAAE8/JY-PZhxSi7U/s640/38.jpg

Photo courtesy: DolhphinsTuti

You should understand one thing, Binai's album has more of SETC UD buses @ Blr as his travel is mostly to Blr(outside KL) where he snaps those UD buses.(no offense meant Binai) and we all know the maintainance standards of SETC UD buses. So before coming to a conclusion, you should try to do a good research of looking at albums of various people covering various depots of SETC and divisons of TNSTC. If you have understood the UD maitainance standards so well, can you tell me the top three SETC depots that maintain their UD's well.

Actually Prakash will be scratching his head to have given SETC the UD buses as the negative publicity these running junks are giving them is very bad.

I think next thing you will say is that the fleet of Volvo's given to APSRTC buses was bad compared to KaSRTC. No wonder why!



I stop here.

dolphin whether that thiruvanamalai bus frm tuticorin or thiruchendur is running now?i saw the pict in ur picasa gallery , since there is no water mark in that Pict, i didn't paste here.

Hi Anand,

Thanks for the VPM bus pics. Can you put the pic of that private bus running between Pondy and Villupuram/CMBT which sports teh red-cream livery of VPM buses ....thats a very case of a pvt operator trying to look like the Govt buses. (i heard it was owned by one of the ex. transport minister of that region, not sure)

Hi Anand,

Thanks for the VPM bus pics. Can you put the pic of that private bus running between Pondy and Villupuram/CMBT which sports teh red-cream livery of VPM buses ....thats a very case of a pvt operator trying to look like the Govt buses. (i heard it was owned by one of the ex. transport minister of that region, not sure)

Subbu Sir are you mentioned these buses

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4792/56492526.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/802/42989159.jpg

dolphin whether that thiruvanamalai bus frm tuticorin or thiruchendur is running now?i saw the pict in ur picasa gallery , since there is no water mark in that Pict, i didn't paste here.

Nope it will run some time specials on Porunami days to T.V.Malai.

Arun..... :applause: No words!

Nope it will run some time specials on Porunami days to T.V.Malai.

:bash:this bus will be filled upto vilupuram even thiruvanamalai. y cant they run permanently

2011-2012 policy note.......

nothing interesting!! :bash:


http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/pdf/transport.pdf

^^

Since our expectations were quiet high, the policy note does not like anything visionary!!

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Another bashing in assembly on past gvt transport dept admin.

* 1991-96 - Transport dept was 142crore profit making one

* 1996-2001 - Transport dept incured 674crores loss

* 2001-2006 - Transport dept 61crores profit

* 2006-2011 - Transport dept 1905crores loss

* The following news list corruption in transport dept by K.N.Nehru...:bash:

http://epaper.maalaimalar.com/1092011/epaperimages/1092011/1092011-md-hr-7/145815453_1.jpg
http://epaper.maalaimalar.com/1092011/epaperimages/1092011/1092011-md-hr-7/145815453_2.jpg
http://epaper.maalaimalar.com/1092011/epaperimages/1092011/1092011-md-hr-7/145815453_3.jpg

^^

30years golden period of TN transport department was smashed in 5yrs because of this person. These corruption was never brought to notice by none of the media in the state!!

^^

30years golden period of TN transport department was smashed in 5yrs because of this person.
10 yrs Arul...K.N.N is transport minister betw 1996-2001 also.

3,000 புதிய பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படும்: அரசு
10-Sep-11, Dinamani (http://dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=3,000+%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF+%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D:+%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81&artid=474765&SectionID=164&MainSectionID=164&SEO=&SectionName=Latest)

சென்னை, செப். 10: இந்த நிதியாண்டில் 3 ஆயிரம் புதிய பஸ்கள் வாங்கி இயக்கப்படும் என போக்குவரத்துத் துறை அமைச்சர் வி. செந்தில் பாலாஜி அறிவித்தார்.

சட்டப்பேரவையில் சனிக்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற போக்குவரத்துத் துறை மானியக் கோரிக்கை மீதான விவாதத்துக்குப் பதில் அளித்து பேசும்போது அவர் இந்த அறிவிப்பினைச் செய்தார்.

அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகங்களில் 6 ஆண்டுகள் அல்லது 7 லட்சம் கிலோ மீட்டருக்கு மேல் இயக்கப்பட்ட பஸ்களுக்குப் பதிலாக புதிய பஸ்கள் வாங்கப்படும். சென்னை மாநகரப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 100, அரசு விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 473, விழுப்புரம் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 586, சேலம் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 361, கோவை போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 593, கும்பகோணம் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 438, மதுரை போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 184, திருநெல்வேலி போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு 265 ஆக மொத்தம் 3 ஆயிரம் புதிய பஸ்கள் வாங்கி இயக்கப்படும்.

இதற்காக ரூ. 434 கோடி செலவிடப்படும். தமிழக அரசின் பங்கு மூலதனமாக ரூ. 125 கோடியும், குறுகிய காலக் கடனாக ரூ. 137.50 கோடியும், தமிழ்நாடு போக்குவரத்து வளர்ச்சி நிறுவனத்தின் மூலம் கடனாக ரூ. 172.25 கோடியும் வழங்கப்படும்.

அரசு விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்காக வாங்கப்படும் 473 சொகுசுப் பேருந்துகள் வசதியான இருக்கைகளுடனும், கூடுதல் வசதிகளுடனும் வடிவமைக்கப்படும் என்றார் அவர்.
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-- 3000 new buses will be introduced in the current fiscal
-- buses more than 6 years old or have crossed 7 lac kms will be replaced
Break up of 3000 buses is as follows:
MTC - 100
SETC - 473
VPM - 586
SLM - 361
CBE - 593
KUM - 438
MDU - 184
TIN - 265

Rs.434 cr will be spent on the procurement of these buses

The new buses being procured for SETC will have comfortable seating and additional features.
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SETC will change totally at the end of this fiscal as 473 is a huge allotment. Fleet strenght of SETC was 715 as of Jan2011. This is shot in the arm for SETC.

@ Arul,
SLM is having 361 share, not sure how much will land in TN30 registration...

Mdu is having less numbers.

-- 3000 new buses will be introduced in the current fiscal
-- buses more than 6 years old or have crossed 7 lac kms will be replaced
Break up of 3000 buses is as follows:
MTC - 100
SETC - 473
VPM - 586
SLM - 361
CBE - 593
KUM - 438
MDU - 184
TIN - 265
Rs.434 cr will be spent on the procurement of these buses
The new buses being procured for SETC will have comfortable seating and additional features.


The major shock is that the 3000 buses are just fleet replacement and not fleet addition.
Just 100 for MTC is bit shocking. That too, the 100 buses must be BS-IV. Dont no if BS IV will be procured. MTC needs for of them for the evergrowing sub-urbs.
The really amazing one is 473 buses for SETC. That is really good. The article says சொகுசு பேருந்து for SETC. So, will it be Ultra Delux?
I think Jaya will change the entire image of SETC within a year. She will replace all the Inter-state buses to a give good image of SETC.

^^

30years golden period of TN transport department was smashed in 5yrs because of this person. These corruption was never brought to notice by none of the media in the state!!

And the golden era will be restored in this 5 years, i hope so.

[-- 3000 new buses will be introduced in the current fiscal
-- buses more than 6 years old or have crossed 7 lac kms will be replaced
Break up of 3000 buses is as follows:
MTC - 100
SETC - 473
VPM - 586
SLM - 361
CBE - 593
KUM - 438
MDU - 184
TIN - 265

Rs.434 cr will be spent on the procurement of these buses

The new buses being procured for SETC will have comfortable seating and additional features.
----------------

SETC will change totally at the end of this fiscal as 473 is a huge allotment. Fleet strenght of SETC was 715 as of Jan2011. This is shot in the arm for SETC.

@ Arul,
SLM is having 361 share, not sure how much will land in TN30 registration...

Mdu is having less numbers.

473 is huge package for SETC!! :banana:

But MTC is disappointing.........:ohno:
They should remove few from SETC, VPM, CBE, SLM, KMU and give to MTC quota.. MTC needs atleast 500+

473 is huge package for SETC!! :banana:

But MTC is disappointing.........:ohno:
They should remove few from SETC, VPM, CBE, SLM, KMU and give to MTC quota.. MTC needs atleast 500+

True..
TNSTCs got many buses replaced in the past 5 yrs..
So their quota can be reduced.. Especially 586 for VPM and 593 for CBE கொஞ்சம் too much தான் என்று தோன்றுகிறது...
But, the quota of SETC must kept untouched..

Break up of 3000 buses is as follows:
MTC - 100
SETC - 473
VPM - 586
SLM - 361
CBE - 593
KUM - 438
MDU - 184
TIN - 265


Wow! CBE has hit a jackpot - hope they replace the rustbuckets running on their inter-state routes. The buses running on CBE-PLKD route are real rustbuckets - very old buses.


Just 100 for MTC is bit shocking. That too, the 100 buses must be BS-IV. Dont no if BS IV will be procured. MTC needs for of them for the evergrowing sub-urbs.

They HAVE to purchase BSIV for MTC (even for SETC). Non-BSIV buses cannot be registered in Chennai - Metro cities moved over to BSIV norms in October 2011 - post that period, the RTOs in those cities are not permitted to register vehicles not complying to BSIV norms.

They HAVE to purchase BSIV for MTC (even for SETC).

But why for SETC?

But why for SETC?

