Madurai City - Transport (Road & Rail) Projects

[srinivas]

Originally Posted by Maduraikarainga

Would it be good if MDU Corp take steps to float double decker bus with in the city to promote tourism?

u need to make the overhead cables to go below earth. do u expect MC ll do it ? but anyway tat ll be good . a nice idea.....

[Madurai gilli]

Ye..MC has already planned and the implementation already started in areas around the Temple-circle..It has plans to do it all over the city..

[dhandapanik]

Few changes happened in the city bus routes..

Initially madurai had many different types of city bus routes in madurai.. following are few of them..

Normal service - Stops at all places..
Ore kattanam bus - Mainly in circle services.. rates: 3, 3.5, 4.. Now all these are replaced with deluxe services..
ALSS - Common stops and Skips few stops where BLSS will stop
BLSS - Common stops and Skips few stops where ALSS will stop
City Express - Very limited stops.. this was very useful.. in Periar - Thirumangalam route, it stops were at Periar, Palanganatham, TPK, Thirunagar 2 and 3, Koothiyarkundu and thirumangalam

After the introduction of deluxe services and new city express services(blue and yellow lines, only the charge is city express charge) all are changed.

Now they charge City express charge and deluxe charges but stops at all places.. But still ALSS and BLSS names where there..

some of the routes which had are
A14 - Thirunagar - Anna Nagar
B15 - Thirunagar - Anna nagar
A5 - TPK - Anna Nagar
B5 - TPK - Anna nagar
A75, B75 -> in Periar - Melur
A48P and B48P - Thirumangalam - Thapal thanthi nagar
Similary we had A22A, 22, B22, A22 etc.,

Now all these A and B prefix are removed.
Thirunagar - Anna nagar service will be route no 14
75 and 48P remains same..
A22A -> 22A
B22, A22 -> 22

major change is in TPK-Anna nagar route.. since we have one more service with route no 5(Thirunagar - Mattuthavani), A5 and B5 are renamed as 5AN(AN-refer to Anna nagar)

[srinivas]

the route connecting thirunagar maatuthaavani is called 14 B . if the suffix is removed wont it confuse with anna nagar thirunagar route ?

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by srinivas

the route connecting thirunagar maatuthaavani is called 14 B . if the suffix is removed wont it confuse with anna nagar thirunagar route ?

Srini,
from thirunagar we have one more route "5". it uses the same route as 48Y. 14B is different.. Whenever u travel from thirunagar to mattuthavani and viceversa dont use this route.. We use to call this as "Oor Suthi perundhu" and cost also 1 rs higher than 48Y/5.

we have 2 routes in 5. one bus will go inside thirunagar till 8th stop. the other will stop in 3rd stop itseld.

Initially we used to have confusion when B14 was there.. now it is changed to 14B

Route details:
14B - Thirunagar(8th stop) - TPK(inside)-Palanganatham - Therkuvasal - Nelpettai - GH - Anna Nilayam - Apollo - KK Nagar - Poo market - Mattuthavani

Charge till thirunagar 3rd stop is 11 rs. will take atleast 1 hr 15 min + u might need to stand in TPK gate..

5 - Thirunagar(8th stop / 3rd stop) - TPK(by pass) - Palanganatham - Periar - Simmakkal - Goripalayam - Thallakulam - Court - Poo Market - Mattuthavani ---> this route is very similar to 48Y route

Charge till thirunagar 3rd stop is 10 rs. max time is between 45 min to 1 hr

You can see more route details in my share.
http://public.sheet.zoho.com/public/...tes1?mode=html

[Madurai gilli]

what abt the 300 new SLF Buses bought under JNNURM ?

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by Madurai gilli

what abt the 300 new SLF Buses bought under JNNURM ?

Gilli, i think around 50 buses arrived and they are yet to get inaugurated. they are standing idle inside TNSTC HO and Pasumalai workshop. I donno for whom they are waiting for.

But the few moffusil buses from TNSTC MDU already started their operation. I noticed those new buses from MDU,DGL, Virudhunagar and Nellai region.

Except TNSTC - MDU, new buses were inaugurated in all divisions.. MTC, VPM, Kumbakonam, CBE, SLM and last SETC.

Saw some new moffusil buses from TNSTC-MDU. Without formal inauguration they are put into operation now.. Spotted these buses in Madurai.

Some of the reg nos which i noticed..

From DGL region:
TN 57 N 1770

From MDU region:
TN58 N 1596 -> Sipcot depot.. not sure in which route it is running..

From Virdhunagar:
TN67 N 613 - Kovilpatti - MDU - Trichy
TN67 N 617
TN67 N 621 -> Rasapalayam to Tirupur
TN67 N 622 -> Kovilpatti - MDU - CBE

From Nellai region:
TN72 N 1370

[Saravanakkumar]

The Madurai Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is a proposed bus transit for the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

Corridors

The following corridors were proposed for implementation.[1]

Corridor 1: Fatima College — Palanganatham junction [along Dindigul by-pass road]
Corridor 2: Kamarajar Bridge — Ring Road at Viraghanoor [along Vaigai River North bank road]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_BRTS

[allaboutmadurai]

Cross thread post from AllAboutMadurai.com
Source: http://allaboutmadurai.com/viewtopic.php?p=30#p30

300 new buses are waiting at Madurai tempo for the past 3 months.

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by allaboutmadurai

300 new buses are waiting at Madurai tempo for the past 3 months.

i dont think so all 300 has came. few are there in pasumalai workshop too.. i have seen them.
Due to space crunch in By pass road HO branch, city buses are parked outside the depot too.

[Madurai]

Here is the related news,



300 Luxury buses sitting idle.

[Madurai]

Periyar bus stand to be developed at Rs.2.5 Cr.

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthie...8310&code=1650

[Madurai gilli]

This news has been there in papers for past 3 years...We din find anything in grounds so far..Hope MC do this atleast this time..

B/w Can Madurai update any new funds sanctioned for Road Improvement projects in Madurai under JNNURM ?

[Madurai gilli]

This report tells that the roads inside the Madurai City and its urnan area are going to be laid in international standards..The surveys had been completed and the works are going to kick-off in another 6 months..They tell that a Cement Box will be left in each road at ceertain distances through which if any under-earth works have to be completed and any dept should not dig the roads once the project is over for another 5 years..

MC also plans to store the water permanently in Meenakshi temple tank hereafter..

[Madurai gilli]

I am not sure whether the MC is talking about the newly planned roads like elevated highways etc., to decongest the traffic in the city..

Anyway, Once the proposed Road Improvement scheme is done for Madurai, then the city will get relief from this Congestion then..Hope for the Best soon..

[Madurai]

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthie...602PG13PH3.jpg

Issues with 4 lane roads, highlighted by Dailythanthi.

[dhandapanik]

Madurai also got some blue colored TATA Marcopolo buses. i saw one such marcopolo in Pasumalai workshop. Donno when they are going to launch these JNNURM buses.

[Maduraikarainga]

Is there any plan in widening the outer ringroad from Mattuthavani to Kappalur?

[Maduraikarainga]

Originally Posted by dhandapanik

Madurai also got some blue colored TATA Marcopolo buses. i saw one such marcopolo in Pasumalai workshop. Donno when they are going to launch these JNNURM buses.

Does the chasis looks similar to the one given in this link.
http://images.google.co.in/imgres?im...26tbs%3Disch:1

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by Maduraikarainga

Does the chasis looks similar to the one given in this link.
http://images.google.co.in/imgres?im...26tbs%3Disch:1

it is very much similar to this one..