Chennai MTC Bus and other Road Transport

[Kewl Batty]

Originally Posted by TechCity

any one has info about Daily Travel Ticket?
Is it similar to bangalore daily pass by which we can travel to different routes and unlimited time?

If so,the same is true for weekly and monthly travel ticket?

One more doubt,it is mentioned we can take even deluxe bus also,But i saw some guys taking Rs 5 ticket in deluxe bus by showing their monthly travel ticket.

someone pl clarify?

There's a Daily Travel Ticket for 30 bucks! You can travel in any MTC bus except the Volvos! But am not sure where to get those tickets. Its wise to ask one of the bus conductors.

[Elango1984]

Originally Posted by Kewl Batty

There's a Daily Travel Ticket for 30 bucks! You can travel in any MTC bus except the Volvos! But am not sure where to get those tickets. Its wise to ask one of the bus conductors.

Please Explore the following link in MTC Website, Concession Fares--> Travel As You Please



Travel As You Please Tickets

[Daily/Weekly/Monthly]

Type Ticket value
(Rs.)
Daily Travel Ticket 30
Weekly Travel Ticket 160
Monthly Travel Ticket 600

Permitted to travel any number of trips.

* Daily

o Allowed to travel in Ordinary/LSS/EXP/M/Deluxe services except Night services/Lift services/Chartered trips.

o Valid for the date of issue only.

o valid only if signed by the purchaser.

* Weekly

o Allowed to travel in Ordinary/LSS/EXP/M/Deluxe/Night services except Lift services and Chartered trips.

o Valid for the period mentioned in the card.

o Valid only if signed by the purchaser.

o No duplicate card is issued.

o To travel with the identity card issued by the MTC.

* Monthly

o Allowed to travel in Ordinary/LSS/EXP/M/Deluxe/Night services except lift services and Chartered trips.

o Valid for the period mentioned in the card.

o Valid only if signed by the purchaser.

o No duplicate card is issued.

o To travel with the identity card issued by the MTC.

Procedures for getting the tickets:

Commuters who like to get the Travel As you Please Ticket Card (weekly / Monthly) shall obtain an Identity Card at MTC's Sales Counters by paying Rs.5/-. The Travel As you Please Ticket Card will be issued on production of this Identity Card only.


Issuing points: [Sales Counters available at]

1. Adyar
2. K.K.Nagar
3. Saidapet
4. Guindy
5. Velachery
6. Mandaveli
7. Tambaram (East)
8. Tambaram (West)
9. Pallavaram
10. T.Nagar

11. Thiruvanmiyur
12. Iyyappanthangal
13. Vadapalani
14. High Court
15. Broadway
16. Ambathur Industrial
Estate
17. Anna Nagar (West)
18. Avadi
19. Ayanavaram

20. Perambur
21. C.M.B.T.
22. V.Nagar
23. Redhiills
24. M.K.B.Nagar
25. Villivakkam
26. Tondiarpet
27. Thiruvotriyur
28. Poonamallee
29. Ambathur OT.
Working Hours:
08.30 Hours to 11.00 Hours
15.00 Hours to 19.30 Hours

Period of issue:

WEEKLY TICKETS : All Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays
MONTHLY TICKETS : From 1st to 20th of every month.

[TechCity]

from that page only i got this info.
my doubt is how many times we can travel in a bus and take different routes?

[Kewl Batty]

Originally Posted by TechCity

from that page only i got this info.
my doubt is how many times we can travel in a bus and take different routes?

u can travel any no. of times and whereever the MTC buses goes!.. its unlimited!

[satsukhoi]

Please post if there is any pic

[Elango1984]

Originally Posted by TechCity

from that page only i got this info.
my doubt is how many times we can travel in a bus and take different routes?

If you go for "Travel As you Please" as concession mode, You can travel any buses (except AC) at any no. of time.

If you go for "Commuters" as concession mode, You have been restricted to travel in particular route by ordinary buses alone. If you opt for Deluxe and AC buses u need to pay for it.

[Rasnaboy]

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has decided to reduce the number of EMU suburban services on all Sundays from January 18 owing to less patronage.

At present, 162 services are being operated on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram section which will be reduced to 86. In the Chennai Beach – Chengalpattu section as against the present 72 services, 70 services will be operated.

MRTS

In Mass Rapid Transit System, (Beach – Taramani section) there will be only 88 services on Sundays compared to the present 126 services.

Train No BC-11 Chennai Beach – Chengalpattu EMU and CB-20 Chengalpattu – Chennai Beach EMU will not run in Tambaram – Chengalpattu section on Sundays. Instead, TLB-4 Tirumalpur – Chennai Beach EMU will stop at all stations and run on suburban line between Tambaram – Chennai Beach, according to a Southern Railway press release.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/17/stor...1759470400.htm

[nsantha2]

Originally Posted by TechCity

any one has info about Daily Travel Ticket?
Is it similar to bangalore daily pass by which we can travel to different routes and unlimited time?