Anand,

SETC registers under TN01 as its headquarters is at:

State Express Transport Corportaion,
Head Office, Near Pallavan Transport House,
Pallavan Salai, Thiruvalluvar,
Chennai- 600002

So as explained by Binai, Chennai RTO's can't register non BSIV Buses.

3,000 புதிய பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படும்: அரசு

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-- 3000 new buses will be introduced in the current fiscal
-- buses more than 6 years old or have crossed 7 lac kms will be replaced
Break up of 3000 buses is as follows:
MTC - 100
SETC - 473
VPM - 586
SLM - 361
CBE - 593
KUM - 438
MDU - 184
TIN - 265



Wow huge jackpot for TNSTC-CBE.:banana::cheers:..,,definitely they'll change buses in Valparai areas and Nilgiris....and more number of town bus will be added...
and in moffusil routes, CBE-Pollachi, Metuppalayam,Palakkad,Tiruppur...but still thinking of the numbers...It'll be good if they add any new routes....lets see..what happens??? and any guesses of new routes?

:bash:this bus will be filled upto vilupuram even thiruvanamalai. y cant they run permanently

Sree you are right they can get time in Madurai, but in Trichy it will be a great horrible they will not allow other division to get their buses full, on that day of special that bus skipped trichy and went in bypass, asked the conductor he gave the details we will not be able to get time at trichy.

Where is kongu? Ippa sandosama?

Huge huge for Vpm and cbe. So dhandapani has to take major share of bringing the feast to our eyes.


I hope SETC is fleet addition. Majority of existing UD buses can run for more after proper FC. Hope either they are not replaced or passed over to another TNSTC say kumbakonam or vpm to do there 300-400 km ud runs.

Shortcomings in TNSTC

Still there are many villages without any bus service

technical staffs hasn't been appointed nearly for the past 15 years

The toll gate charges accounts for 25 crores/month and this along with increase in fuel prices is a big burden to TNSTCs.

At-least the govt should come forward to accept the toll gate charges.

Mini-Bus operation in chennai which was initiated by the previous govt has to be sanctioned.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5688/20110910a005107006.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/20110910a005107006.jpg/)

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10 yrs Arul...K.N.N is transport minister betw 1996-2001 also.

I think it was Ponmudi during 96-2001

Sree you are right they can get time in Madurai, but in Trichy it will be a great horrible they will not allow other division to get their buses full, on that day of special that bus skipped trichy and went in bypass, asked the conductor he gave the details we will not be able to get time at trichy.


very sad to hear dolphin, all division ppl are same in this point, same happens in MIBT for taking time to thiruchendur, all the other division buses are now running as BPR.it happens only at the time between 12pm to 1pm.

dolphin one more thing i want to ask you, is there any bus to ooty frm tuticorin or thiruchendur?

108 special buses from TNSTC for Brahmotsavam

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/5605/20110910a008107008.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/20110910a008107008.jpg/)

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Nellai,

One correction, its "Brahmotsavam" and not "Bramochavam".

Wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmotsavam

One more request, whenever you put up the news items, kindly give provide the Name of NewsPaper, Date and URL to the article.

very sad to hear dolphin, all division ppl are same in this point, same happens in MIBT for taking time to thiruchendur, all the other division buses are now running as BPR.it happens only at the time between 12pm to 1pm.

dolphin one more thing i want to ask you, is there any bus to ooty frm tuticorin or thiruchendur?

No there is no service to ooty or Kodai it is a ong pending one, atleast to mettupalyam we need a direct one many export companies from mettupalyam send their goods via Thoothukudi harbour so we need one service to mettupalayam and the palani service from Thoothukudi Mofussil Depot can be Extended up to Pollachi in Day time. so it can take after 9P.M. from Pollachi.

Mr.Ramesh these line are from Tamilnadu Motor Vehicles Rule 1989

It shall be a condition of every stage carriage permit that a blue print of the route (indicating all theintermediate places also) for which the permit is issued, copy of fare table and time-table approved by the Transport Authority shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place inside the vehicle covered by the permit and adhered to and the fare table so exhibited shall indicate the stages on the routes fixed by the Transport
Authority and also the appropriate fare table according the stages.

Fore more details use this Link.

http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/tnmvr1989.PDF
"Express Service" means a service plying on route covering a distance of not less than 120 kilometres, the permit for which prescribes that on an average the stage carriage shall stop to pick up or set down passengers only once for every 25 kilometres of the total distance covered by its route, the starting and terminal places being excluded for this purpose.

Thanks Arun Sir for the details.

The above clauses are mostly broken by TNSTC's. We have 2 TNSTC, MDU buses from SIPCOT & Pudhur depots with PP Express tags when their 1 round trip (UP + DN) wouldn't be 120 kms. Break the Rules !!!:bash::bash::bash:

Thanks once again
Ramesh

473 is huge package for SETC!! :banana:

+1..473 is huge..
Are they going to retire old buses..?
more importantly they should concentrate on maintenance of buses....adequate spare parts should be available.. Crew should have proper rest time...

MTC - 100
SETC - 473
VPM - 586
SLM - 361
CBE - 593
KUM - 438
MDU - 184
TIN - 265


265 for Tirunelveli Division? Not enough each and everyone know the condition of Tirunelveli Division's town bus. 593 konjam over illa



Mdu is having less numbers.

i feel 184 is too much for him. they got plenty by Jnnurm.
you see they are replacing Mdu - Nellai BPR for every 3 month

Ramesh actually ur database has been pretty old,,,I would like to give you some info on the particular karaikudi-palani buses. Now they are not sharing slots on alternate days..they have been split into two seperate service from last year as follows,

First bus starts at morning(5.40) as,KARAIKUDI-PALANI-KARAIKUDI then in the ev(3.40) it run as KARAIKUDI-TANJORE-KARAIKUDI.

Second bus starts at palani in mrng and run as PALANI-KARAIKUDI, then KARAIKUDI-PARAMAKUDI-KARAIKUDI then again in the eve KARAIKUDI-PALANI (halt).

And the missing trip of mrng 9.00 from karaikudi is replaced by another new route THONDI-KARAIKUDI-PALANI and PALANI(2.00)-KARAIKUDI-THONDI.

So now there are no sharing of slots and everyday you can see the same bus at same time and now there is no trip to devakottai execptthe thondi bus.Thanks for correcting me. This 2 PM bus from Palani was the one going till Devakottai earlier, now it is made to run till Thondi by working out new slots. BTW does the Thondi bus is operated by Karaikudi depot or any others?

Does the Devakottai - Palani buses share slots or they are also given individual runs similar to the KKDI - Palani buses?

Thanks
Ramesh

i feel 184 is too much for him. they got plenty by Jnnurm.
you see they are replacing Mdu - Nellai BPR for every 3 month

Reno,

Mdu has two other regions namely DGL and VNR also under its kitty. Mdu is serving districts of Mdu, Virudhunagar, Dinidigul and Theni. Apart from that Mdu city bus services is one major task. In comparison to other Divisions, this allotment is less.

and your question of Jnnurm, they only serve the Mdu city services. So taking them into consideration does not make any sense for other remaining areas served by Mdu division in the districts i have quoted.

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If they pay the court dues for TNSTC -Nellai we can expect 50 + odd buses to return back to service in nellai, NGL and tuticorin. The same is the case with MDU.

பேருந்துகளை பராமரிக்க 6 புதிய பணிமனைகள்: அமைச்சர்

First Published : 10 Sep 2011 04:48:15 PM IST

சென்னை, செப்.10: பேருந்துகளை முறையாகப் பராமரிக்க புதிய 6 பணிமனைகள் அமைக்கப்படுகின்றன என்றார் போக்குவரத்துத் துறை அமைச்சர்.
சனிக்கிழமை இன்று பேரவையில் நடைபெற்ற போக்குவரத்துத் துறை மானியக் கோரிக்கை மீதான விவாதத்தின் போது அவர் இவ்வாறு பதிலளித்தார்.
சென்னை மாநகரப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தின் மூலம் வேளச்சேரியில் 6.9 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 6.03 கோடியில் 90 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தவும், பாடியநல்லூரில் 4.05 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 4.18 கோடியில் 90 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தவும் புதிய பணிமனைகள் அமைக்கப்படும்.
அரசு விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தின் மூலம் திருநெல்வேலியில் 3 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 1.88 கோடியில் 50 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தும் அளவுக்கு கூடுதல் பணிமனையும், கோவை அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தின் மூலம் அன்னூரில் 3.93 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 1.50 கோடியில் 60 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தும் புதிய பணிமனையும் அமைக்கப்படும்.
கும்பகோணம் அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தின் மூலம் புதுக்கோட்டை ஆலங்குடியில் 2.09 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 86 லட்சத்தில் 30 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தவும், கரூர் அரவக்குறிச்சியில் 2.50 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 88 லட்சத்தில் 17 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தவும் புதிய பணிமனைகள் கட்டப்படும். மொத்தம் 22.47 ஏக்கரில் ரூ. 15.33 கோடியில் 337 பஸ்கள் நிறுத்தும் அளவுக்கு 6 பணிமனைகள் அமைக்கப்படும்.
புதுக்கோட்டை மாவட்டம் கந்தர்வக்கோட்டை, தேனி மாவட்டம் குமுளி, கடலூர் மாவட்டம் நெய்வேலி ஆகிய இடங்களில் நிலங்கள் கையகப்படுத்தப்பட்டு புதிய பணிமனைகள் கட்டப்படும். விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம் சங்கராபுரம் பணிமனையில் ரூ. 40 லட்சம் செலவில் கான்கீரிட் தளம் அமைக்கப்படும் என்றார் அமைச்சர்.

Six new depots will be constructed in TN to maintain buses.

By MTC in Vellacherry and Padiyanallur
By SETC in Thirunelveli additio9nal depot
By CBE in Annur
BY KMU in Alankudi in PDKT dist. and in Aravakurchi in Karur dist.
After land acquisition depots will be formed at places Kandarvakottai, Kumili and Neyveli .

Source : Dinamani e - paper. dt. 10.09.11

பேருந்துகளை பராமரிக்க 6 புதிய பணிமனைகள்: அமைச்சர்


Six new depots will be constructed in TN to maintain buses.

By MTC in Vellacherry and Padiyanallur
By SETC in Thirunelveli additional depot
By CBE in Annur
BY KMU in Alankudi in PDKT dist. and in Aravakurchi in Karur dist.


Last depot of MTC was opened in 2004. Its good news that current government is looking into the infrastructure needs to of the corporations. Hope they recruit technical staff in sufficient numbers this year as 10 years have passed since additions were done on that front.
MTC should identify land for depots in Sriperumbudur, Oragadam, Chengalpet belt as there would be good amount of services that they will be bound to operate in the coming years in that Industrial belt...

Additional depot at Nellai for SETC is not sure for what purpose, already Nagercoil, Shencottah, Tuti and Marthandam are handling South TN areas. Better SETC could have thought of putting one in Ramnad - Aranthangi area to take care of East coast districts areas. The other area missing a SETC depot is Cumbum - Bodi belt.

அரசு சொகுசு பஸ்களில் "சீட்'களின் எண்ணிக்கையை குறைக்க வேண்டும் : பயணிகள் வலியுறுத்தல்
11-Sep'11, Dinamalar (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=311077)

குற்றாலம் : அரசு சொகுசு விரைவு பஸ்களில் 36 சீட் இருந்தை 48 சீட் ஆக எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்ததை குறைக்கவும், அரசுக்கு வருவாய் இழப்பு ஏற்படுவதை தவிர்க்கவும் பயணிகள் வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளனர். செங்கோட்டை, தென்காசி பகுதிகளிலிருந்து சென்னை, கோவை, திருப்பூர், ஓசூர் மற்றும் அண்டை வெளி மாநிலங்களுக்கு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் மூலம் சொகுசு விரைவு பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டு அரசுக்கு பெரும் வருவாயை ஈட்டி வருகிறது. இந்நிலையில் இந்த வழித்தடங்களில் இயக்கப்படும் சொகுசு பஸ்களில் இதுவரை 36 நபர்கள் அமர்ந்து பயணம் செய்யக்கூடிய அளவில் சீட் பொருத்தப்பட்டிருந்தது. இதனால் அதிக தூரம் செல்லும் பயணிகள் சீட்டுகளில் அமர்ந்து கால்களை நீட்டிக் கொண்டு சாய்ந்து தூங்கியவாறு சவுகரியமாக பயணம் செய்து வந்தனர். தற்போது அரசு சொகுசு பஸ்களில் நீளத்தை அதிகரிக்காமல் ஏற்கனவே இருந்த அளவில் 36 சீட் பொருத்தப்பட்டிருந்தை அகற்றிவிட்டு 48 இருக்கை வசதி கொண்ட பஸ்சாக மாற்றி விட்டதால் நெடுந்தூரம் அதிக நேரம் பயணம் செய்யும் பயணிகள் கால்களை நீட்டி சாய்ந்து தூங்கியவாறு செல்ல முடியாமல் மிகவும் கஷ்டப்படுகின்றனர். இதனால் அரசு பஸ்களில் பயணம் செய்வதை தவிர்த்து, தனியார் சொகுசு பஸ்களில் பயணம் செய்து வருகின்றனர். இதனால் அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகத்தினருக்கு கோடிக்கணக்கான ரூபாய் வருவாய் இழப்பு ஏற்படும் அவலநிலை ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. எனவே பயணிகள் நலன் கருதியும், அரசுக்கு வருவாய் ஏற்படும் வகையிலும் அரசு சொகுசு விரைவு பஸ்களில் இருக்கைகளின் எண்ணிக்கையை குறைத்து மீண்டும் 36 சீட்களாக மாற்றம் செய்துதர பயணிகள் மற்றும் பொதுமக்கள் அரசை வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளனர்.
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Another article on the 48 seats problem in SETC.

- Passengers are finding it difficult to travel in the newly introduced 48 seater buses of SETC.
- This has lead to passengers preferring private buses instead of SETC.
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Dinamalar is time again making the same mistake of saying that 48 seats have been fitted in the same size bus. Can't their reporters talk to the SETC guys to understand better that, the newly introduced buses are 12m ones. SETC has made a big blunder of introducing these 12m buses which were supposed to be SD as UD's....hope some corrective action is taken.

Subbu,

May be kumili depot is for setc when it happens.

and nellai right to extent. english, hindi brahmotsavam, tamil is brahmorchavam. The grammer and cha sound.

புதிதாக 3,000 பஸ்கள் வாங்க அரசு முடிவு:பார்சல், கொரியர் சேவை துவக்கம்
செப்டம்பர் 10,2011, Dinamalar (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=310877)

சென்னை :"அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கு நடப்பு ஆண்டில், 3,000 புதிய பஸ்கள் வாங்கப்படும். வருவாயைப் பெருக்க, பஸ்களில் பார்சல், கொரியர் சேவைகள் துவக்கப்படும்' என, தமிழக அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.

போக்குவரத்து மானியக் கோரிக்கையின் போது, அமைச்சர் செந்தில் பாலாஜி வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்புகள்:நடப்பு நிதியாண்டில், அரசு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கு, 433 கோடி ரூபாய் செலவில், 3,000 புதிய பஸ்கள் வாங்கப்படும். ஆறு ஆண்டுகள் அல்லது ஏழு லட்சம் கி.மீ., மேல் இயக்கப்பட்ட பழைய பஸ்களுக்கு பதிலாக, புது பஸ்கள் வாங்கப்படுகின்றன.சென்னை-வேளச்சேரி, பாடியநல்லூர், நெல்லை, கோவை -அன்னூர், புதுக்கோட்டை - ஆலங்குடி, கரூர்-அரவக்குறிச்சி என ஆறு இடங்களில், 15.33 கோடி ரூபாயில், ஆறு புதிய பணிமனைகள் அமைக்கப்படும். தேவையான நிலம் இல்லாத புதுக்கோட்டை- கந்தர்வகோட்டை, இலுப்பூர், தேனி மாவட்டம் குமுளி, நெய்வேலி ஆகிய இடங்களில், தேவையான நிலம் கையகப்படுத்தி, பணிமனைகள் அமைக்கப்படும்.

கோயம்பேடு பஸ் நிலைய ஊழியர்கள் ஓய்வறையில், ஊழியர்கள் வசதிக்காக, 17 லட்ச ரூபாய் செலவில், 220 இரண்டு அடுக்கு கட்டில்கள் வசதி செய்து தரப்படும். போக்குவரத்துக் கழக வருவாயைப் பெருக்கும் வகையில் பஸ்களில், பார்சல், கொரியர் சேவைகள் துவக்கப்படும். பஸ்களில், பயணச்சீட்டு வழங்க, 5,000 மின்னணு பயணச்சீட்டு வழங்கும் கருவிகள் அறிமுகம் செய்யப்படும்.ரயில்வே துறையில் உள்ளது போன்று, தொலைதூர பஸ் பயணத்திற்கு, மின்னணு தொழில்நுட்பம் மூலம், எந்த நேரத்திலும், எந்த இடத்திலும் முன் பதிவு செய்யும் முறை அமல்படுத்தப்படும். முதற்கட்டமாக, 37 இடங்களில் உள்ள பயண வழி உணவகங்கள் மேம்படுத்தப்படும்.இவ்வாறு புதிய அறிவிப்புகள் வெளியிடப்பட்டன.

புதிய பஸ்கள் ஒதுக்கீடு : புதிதாக வாங்கப்படும், 3,000 பஸ்கள் எந்தெந்த கோட்டத்திற்கு, எத்தனை பஸ்கள் ஒதுக்கீடு என, தமிழக அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது. இதன்படி, சென்னை -100, விழுப்புரம்-586, சேலம்-361, கோவை-593, கும்பகோணம்- 438, மதுரை-184, நெல்லை-265 பஸ்களும், அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகம் -473 பஸ்களும் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
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Some additional news provided by Dinamalar ...

- Crew rest facilities to be improved at CMBT at a cost of Rs 17 lacs

Known info:
- To increase revenue, parcel/courier service to be introduced in buses
- 5000 ETM's to be introduced
- Online reservation to be introduced


- 37 motels to be upgraded (who owns them first ???)

Subbu,

May be kumili depot is for setc when it happens.

and nellai right to extent. english, hindi brahmotsavam, tamil is brahmorchavam. The grammer and cha sound.

Thanks N.Kumar, my knowledge of classical Tamil is close to nil.

^^

I am not sure about classical tamil, but bramo(r)chavam with r silent is the way it is spelled by common people as far I heard.




- 37 motels to be upgraded (who owns them first ???)