If so,the same is true for weekly and monthly travel ticket?

One more doubt,it is mentioned we can take even deluxe bus also,But i saw some guys taking Rs 5 ticket in deluxe bus by showing their monthly travel ticket.

someone pl clarify?

I used the daily pass when I was in Madras in August. It costs Rs. 30 and you have to sign it (not exactly sure why). Hop on and off any regular/deluxe bus and flash the conductor the pass. You can't use them for the Volvos, those tickets are separate.

[jaleelmalik]

Originally Posted by nsantha2

I used the daily pass when I was in Madras in August. It costs Rs. 30 and you have to sign it (not exactly sure why). Hop on and off any regular/deluxe bus and flash the conductor the pass. You can't use them for the Volvos, those tickets are separate.

as otherwise, 'A" will purchase a ticket, after travelling in a key route, he might transfer to 'B". He/she after the use transfer the ticket to 'C', and so on. To avoid the illegal transfer & to prevent such sorts of malparctices, signing is essential. So that, a doubtful passenger can be asked to sign on a sheet of paper and cross check, whether it tallies with the one in the ticket. Hope you got it.

Cheers

[nsantha2]

Originally Posted by Kewl Batty

There's a Daily Travel Ticket for 30 bucks! You can travel in any MTC bus except the Volvos! But am not sure where to get those tickets. Its wise to ask one of the bus conductors.

You can purchase a ticket on any regular or deluxe bus from the conductor.

[Arul Murugan]

Safety inspection of BG line next week

News from Hindu:


CHENNAI: Commissioner of Railway Safety T.J.S. Naidu will undertake safety inspection of the newly laid third broad gauge line between Korukupet and Ennore on January 28.

The Safety Commissioner will inspect the line, including electrification work, along with Chief Administrative Officer R. Ramanathan that day. The line will be opened for passenger once the Commissioner gives safety clearance certificate.

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Even Thiruvallur-Arrakonam 3rd line is completed except the small stretch near Arrakonam.

We can expect Thiruvallur-Arrakonam 3rd line to be completed in March.

By this more tracks are getting added to Chennai suburban.

[Rasnaboy]

Great news buddy...

[Rasnaboy]

They resent more buses to OMR and less service from Tambaram east to High Court


RISKY RIDE: An overcrowded MTC bus seen near Palavakkam on the East Coast Road, on Friday.

CHENNAI: The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) does not have many fans in the suburbs. Many commuters complain of the low frequency of bus services, others complain that deluxe services have replaced ordinary buses instead of supplementing them, and others think that there is just neglect of many areas.

On Wednesday, a number of commuters at the East Tambaram terminus were complaining of the high frequency of buses to Old Mahabalipuram Road. Their grouch was that since the IT boom in Chennai, more buses have been diverted to that route while routes like A 51 (High Court – Tambaram East) have fewer buses.

However, M. Ramasubramanian, managing director, MTC, says: “We have been adding new routes based on public demand. Since there is a huge demand for buses to the IT corridor , we have increased the number of services to that area. However, we have not done this by short-changing commuters on other routes.”

Similarly, commuters from West Tambaram complain that there are not enough buses starting at Tambaram while many have been converted to routes starting from Guduvanchery or Vandalur. A. Natarajan, a bank employee working in Nandanam, says that this diversion makes it harder for commuters as the buses are full by the time they reach Tambaram.

Recently, Nanganallur residents appealed to the State government to introduce more direct bus services to their area. In North Chennai, Vysarpadi, Kodungaiyur, Mahakavi Bharathi Nagar and Kannadasan Nagar are the worst-hit areas according to commuters. Share-autos swallow the revenue that should have been the MTC’s, feels D. Devipriya, a college lecturer from Mullai Nagar.

Residents of Virugambakkam, Alwarthirunagar, and Valasarawakkam also say that they are in need of bus services especially to the Egmore Railway Station. Presently, they have to reach Vadapalani to continue their onward journey.

To address these issues, MTC officials say that the fleet strength has been expanded to 3,000 vehicles and new routes have been added for the passengers’ convenience. But activists say that many of these new routes do not help those who cannot afford to spend too much on each commute.

T. Ravikumar, president, All India Rail and Bus Passengers Welfare Association, says that the MTC has slowly replaced its regular services with ‘M’ services, on which commuters have to shell out a minimum of one rupee extra. “The MTC should replace all ‘M’ services with regular services, as the ‘M’ service is not a fast service. It does not benefit the commuters,” he contends.