I was wondering the same when I saw last week VPM division has called for a tender to advertise the space in their motels.

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

Licensing of display of advertisement in certain places of motel complex at Mamandur Village, Maduranthagam Taluk, Kancheepuram Dt.

பேருந்துகளை பராமரிக்க 6 புதிய பணிமனைகள்: அமைச்சர்

First Published : 10 Sep 2011 04:48:15 PM IST

Six new depots will be constructed in TN to maintain buses.

By MTC in Vellacherry and Padiyanallur
By SETC in Thirunelveli additio9nal depot
By CBE in Annur
BY KMU in Alankudi in PDKT dist. and in Aravakurchi in Karur dist.
After land acquisition depots will be formed at places Kandarvakottai, Kumili and Neyveli .

Source : Dinamani e - paper. dt. 10.09.11

I think TNSTC_Erode is in peak time for the need of additional Depots.........

There is a long-term proposal for a new Bus depot in south (near Solar/lakkapuram)......... But inbetween, the Moolapatrai depot has been closed due private land owner problem...

So as a compensation for that, we need another depot along with Solar depot at Primary level....... And Chennimalai, Komarapalayam and Sivagiri depots are the need at Secondary level....

And as a developing City,, Erode initially needs an SETC Depot-cum-Bus stand ... It can be located along sathy Road near Chithode......

^^

I was wondering the same when I saw last week VPM division has called for a tender to advertise the space in their motels.

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

Licensing of display of advertisement in certain places of motel complex at Mamandur Village, Maduranthagam Taluk, Kancheepuram Dt.

Arul,

That Mamndur Motel is owned by TNSTC VPM. But 37 numbers are confusing.

Last depot of MTC was opened in 2004. Its good news that current government is looking into the infrastructure needs to of the corporations. Hope they recruit technical staff in sufficient numbers this year as 10 years have passed since additions were done on that front.
MTC should identify land for depots in Sriperumbudur, Oragadam, Chengalpet belt as there would be good amount of services that they will be bound to operate in the coming years in that Industrial belt...

Apart from the places you told, MTC also needs to look for depots in Kovalam, Kelambakkam and Mahabalipuram. So, MTC needs atleast 6 more depots. I hope, fleet addition will be done after the two depots come into existence.

Additional depot at Nellai for SETC is not sure for what purpose, already Nagercoil, Shencottah, Tuti and Marthandam are handling South TN areas. Better SETC could have thought of putting one in Ramnad - Aranthangi area to take care of East coast districts areas. The other area missing a SETC depot is Cumbum - Bodi belt.

Ya, you are right. SETC needs to look for depots in Ernakulam / Guruvayur and Bangalore also. I know that it is difficult to find lands in these two cities. But, depots in these two places will be a huge boon for SETC.

MTC - 100/3421 = 2.91% new buses
SETC - 473/985 = 48.02%
VPM - 586/3139 = 18.66%
SLM - 361/1905 = 18.95%
CBE - 593/2799 = 21.18%
KUM - 438/3250 = 13.47%
MDU - 184/2250 = 8.17%
TIN - 265/1780 = 14.88%

I guess the old buses in Madurai and Kudanthai division may be less!! CBE/SLM/VPM gets fair deal for bus replacement.

CBE has 399 ghat route buses, so majority of buses may see replacement this time. And SLM may see replacement of town buses as mofusil buses are some what new.

SETC will undergo revolution with whooping replacement of 50% of buses just in one year.:)

Note: Above may include both replacement of old buses or fleet addition.

433+125 = 558crores for 3000 buses gives a figure of 18.6lakhs per bus! I don't think there would be any volvo or AC buses in this 3000 lot.

Also still we could not dig out the figures how much a TNSTC Mofusil bus or SETC UD or SETC SD or SETC AC or MTC low floor or MTC vestible buses cost.

If any one know cost of above buses, pls share.

Additional depot at Nellai for SETC is not sure for what purpose, already Nagercoil, Shencottah, Tuti and Marthandam are handling South TN areas. Better SETC could have thought of putting one in Ramnad - Aranthangi area to take care of East coast districts areas. The other area missing a SETC depot is Cumbum - Bodi belt.

Subbu Sir, there is a need for additional the depot which is in Nellai is very small now, most of the time the bus are parked out side under the depot or u can see SETC in Nellai Bypass Depot. u can see dhandapani sir pic below two bus standing below the bridge and two will be inside Bypass Depot of TNSTC Nellai.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1535/img1095n.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8022/img1108l.jpg

Pic Source : Dhandapani.K

MTC - 3421
SETC -985
VPM - 3139
SLM - 1905
CBE - 2799
KUM - 3250
MDU - 2250
TIN - 1780

IMHO, every division should have fleet around 1500-2000, so it can be divided like below

1. MTC Core City - 1500
2. MTC South - Kelambakkam, Tambraram, SRPD, Kovalam, Mahabs, Chengai etc., - 1500 (considering future)
3. MTC North - Thiruvallur, Avadi, Minjur, Ponneri etc., - 1500 (considering future)
4. Vellore - (Vellore, rest of Thiruvallur and Kanchi dt) ->1500
5. Villupuram - (VPM, Thiruvanamalai, Cuddalore dt) - >1500
6. Salem - (Krish, Dharmapuri, Salem dt) - nearly 1500
7. Erode - (Erode, Namakkal) - nearly 1500
9. Coimbatore - (Tiruppur, CBE, Nilagiri) - >1500
10. Trichy - (Ariyalur, Perambalur, Trichy, Karur) - >1500
11. Kumbakonam - (Thanjai, Nagai, Thiruvarur, Pudukottai - >1500
12. Madurai - (Madurai, Theni, Sivagangai, Dindigul) nearly 1500
13. Tirunelveli - (Kumari, Nellai, west part of Virudhunagar) nearly 1500
14. Tuticorin - (Tuticorin, Ramnad, east part of Virudhunagar) nearly 1500

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Route rationalism is needed before creating such more division. Now Villupuram division pokes its nose into Trichy-Chennai, Salem-Chennai, Hosur-Chennai operation, such competiveness needs to be thrashed. Sharing of workshop depots, spares can be made common...

Above 14 division may look weird, but IMHO this classification will help the hub cities to concentrate more on city and short mofusil routes effectively. TNSTC was more effective with more no. division compared to confined 5-6 division.

Apart from the places you told, MTC also needs to look for depots in Kovalam, Kelambakkam and Mahabalipuram. So, MTC needs atleast 6 more depots. I hope, fleet addition will be done after the two depots come into existence.MTC officials are saying for the past 1 or 2 years that land is being identified around Kovalam/ Kelambakkam for taking care of their ECR & OMR operated buses. If they can create them as 2 depots, that would be sufficient to take care of Mahabalipuram buses.

Kovalam - ECR routes like PP19, PP19 Extn, 19G, 588, 599, T151 etc.
Kelambakkam - OMR routes like 21H, H21, 521, 519, 19B, 568, 568A, M5, 523, 523A etc.

AC Volvo buses would anyhow continue with their existing depots only.

Routes like M119, M119A coming via Velachery could be given to Velachery depot in addition to D70, 21L, M21, 589 (1 bus), 568B (1 bus), 23V, 1G to start with.

Chengalpattu, Sriperumpudur depots would be sufficient initially since buses to/ via Oragadam can be serviced by Tambaram or Sriperumpudur depots.

Members, this is my view with limited knowledge. Experts can fine tune this.

Thanks
Ramesh

IMHO, every division should have fleet around 1500-2000, so it can be divided like below

1. MTC Core City - 1500
2. MTC South - Kelambakkam, Tambraram, SRPD, Kovalam, Mahabs, Chengai etc., - 1500 (considering future)
3. MTC North - Thiruvallur, Avadi, Minjur, Ponneri etc., - 1500 (considering future)
4. Vellore - (Vellore, rest of Thiruvallur and Kanchi dt) ->1500
5. Villupuram - (VPM, Thiruvanamalai, Cuddalore dt) - >1500
6. Salem - (Krish, Dharmapuri, Salem dt) - nearly 1500
7. Erode - (Erode, Namakkal) - nearly 1500
9. Coimbatore - (Tiruppur, CBE, Nilagiri) - >1500
10. Trichy - (Ariyalur, Perambalur, Trichy, Karur) - >1500
11. Kumbakonam - (Thanjai, Nagai, Thiruvarur, Pudukottai - >1500
12. Madurai - (Madurai, Theni, Sivagangai, Dindigul) nearly 1500
13. Tirunelveli - (Kumari, Nellai, west part of Virudhunagar) nearly 1500
14. Tuticorin - (Tuticorin, Ramnad, east part of Virudhunagar) nearly 1500Definitely people/ political parties would make issues since
regions like VNR, KKDI will vanish. Kanchi, Tiruvallur, Salem regions will either be losing out few depots/ split.

This would be feasible if this is made as complete change in system similar to 1997 when these regions/ divisions were formed taking away leaders names. After such 14 divisions formation, no division should be allowed to show up their region name like DGL, PDKT etc.

My dream is that even these 13 (leaving MTC, SETC) should be grouped as just TNSTC with 4 or 5 divisions ONLY FOR MANAGEMENT PURPOSES and not to display in their windshields. On the other hand, MDU city services should be split from mofussil services similar to MTC.

Thanks
Ramesh

தமிழகத்தில் ஸ்பேர் பஸ்கள் இல்லாததால் சிறப்பு பஸ்கள் இயக்க முடியுமா?

தமிழகத்தில், பண்டிகை சீஸன் துவங்கி உள்ள நிலையில், அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தின் சார்பில் ஸ்பேர் பஸ்கள் இல்லாததால், சிறப்பு பஸ்களின் இயக்கம்
தடை பட்டுள்ளது. இதனால் பண்டிகை நாளில் தங்களின் சொந்த ஊருக்கு செல்லும் பயணிகள் மிகுந்த சிரமத்தை சந்திக்க வேண்டிய நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
சென்னையை தலைமை இடமாக கொண்டு செயல்படும், தமிழக விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு, முக்கிய நகரங்களில், 23 கிளை டெப்போக்கள் செயல்படுகின்றன.
இந்த டெப்போக்களில் குளிர்சாதன வசதி கொண்ட பஸ்கள், அல்ட்ரா டீலக்ஸ், சூப்பர் டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்கள் என, 920 பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டன. தி.மு.க., ஆட்சியில் பஸ்களை பராமரிப்பு செய்வதற்கு போது மான அளவு உதிரிபாகங்கள் கொள்முதல் செய்ய நிதி உதவி வழங்கப்பட வில்லை.இதன் காரணமாக இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் வழங்கப்பட்ட, 520 அல்ட்ரா டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்கள் பாடாவதி நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டது. இந்த பஸ்களில் பல இயக்க முடியாத நிலையை எட்டியது.

இதை அடுத்து தமிழகத்தின் அனைத்து விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழக டெப்போக்களிலும் உதிரிபாகங்கள் இல்லாமல், 50 சதவீத பஸ்கள் ஓரங்கட்டப்பட்டது. அத்துடன்
படாவதியான சூப்பர் டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்களில், 66 பஸ்கள் இயக்க முடியாத நிலையை எட்டியதை அடுத்து அவை கழிக்கப்பட்டன.டிரைவர்களிடம் டீஸல் சிக்கனத்தையும்,
கன்டக்டர்களிடம் வசூலை அதிகரிக்க கோரி டார்ச்சர் செய்யும் அதிகாரிகள் பயணிகளின் நலனை புறந்தள்ளி விட்டனர். டயர் உள்ளிட்ட உதிரிபாகங்கள் டிப்போக்களில்
போதிய இருப்பு வைக்கப்படாததால், ஓடிக் கொண்டு இருக்கும் ஓர் பஸ்ஸில் இருந்து கழற்றி மற்ற பஸ்க்கு பொறுத்தப்படும் அவலம் அரங்கேறி வருகிறது.
நெடுந்தூர பஸ்கள் பாதி வழியில் செல்லும் போது பழுதாகி பயணிகளை அல்லல் படும் கதை தினம் தோறும் அரங்கேறியது. அல்ட்ரா டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்களின் நிலை இப்படி
என்றால், சூப்பர் டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்களின் நிலை இதை விட மோசம்.கடந்த 2010ல் விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்து, 200 சூப்பர் டீலக்ஸ் பஸ்கள் (லக்சூரி கோச்) வழங்கப்ப
டும் என, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. ஆனால், தற்போது வரை, 50 சதவீத பஸ்கள் மட்டுமே வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதனால், கடந்த மார்ச் மாதத்துடன் காலாவதி தேதி முடிந்த
பஸ்களும் இயக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது.இந்நிலையில் தமிழகத்தில் ஆட்சி மாற்றம் ஏற்பட்டதை அடுத்து, முதல் கட்டமாக தமிழக அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு, 66 புதிய பஸ்கள் வழங்க அரசு உறுதி அளித்து, கடந்த மாதம், 44 புதிய பஸ்கள் வழங்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது. இந்த பஸ்கள் தற்போது வழித்தடங்களில் இயக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது.அத்துடன் முதல் முறையாக அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்துக்கு, 103 கோடி ரூபாயை அரசு ஒதுக்கி கொடுத்தது. அதன் பயனாக தற்போது பஸ்களுக்கான டயர், டியூப் உள்ளிட்ட உதிரிபாகங்கள் கொள்முதல் செய்யப்பட்டு, அனைத்து கிளைகளுக்கும் அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.நிதி உதவி வழங்கிய போதும், பஸ்கள் அனைத்தும் நீண்ட நாட்களாக இயக்கப்படாமல் நிறுத்தப்பட்டு விட்டதால், அவற்றை சரி செய்யும் பணிகள் இன்னும் முழுமை பெற வில்லை. இதனால் அரசு விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தால் சிறப்பு பஸ்கள் இயக்க முடியாத நிலை ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.அக்டோபர் 6ம் தேதி சரஸ்வதி பூஜையை தொடர்ந்து, அக்டோபர் 26ம் தேதி தீபாவளி பண்டிகை கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. இந்த பண்டிகை காலங்களில் வடமாவட்டங்களில் இருந்து தென் மாவட்டங்களுக்கு செல்லும் பயணிகளின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரிப்பது வழக்கம்.அக்டோபர் 16ம் தேதி வரையில் அனைத்து அரசு விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழக பஸ்களின் முன்பதிவு வந்து விட்டது. அரசு பஸ்ஸில் நிலை இது என்றால், ஆம்னி பஸ்கள், ரயில்களில் அக்டோபர் 30ம் தேதி வரை அனைத்து முன்பதிவும் முடிவுக்கு வந்து உள்ளது.அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்துக் கழகத்தையே முழுமையாக
நம்பி இருக்க வேண்டிய நிலை பயணிகளுக்கு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. அரசு விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கு கூடுதலாக புதிய பஸ்களை வழங்க வேண்டும்.
பழுது பார்க்காமல் டெப்போக்களில் நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பஸ்களை இயக்க தேவையான நடவடிக்கையை அரசு போர்க்கால அடிப்படையில் மேற் கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

-நமது சிறப்பு நிருபர்

http://www.dinamalar.com/district_detail.asp?id=311128

* 520UD buses reached the stage of scrapping due to poor maintenance of buses by past gvt transport department. These buses don't have sufficient spares!

* 66 buses in above slots have stopped their operation and (will) be scrapped.

* 200 new coaches were ordered in 2010 by past gvt. But before election only 50% were delivered.

* New gvt has allotted 66 new UDs for SETC, 44 was delivered last month.

* 103crores allotted specially for SETC to procure spares for those 520UD buses

* But it is doubtful that these buses will be ready to cope up with the upcoming holiday crowds on pooja days and Diwali.

True..
TNSTCs got many buses replaced in the past 5 yrs..
So their quota can be reduced.. Especially 586 for VPM and 593 for CBE கொஞ்சம் too much தான் என்று தோன்றுகிறது...
But, the quota of SETC must kept untouched..

+1

MTC - 3421
SETC -985
VPM - 3139
SLM - 1905
CBE - 2799
KUM - 3250
MDU - 2250
TIN - 1780
Tirunelveli - (Kumari, Nellai, west part of Virudhunagar) nearly 1500


Do you know? Nagercoil region (kanyakumari Dist) alone having fleet strength of nearly 800 buses (70% town buses). So its not possible to merge kanyakumari dist with Nellai and West Virudhunagar

அரசு சொகுசு பஸ்களில் "சீட்'களின் எண்ணிக்கையை குறைக்க வேண்டும் : பயணிகள் வலியுறுத்தல்
11-Sep'11, Dinamalar (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=311077)

குற்றாலம் : அரசு சொகுசு விரைவு பஸ்களில் 36 சீட் இருந்தை 48 சீட் ஆக எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்ததை குறைக்கவும், அரசுக்கு வருவாய் இழப்பு ஏற்படுவதை தவிர்க்கவும் பயணிகள் வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளனர். செங்கோட்டை, தென்காசி பகுதிகளிலிருந்து சென்னை, கோவை, திருப்பூர், ஓசூர் மற்றும் அண்டை வெளி மாநிலங்களுக்கு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் மூலம் சொகுசு விரைவு பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்பட்டு அரசுக்கு பெரும் வருவாயை ஈட்டி வருகிறது. இந்நிலையில் இந்த வழித்தடங்களில் இயக்கப்படும் சொகுசு பஸ்களில் இதுவரை 36 நபர்கள் அமர்ந்து பயணம் செய்யக்கூடிய அளவில் சீட் பொருத்தப்பட்டிருந்தது. இதனால் அதிக தூரம் செல்லும் பயணிகள் சீட்டுகளில் அமர்ந்து கால்களை நீட்டிக் கொண்டு சாய்ந்து தூங்கியவாறு சவுகரியமாக பயணம் செய்து வந்தனர். தற்போது அரசு சொகுசு பஸ்களில் நீளத்தை அதிகரிக்காமல் ஏற்கனவே இருந்த அளவில் 36 சீட் பொருத்தப்பட்டிருந்தை அகற்றிவிட்டு 48 இருக்கை வசதி கொண்ட பஸ்சாக மாற்றி விட்டதால் நெடுந்தூரம் அதிக நேரம் பயணம் செய்யும் பயணிகள் கால்களை நீட்டி சாய்ந்து தூங்கியவாறு செல்ல முடியாமல் மிகவும் கஷ்டப்படுகின்றனர். இதனால் அரசு பஸ்களில் பயணம் செய்வதை தவிர்த்து, தனியார் சொகுசு பஸ்களில் பயணம் செய்து வருகின்றனர். இதனால் அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகத்தினருக்கு கோடிக்கணக்கான ரூபாய் வருவாய் இழப்பு ஏற்படும் அவலநிலை ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. எனவே பயணிகள் நலன் கருதியும், அரசுக்கு வருவாய் ஏற்படும் வகையிலும் அரசு சொகுசு விரைவு பஸ்களில் இருக்கைகளின் எண்ணிக்கையை குறைத்து மீண்டும் 36 சீட்களாக மாற்றம் செய்துதர பயணிகள் மற்றும் பொதுமக்கள் அரசை வலியுறுத்தியுள்ளனர்.
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Another article on the 48 seats problem in SETC.