R. Selvam, a milk vendor from Agaramthen village, says that converting ordinary services into deluxe or ‘M’ services was an attempt to effect an indirect tariff hike. He asked the MTC to instead increase services to areas such as Ponmar, Agaramthen, Vengaivasal which had a number of residential apartments, schools and colleges and hence quite a few potential passengers.

MTC sources say that a number of possible options are being tried. MTC had introduced bus routes such as M151 (Tambaram East-Kovalam), 551A Express (Tambaram East-Kelambakkam), T151 Express (Tambaram East-Kovalam), M127B (Anna Square-Thiruverkadu), which were proving profitable, they say.

In this respect, K. Narayanan, research scholar on urban transport and former managing director of State Transport Corporation says that the number of commuters within the city has increased much faster than the fleet expansions carried out by the MTC. In this scenario, it would be extremely difficult for the MTC to satisfy commuters from all areas.

As a first step, Mr. Narayanan says that MTC should be concentrating its existing resources on providing maximum service to commuters from within the city instead of expanding out to mofussil areas. Services to places such as Chengalpattu and Mahabalipuram could be provided by other organisations. The MTC would do well to leave those routes and restructure its fleet to serve commuters who were complaining of inadequate services, he adds.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/24/stor...2458790300.htm

[tokavin]

CHENNAI: The state government will soon introduce 4,600 new buses in the state,

including 2,000 for the city, under the Union government's
Jawaharlal Nehru Rural
Development Scheme, transport minister K N Nehru said on Friday.

Speaking at a function to mark the foundation stone laying for a rest room for drivers and conductors of the State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) at Koyambedu bus terminus, Nehru said the

state government was in discussion with the Centre to grant funds

under the scheme to procure 2,000 new buses for Chennai and 1,300 buses each for Madurai and Coimbatore. The Centre will contribute Rs 300 crore.

At present, the state government operates 20,175 buses across the state. Stating that Chennai needed 5,000 buses, Nehru said the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) was operating more than 3,000 buses now. The state government has allotted Rs 15 crore for upgrading MTC depots, he said, adding that steps are being taken to upgrade bus depots and terminuses at places including Vadapalani, Thiruvanmiyur, Semmancheri and Mogappair this year.

Referring to the possible reduction in diesel price, Nehru said it would help the transport corporations to become financially self-sufficient. However, the SETC is likely to struggle to make profits even after the proposed diesel price cut, the minister said, and appealed to its employees to work hard to increase the corporation's daily ticket collection.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/4023928.cms

[Kewl Batty]

What about volvos?? atleast 50-100 more?

[Rasnaboy]

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Railways not concerned about revenue as suburban services are heavily subsidised: official
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CHENNAI: EMU suburban services occupancy has reduced by around 20 per cent on Sundays in the city, an official of the Southern Railway told The Hindu on Friday.

The Southern Railway recently implemented its decision to reduce the number of EMU suburban services on all Sundays with effect from January 18. It attributed this decision to less patronage in sections such as Chennai Beach-Tambaram, Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu and Chennai Beach-Velachery.

The official, however, said that the number of passengers of suburban services taken as a whole had increased by 11 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year.

The services on Sundays in the Chennai Beach – Tambaram section were reduced by around 50 per cent with the decrease in the number of suburban services from 162 to 86. The reduction in the Chennai Beach – Velachery section was from 126 to 88. The Chennai Beach – Chengalpattu services were reduced from 72 to 70.

After implementation of the decision , many people said that there were a large number of passengers on Sunday. “I had to restlessly wait for a longer period ,” said S. Saravanan, a commuter.

“There was crowding also in the psychological sense of the term. I do not take my car frequently as I want to support the public transport. The decision of the railways will only make more people gradually shift to other modes of transport,” he said.

According to T. Ravikumar, president of All India Rail and Bus Passengers’ Welfare Association, “The railways should think of long-term goals of making more people use suburban services in the city. They should not think of short-term goals such as reducing operating costs. When experts express concern about traffic congestion with the increase in the number of vehicles on the road and the need for encouraging public mode of transport, this move of the railways will only make matters worse.”

According to railway officials, the occupancy was low from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and beyond 8 p.m. However, the official said that the railways were not concerned about reduction of revenue as the suburban services in the city were heavily subsidised.

The availability of booking clerks was one of the reasons for the reduction of services, an official said. Railway officials said that they were committed to serving the passengers better and the railways may review the decision if a pressing need arose.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/25/stor...2553590300.htm

[tokavin]

Originally Posted by Kewl Batty

What about volvos?? atleast 50-100 more?

Lets wait and see n hope for the best

[nsantha2]

I found this website that uses Google Maps and route info to display MTC bus stops in a graphical manner. Very very cool, I find that there are a lot of fascinating names that I hadn't heard of before and now I can find these places. 'Clive Battery' for example was new to me.

Link

[MyNation]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/4023937.cms

[MyNation]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/4008928.cms