- Passengers are finding it difficult to travel in the newly introduced 48 seater buses of SETC.
- This has lead to passengers preferring private buses instead of SETC.
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Dinamalar is time again making the same mistake of saying that 48 seats have been fitted in the same size bus. Can't their reporters talk to the SETC guys to understand better that, the newly introduced buses are 12m ones. SETC has made a big blunder of introducing these 12m buses which were supposed to be SD as UD's....hope some corrective action is taken.


Subbu

Whether the Department note our comments?

Do you know? Nagercoil region (kanyakumari Dist) alone having fleet strength of nearly 800 buses (70% town buses). So its not possible to merge kanyakumari dist with Nellai and West Virudhunagar

One more info Reno

Kanyakumari Dist only have the govt buses. So they must given some important.

Here we dont have any private town bus operators.

Do you know? Nagercoil region (kanyakumari Dist) alone having fleet strength of nearly 800 buses (70% town buses). So its not possible to merge kanyakumari dist with Nellai and West Virudhunagar

To my knowledge Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin dt comes under Tirunelveli division now, then how do you say it is not possible?

Subbu Sir, there is a need for additional the depot which is in Nellai is very small now, most of the time the bus are parked out side under the depot or u can see SETC in Nellai Bypass Depot. u can see dhandapani sir pic below two bus standing below the bridge and two will be inside Bypass Depot of TNSTC Nellai.

Arun, thank you for the info on the ground reality, if such is the state, better they plan for a new spacious depot which will take the load from the current small depot. Current depot can be transferred to TIN divn.

Above 14 division may look weird, but IMHO this classification will help the hub cities to concentrate more on city and short mofusil routes effectively. TNSTC was more effective with more no. division compared to confined 5-6 division.


Arul,

Pl :ohno:. dont even mention these....only a single TNSTC is needed with just division names which will find place only in the round stickers on the bus where depot info is found.

I will give u one real time example. In Karur bus stand operation staff like ticket checkers, time keepers are there from three regions namely DGL(MDU), ERD(CBE) and TRY(KMU).....if we had one TNTSC this strength will be less. The same logic applies to route planning, depots.....long list goes on.

Did u note few things after 6 divisions came up of TNTSC. The body livery of KPM, VPM and Vellore have become the same. such things have happened with all divisions. So ideal way is to merge all and put people to manage this mammoth organization. Even SETC shd not exist, instead it shd be just the express/long distance wing of TNSTC.

My thoughts....thats it.

Subbu

Whether the Department note our comments?

GOK.

To my knowledge Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin dt comes under Tirunelveli division now, then how do you say it is not possible?

yes! Nagercoil Region is under Tirunelveli Division
If you merge NGL, Nellai with west VNR fleet strength of NGL will be more than other two

Before bifurcation of Kattaboman Transport Corporation from Nesamoni. Nagercoil was the headquarters for KTC. Nellai Region's Fleet strength is nearly 1000
(with Tirunelveli & Thoothukudi Dist). But kanyakumari alone have a fleet strength of 867). Tirunelveli Division is supposed to be Nagercoil Division all b'cause of one word
"நெல்லை எனது எல்கை குமரி எனக்கு தொல்லை"

kanyakumari dist is small but densly populated than tirunelveli


only a single TNSTC is needed with just division names which will find place only in the round stickers on the bus where depot info is found.


i think no need to write divison on the place of depot info b'cause already Division code is given no need to write division name


Kanyakumari Dist only have the govt buses. So they must given some important.
Here we dont have any private town bus operators.

kanyakumari dist is monopoly of TNSTC no private town buses. No local trains
TNSTC buses are the only source for transportion of kanyakumari dist people.

'Probe Nehru for loss in transport'
11 Sep 2011 , TheNewIE (http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/probe-nehru-for-loss-in-transport/312760.html)

CHENNAI: The Left parties in the Assembly, demanded constitution of an inquiry commission against former transport minister KN Nehru on Saturday over alleged irregularities which had caused huge losses to the transport corporations.


In reply, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said, “My steps are always measured. I don’t act in haste. I will consult legal experts after taking into account what had happened and then decide on the action to be taken..But I assure the house one thing… this government will not allow the corrupt to go scot-free.”

Earlier, replying to the discussion on the demand for grants for his department, transport minister V Senthil Balaji charged that due to the mismanagement of his predecessor Nehru, the department had incurred huge losses, with the irregularities committed by the latter being compiled in two volumes. This would be made available to the house and the press as well. Balaji said that during the AIADMK regime between 1991-96, the department earned `142 crore profit, while they incurred a loss of `674 crores during the 1996-2001 DMK rule. Again, the corporations netted a gain of `61 crore during the 2001-2006 AIADMK regime, but once again, saw a loss of `1,905 crore during the previous DMK regime.

Nehru had bought 17 luxury cars for the corporations, keeping them for his personal use and allowed DMK leaders MK Alagiri, K Ponmudy, I Periyasamy, Arcot N Veerasamy and ex-deputy speaker VP Duraisamy to do the same. Nehru’s family used eight of these cars. Also, free bus passes had been issued to 540 family members of Nehru.
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News in English a daily, tamil version of the same content shared earlier.

Funny snap!

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7259/21557521304798538938610.jpg
source:Ezhil Blessy @facebook

[QUOTE=Ramesh-NTM;83667159]Thanks for correcting me. This 2 PM bus from Palani was the one going till Devakottai earlier, now it is made to run till Thondi by working out new slots. BTW does the Thondi bus is operated by Karaikudi depot or any others?

Does the Devakottai - Palani buses share slots or they are also given individual runs similar to the KKDI - Palani buses?

Thanks
Ramesh[/QUOTE/]

The thondi bus is being operated by dvk depot and the other two DVK-palani buses still shares their slots on alternate days.KKDI depot will give its buses to DVK depot if it has overload and infact KKDI,DVK and TRPTR all three depots concentrates on runninng buses around karaikudi.

Vivekananda group institution college buses!!

They have more than 100buses.:)

This instituion is at Tiruchengodu which is almost center for Salem, Erode and Namakkal dt (not acurate distance).. and days scholars are from these three dt.

http://i51.tinypic.com/23lz53l.jpg

Nagercoil - Tirupathi SETC
(Already posted by dhandapani)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--5ifc6UwsHE/TmzbNIa-sFI/AAAAAAAADjk/yYDlrkfGi7M/DSCN2715%252520copy.jpg

eagerly waiting for reno's sunday spl ;)

Additional depot at Nellai for SETC is not sure for what purpose, already Nagercoil, Shencottah, Tuti and Marthandam are handling South TN areas. Better SETC could have thought of putting one in Ramnad - Aranthangi area to take care of East coast districts areas. The other area missing a SETC depot is Cumbum - Bodi belt.

+ 1 one more point

Naninar nagendran took over SETC depot space and constructed his own Hotel (Laksmi Gayathri). So SETC depot space got reduced. It was all because of nainaar.

'Probe Nehru for loss in transport'
Nehru had bought 17 luxury cars for the corporations, keeping them for his personal use and allowed DMK leaders MK Alagiri, K Ponmudy, I Periyasamy, Arcot N Veerasamy and ex-deputy speaker VP Duraisamy to do the same. Nehru’s family used eight of these cars. Also, free bus passes had been issued to 540 family members of Nehru.
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News in English a daily, tamil version of the same content shared earlier.


I have seen a Scorpio belongs to VPM TN-32N-4444

My dream is that even these 13 (leaving MTC, SETC) should be grouped as just TNSTC with 4 or 5 divisions ONLY FOR MANAGEMENT PURPOSES and not to display in their windshields. On the other hand, MDU city services should be split from mofussil services similar to MTC.

Yes. Integrate all the TNSTC and allow maximum of 7divisions, Uniform the coach design, centralized Parts distribution, Modernize the division Workshops & equipments , Training at Branch levels , FeedBack analytic systems and VAS to cummuters lead TNSTC to serve better.

Ticket vendering machines will be used in all buses in TNSTC-Tirunelveli...

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/09/12/20110912c_014107006.jpg

அரசு பஸ்சுக்குள் கொட்டும் மழை: நின்றபடி மக்கள் பயணம்
12-Sep-11, Dinamalar (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=311868)

ஈரோடு: மழை நேரத்தில் அரசு பஸ்சுக்குள் பயணிகள் மழை நீர் அதிகமாக விழுவதால், பயணிகள் கடும் சிரமத்துக்கு ஆளாவதுடன், சீட்டில் இருந்து எழுந்து நின்று கொண்டே பயணிக்கின்றனர்.தமிழக அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகத்தில் சென்னை, கோவை, மதுரை, சேலம், கும்பகோணம், திருநெல்வேலி மற்றும் விழுப்புரம் என 7 கோட்டங்கள், 18 மண்டலங்கள் உள்ளன.கிராமப்புறங்கள், நகரபகுதிகள், வெளிமாநிலங்களுக்கு செல்லக்கூடிய வகையில் அரசு பஸ்களை தனித்தனியாக இயக்கி வருகிறது. டவுண் பஸ், மஃப்ஸல், ஏ.சி., அல்ட்ரா டீலக்ஸ், தாழ்தள பஸ் உள்பட மாநிலம் முழுவதும் 22 ஆயிரத்துக்கு மேற்பட்ட அரசு பஸ்கள் இயங்குகிறது.

ஒவ்வொரு கோட்டங்களுக்கு கீழ், செயல்படும் மண்டலங்களில் டிப்போ அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதில், டெக்னீசியன், வெல்டர்கள், எலக்ட்ரிஷியன் ஆகியோர் அரசு பஸ்களில் ஏற்படும் பழுதுகளை நீக்குகின்றனர். டிரைவர், கண்டெக்டர்கள் தாங்கள் பணி செய்த பஸ்ஸில் ஏற்படும் குறைகளை, டெப்போவில் பதிவு செய்து, பஸ்களை நிறுத்திச் சென்றாலும், முழு அளவில் பழுது நீக்கும் அளவில் தேவையான கருவி, உபகரணங்கள் டெப்போக்களில் இல்லை. இதனால், பெயரளவிலும், ஏற்கனவே பழுதாகி கண்டமான பஸ்களில் உள்ளவற்றை பெயர்த்து, இந்த பஸ்களில் பொறுத்தி அனுப்புகின்றனர். அவை சில மணி நேரங்களுக்குக்கூட தாங்குவதில்லை.
அதுபோல, பெரும்பாலான பஸ்களில் மேற்கூரை, ஜன்னல் கண்ணாடி அல்லது ஷட்டர்கள் முழுமையாக பழுது நீக்கப்படாமல் மழை நேரத்தில் அவ்வழியாக முழு அளவில் தண்ணீர் பஸ்சுக்குள் வருகிறது.டவுண் பஸ்கள் மட்டுமின்றி, தொலை தூர பஸ்களில் கூட மழை நேரத்தில் முழு அளவில் உள்ளே தண்ணீர் ஒழுகுவதால், பெரும்பாலான பயணிகள் சீட்டைவிட்டு எழுந்து மழை நீர் புகாத இடத்தில் நின்று கொண்டே சில மணி நேரம் பயணிக்கும் நிலைக்கு தள்ளப்படுகின்றனர். அவர்கள் கொண்டு செல்லும் விலை உயர்ந்த பேக், பாதுகாப்புக்குரிய ஆவணங்கள் போன்றவைகளை பாதுகாப்பதில் சிரமம் ஏற்படுகிறது. குறிப்பாக, ஜன்னல், பயணிகளின் சீட்டுக்கு மேல் லக்கேஜ் வைப்பதற்காக வைக்கப்படும் பகுதி, மேற்கூரையை முழு அளவில், அரசு போக்குவரத்துக்கழகம் சீரமைக்க வேண்டும்.
நூற்றுக்கணக்கில் புதிய பஸ்களை இயக்கச் செய்து, "கமிஷன்' பெறுவதுடன், ஏற்கனவே இயங்கும் பஸ்களில் இதுபோன்ற அவசியமான பிரச்னைகளை தீர்க்க அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் முன்வர வேண்டும், என மழையில் நனையும் பயணிகள் எதிர்பார்க்கின்றனர்.
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News item highlights the problems faced by travelling public during monsoon.
- Sufficient tools and equipments not available at depots to set right the complaints reported by crew in buses.
- Parts taken from condenmed buses to fit into the running ones.
- During monsoon water seepage is happening in buses
- Apart from introducing new buses and getting commission, STC's should also concentrate on improving the condition of existing buses.
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Technicians have not been recruited by STC's in the last 10years. This is main reason for depots inability to handle the repair work of buses.
Hope the present governement sets right the issue off maintainance staff and maintainance infrastructure at depots.

Dhandapani,

I remember i had travelled in a palani-kodumudi bus some 10 yrs back. also did a kangeyam-palani trip. Are the palani kodumudi buses still running?

Niranjan,
these buses are still running. There is one Pollachi-Kodumudi bus operated by Kangeyam depot.

True..
TNSTCs got many buses replaced in the past 5 yrs..
So their quota can be reduced.. Especially 586 for VPM and 593 for CBE கொஞ்சம் too much தான் என்று தோன்றுகிறது...
But, the quota of SETC must kept untouched..

Why do you think CBE got too much? Only last year CBE got fair amount. These buses will help us in getting better connectivity and new buses in Tirupur city too. I want to CBE to add more City buses and replace the old dubbas running in Tirupur, Erode, CBE(Non JNNURM), MTP, Pollachi, Dharapuram areas.

Also hoping to see Premium buses in SETC. SETC should be back to its golden age..:cheers:

They should also add good amount of Super deluxe buses built in CEC / Pallipalayam itself.

Where is kongu? Ippa sandosama?

Huge huge for Vpm and cbe. So dhandapani has to take major share of bringing the feast to our eyes.


I hope SETC is fleet addition. Majority of existing UD buses can run for more after proper FC. Hope either they are not replaced or passed over to another TNSTC say kumbakonam or vpm to do there 300-400 km ud runs.

Sure, i'll bring the feast once they start rolling it out. Looking out for more SS body city buses.

No there is no service to ooty or Kodai it is a ong pending one, atleast to mettupalyam we need a direct one many export companies from mettupalyam send their goods via Thoothukudi harbour so we need one service to mettupalayam and the palani service from Thoothukudi Mofussil Depot can be Extended up to Pollachi in Day time. so it can take after 9P.M. from Pollachi.

Yes. Nellai / MDU can extend some of their services to Pollachi. We need one daily bus to Thiruchendur, Rameshwaram, Tanjore areas.

+1..473 is huge..
Are they going to retire old buses..?
more importantly they should concentrate on maintenance of buses....adequate spare parts should be available.. Crew should have proper rest time...
Still we have some TN07(Old JJTC) registered buses running from MDU, NGL depots. We may not see them from next year onwards.

265 for Tirunelveli Division? Not enough each and everyone know the condition of Tirunelveli Division's town bus. 593 konjam over illa




i feel 184 is too much for him. they got plenty by Jnnurm.
you see they are replacing Mdu - Nellai BPR for every 3 month

JNNURM buses are running only in Madurai city area limit. MDU divn is not operating buses in Madurai city alone. MDU need more buses for DGL and VNR regions. Have you seen the city buses operated by DGL region in Theni, Palani areas?? They will give stiff competition to the old buses running in Nellai divn.

தீக்கிரையாகும் ஆம்னி பஸ்கள்: நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பது எப்போது?
செப்டம்பர் 12,2011, Dinamalar (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=311525)


ஆம்னி பஸ்கள் விபத்துக்குள்ளாகி, முழுவதும் எரிந்து தீக்கிரையாகும் சம்பவங்கள் தொடர்ந்து நடக்கின்றன. தூக்கத்திலேயே அப்பாவிகளின் உயிர்கள் கருகும் சம்பவத்தை தவிர்க்க, ஆம்னி பஸ்களில் பாதுகாப்பு நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.சென்னையிலிருந்து கோவை, சேலம், மதுரை, பெங்களூரு, நெல்லை, கன்னியாகுமரி உட்பட தமிழகம் மற்றும் அண்டை மாநிலங்களுக்கு, 500க்கும் மேற்பட்ட ஆம்னி பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படுகின்றன. பயணிகளைக் கவர ஆரம்பத்தில், "புஷ் பேக்', "செமி சிலீப்பர்' என்று இயக்கப்பட்ட பஸ்களை, தற்போது தூங்கும் வசதி கொண்ட படுக்கைகள், முழுவதும் குளிரூட்டப்பட்ட, "ஏசி' பஸ்களாக இயக்கி வருகின்றனர்.

கட்டணம் அதிகம் என்றாலும், சொகுசு பயணத்திற்காக பொதுமக்கள் ஆம்னி பஸ்களை நாடத் துவங்கி விட்டனர். வார விடுமுறை நாட்கள், தீபாவளி, பொங்கல் போன்ற பண்டிகை நாட்களில், ஆம்னி பஸ்களில் இடம் கிடைக்காத அளவிற்கு, கூட்டம் அலைமோதும்.
இந்த நிலையில், அவ்வப்போது நடக்கும் விபத்துகளில் சிக்கும் ஆம்னி பஸ்கள், தீக்கிரையாகி, அப்பாவி பயணிகள் தூங்கிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் போதே, சாம்பலாகி விடுகின்றனர். கடந்த ஜூன், 8ம் தேதி, சென்னையில் இருந்து திருப்பூருக்கு சென்ற தனியார் ஆம்னி பஸ், வேலூர் மாவட்டம் ஓச்சேரி அருகே விபத்துக்குள்ளாகி, பள்ளத்தில் கவிழ்ந்தது. கவிழ்ந்த வேகத்தில், தீ பற்றி எரிந்ததில், பஸ்சில் பயணித்த, 22 பேர் உடல் கருகி பரிதாபமாக உயிரிழந்தனர்.

அவ்வப்போது ஆம்னி பஸ்கள் விபத்துக்குள்ளாகி உயிரிழந்தாலும், இச்சம்பவம் நாடு முழுவதும் அதிர்ச்சி அலையை ஏற்படுத்தியது. போக்குவரத்துத் துறை விழித்துக் கொண்டு, உடனடியாக ஆம்னி பஸ்களை சோதனை செய்தது. சில பஸ்கள் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட்டது.இந்நிலையில், கடந்த, 5ம் தேதி கேரள மாநிலம் கோட்டயத்தில் இருந்து பெங்களூருக்கு சென்ற ஆம்னி பஸ், கோவை அருகே லாரியுடன் மோதி விபத்துக்குள்ளானது. மோதிய உடன் பஸ் தீப்பற்றி எரிந்தது. பயணிகள் அனைவரும் தப்பித்தாலும், டிரைவர் மட்டும் தீயில் கருகி உயிரிழந்தார்.

இதனால், ஆம்னி பஸ்களின் பாதுகாப்பு குறித்து கேள்வி எழுந்துள்ளது. பொதுவாக ஆம்னி பஸ்களில், சாதாரண பஸ்களில் இருப்பது போல், இரண்டு படிக்கட்டுகள் இருப்பதில்லை. டிரைவருக்கு அருகில் ஒரே ஒரு படிக்கட்டு இருக்கும். அங்கு, டிரைவர் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் இயங்கும் வகையில், "ஹைட்ராலிக்' கதவு இருக்கும். டிரைவர் இயக்கினால் மட்டுமே அந்த கதவு திறக்கும் அல்லது மூடும்."ஏசி' பஸ்களில், காற்று வெளியேறாத வகையில் பக்கவாட்டு ஜன்னல்கள் அனைத்தும் மூடப்பட்டிருக்கும். விபத்து சமயங்களில் பயணிகள் உடனடியாக வெளியேறாத வகையில், "எமர்ஜென்சி கதவு' எங்கேயிருக்கிறது என்பதே தெரியாது. அந்த வகையில், ஆம்னி பஸ்களின் கட்டுமானம் இருக்கிறது.
இந்த நிலையில், வடக்கு மண்டல போலீஸ் ஐ.ஜி., சைலேந்திரபாபு தலைமையில், ஆம்னி பஸ்களில் பயணிகள் எளிதில் தப்பிப்பதற்கு தேவையான பாதுகாப்பு நடவடிக்கைகள் குறித்து, ஆய்வு அறிக்கை தயாரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இன்னும் சில நாட்களில், ஆயுத பூஜை, தீபாவளி, பொங்கல், கிறிஸ்துமஸ் என, பண்டிகை காலங்கள் துவங்கவுள்ளன. அப்போது, ஆம்னி பஸ்களில் பயணிகள் அதிகளவில் பயணிப்பர். அதற்குள், போலீசார் வழங்கியுள்ள இந்த பாதுகாப்பு வசதியை, போக்குவரத்து அதிகாரிகள் பரிசீலனை செய்து, ஆம்னி பஸ் உரிமையாளர்களுடன் கலந்து பேசி, பின்னர் ஆம்னி பஸ்களில், பாதுகாப்பு வசதிகளை மேம்படுத்த நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.

பயணிகள் தப்பிக்கதேவையான வசதிகள்ஆம்னி பஸ்களில் பயணிகளுக்கு, என்னென்ன பாதுகாப்பு வசதிகள் வேண்டும் என்பது குறித்து, வடக்கு மண்டல ஐ.ஜி., சைலேந்திரபாபு கூறியதாவது:வேலூர் மாவட்டத்தில் நடந்த ஆம்னி பஸ் விபத்திற்கு காரணம், டிரைவரின் அதிக வேகம் மற்றும் பஸ்சில் பயணிகள் எளிதில் தப்பிக்கும் வழி இல்லாதது தான் என தெரிந்தது. இதையடுத்து, சொகுசு பஸ்கள் விபத்திற்குள்ளானால், பயணிகள் தப்பிப்பதற்கு பஸ்சின் கட்டமைப்பை மாற்றுவது குறித்து, போலீஸ் தடவியல் மற்றும் அறிவியல் நிபுணர்கள் உதவியுடன் ஆய்வு நடத்தினோம். இதில், டிரைவருக்கு அருகில் ரிமோட் மூலம் இயங்கும் கதவை மாற்றி, பயணிகள் எளிதில் திறக்கும் வகையில் அமைக்க வேண்டும்; பஸ்சின் பின்புறம், பஸ்சின் மேற்கூரை ஆகிய இடங்களிலும், விபத்து நடந்தால், எளிதில் திறக்கும் வகையில் ஆபத்து கால கதவுகள் அமைக்க வேண்டும்; சிறிய அளவிலான, தீயணைப்பு நுரைப்பான்களை (போம் சிலிண்டர்கள்) அதிகம் வைக்க வேண்டும். பயணிகள் சீட்டின் அமைப்பையும், எளிதில் வெளியேறும் வகையில் மாற்றி அமைக்க வேண்டும் என்பது உள்ளிட்ட, பல்வேறு ஆலோசனைகள் அடங்கிய அறிக்கையினை தயாரித்து, அரசுக்கு அனுப்பியுள்ளோம்.இவ்வாறு ஐ.ஜி., சைலேந்திரபாபு கூறினார்.
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Following the spate of accidents involving the Omni buses and the two cases where the sleeper buses were burnt down to ashes, SG had asked IG Shilendra Babu to prepare a report on facilities that need to come up in Omni buses for people to escape unhurt in case of accidents. The report has been sent to SG.
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Hope the bus code AIS: 052 brings in the needed safety features across buses.

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^^ What happened?

^^ What happened?

Madurai Imanuvel Sekaran Gurupooja Kalavaram.happnd yesterday in madurai

O I C.... I thought the same... Intha makkal epo than public property a damage panratha viduvangalo :bash:

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Kumar ji,

Kindly put when, where and how and all. Suddenly we are made to think that you took them inside from some bus:)

A Riot happened in Paramakudi, due to the arrest of John pandian, Leader of Tamizh Makkal Munnetra kalagam at Vallanad, Thoothukudi, The collecter has ordered to arrest John Pandian if he come to Paramakudi for the Pooja of Thiyagi Immanuel Sekaran, there will be problem. after his arrest a great riot broke out in paramakudi Nearly 15 Vehicles were set fire, A vajra riot control van also got fire, due to this riot the buses were damaged at Madurai, Ramanathapuram area 3 were shot dead at firing in Paramakudi.

In Madurai a group of people came in lorry they were blocked at a checkpost and send back, again they came in 4 cars and argued with the police at that spot on firing 2 were dead on their way to hospital injured were admitted at Madurai G.H. Collecter Shayam who went to G.H.was blocked by the relatives of those who were dead and injured.

In the total riot at various place 5 were shot dead and many buses windsheild got damaged, 1lakh compensation is given to 5 people who were dead by State government.

On this Riot many Police men were got Wounded heavily and in southern dist specially Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli Many bus service were completely Stopped to Particular area on Yesterday afternoon today also the bus service is half only.

Because of this riots, Night services towards Thirumangalam were stopped. Moffusil buses were routed via Periar, Thirumangalam route and they skipped ring road. Police patrol was increased and then only mofussil buses started running via Thirumangalam.

I too suffered when coming back from trichy. No night services, so gave a hefty amount to an autowala to reach my home. In the last 6 yrs first time i used an auto in Thirunagar route. :)

many trains cancelled in ramanathapuram- manamadurai, madaurai-manamadurai, karaikudi-manamadurai also cancelled.

Subbu,

pic was taken from DC. source link will show DC link only. So only left it like that. when where how details missing in dc report

New in My Home

SETC 702 Thoothukudi - Chenganesary

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Arun,
Have a look at the place near the KMS badge.. Is that brown color a design or paint has gone there?

TN-72N-1650 replaces My Yellow Beauty TN-72N-1180 on 333A proud to say built by TNSTC -Nellai Samathanapuram Unit, they are goin to add another bus as an additional to Chennai.

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Looks like they stickered it as UD? whether they charge SD or UD fare in this?

Arun,
Have a look at the place near the KMS badge.. Is that brown color a design or paint has gone there??

Looks like they gave some spacing for depot code and serial # ...hope u were pointing to that rectangular painted box.

Looks like they stickered it as UD? whether they charge SD or UD fare in this?

After SETC did the ultimate thing of calling a SD a UD, now everyone has the right :bash:

^^ Seems the number has to be written in that area. But slightly it is missed.

Looks like they gave some spacing for depot code and serial # ...hope u were pointing to that rectangular painted box.



After SETC did the ultimate thing of calling a SD a UD, now everyone has the right :bash:

Latest to join the UDs

1. Madurai - Guruvayoor Via Palani, Pollachi, Thrissur.
2. Madurai - Ernakulam Via Kumily, Kottayam

The above two routes get the new buses whenever new buses were given to Madurai depot and these are Super deluxe routes. Clicked the pics of above two buses already, but due to some issues in my laptop im not able to upload it. Will upload it soon and post the pics.

Pondy-Ernakulam also got a new UD. Thanks binai for sharing this info.

eagerly waiting for reno's sunday spl ;)

missed it! planned to capture all the week end specials (onam specials). Due to heavy rain i'm not able to capture them. :ohno:

Subbu,

Not yellow box. see above yellow box and below kms badge. There is black/grey are thats looks like paint has come off.

Dhandapani, Binai,

So the remodelled fc bus has been removed?