Tamil Nadu Buses - Photos & Discussion

[thillai_selvan]

Originally Posted by dhandapanik

Buses from SETC, TNSTC - MDU(All regions), TNSTC-CBE(CBE and Erode region) are running in this route. All the govt buses starts from Mattuthavani bus stand. I dont think so we have separate omni buses exclusively running between Madurai and Nellai.

Yeah its true. We don't have separate omni buses for Madurai<->Nellai route. Since its just about 150kms. Buses from long routes like Nagercoil - Chennai, KK-Chennai, Nellai-North most parts of Tamil Nadu are having omni buses.

And I mentioned that all buses. Sorry for not mentioning CBE, and ERODE regions.
Of course we are having TNSTC-Villupuram region buses also passing between Nellai and Madurai.
(Nagercoil - some northern parts of Tamil Nadu), And TNSTC-Kumbakonam too....

[thillai_selvan]

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by thillai_selvan

Yeah its true. We don't have separate omni buses for Madurai<->Nellai route. Since its just about 150kms. Buses from long routes like Nagercoil - Chennai, KK-Chennai, Nellai-North most parts of Tamil Nadu are having omni buses.

And I mentioned that all buses. Sorry for not mentioning CBE, and ERODE regions.
Of course we are having TNSTC-Villupuram region buses also passing between Nellai and Madurai.
(Nagercoil - some northern parts of Tamil Nadu), And TNSTC-Kumbakonam too....

Any idea about the start and end places of TNSTC-VPM region buses? today i saw on one TNSTC-VPM Ultra deluxe bus running in Chennai-Madurai route. In the side mirrors it had the route details rubbed with black paint. Places mentioned where Trichy, Madurai, Thirunelveli, Nagarkovil, Kanyakumari.

[thillai_selvan]

When I was in my home town Nellai I have seen buses like Nagercoil-Kanjipuram (TNSTC-Villupuram) But it looks like SETC-ultra delux model buses. And one Tirunelveli-Vellore (TNSTC-Villupuram) bus as same like
UD. But the above two are not SETC.

[ajithv]

Shot Using Canon PowerShot S5 IS on 01.05.2010

[vivasayee]

Originally Posted by thillai_selvan

Yeah its true. We don't have separate omni buses for Madurai<->Nellai route. Since its just about 150kms. ...

Why not? 150 Kms requires three and a half hours journey by bus including tea break.The bus also enters all small towns like virudhunagar, sattur,kovilpatti and kayathar putting the Mdu-nellai direct passenger in trouble.There are small stops like kallikudi, 5 stops within Vrd, Collector office,2 stops in Sattur, 3 stops in Kovilpatti etc. More point to point buses are required today.

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by vivasayee

Why not? 150 Kms requires three and a half hours journey by bus including tea break.The bus also enters all small towns like virudhunagar, sattur,kovilpatti and kayathar putting the Mdu-nellai direct passenger in trouble.There are small stops like kallikudi, 5 stops within Vrd, Collector office,2 stops in Sattur, 3 stops in Kovilpatti etc. More point to point buses are required today.

They can introduce some NON STOP or ONE STOP busesto Nellai from madurai. These non stop air buses can be similar to the one running in MDU-CBE route(modified SLF). With the new 4 lane road, we can reduce gud amount of time in this route. if the normal buses taking 3.5 hrs, with the air bus we can reach in just 2.5 hrs in this 4 lane.

With the newly introduce air bus(modified) between madurai and covai, TNSTC-MDU reduced the travelling time to 4 hrs(from 5-5.5 hrs). They charge 15 rs more in this bus. Moreover the road is gud in very few places only.

[thillai_selvan]

(for Mr.Vivasayee) We are not talking about point to point buses, And we are not talking about
requirement of more buses.

We are just talking about the frequencies of buses between Madurai and Tirunelveli.

For running SETC buses between two end points the minimum distance should be atleast more than 300Kms.

Example: Madurai-Nagercoil(nearly 250 Kms) and we are not having normal VC SETC itself between them.

Long distances like Nellai-Kovai/Tirupur having ordinary buses too....
So it is not possible to run SETC/Omni buses between Nellai-Madurai route alone.

They are suitable for long distance only. The mistakes are in Nellai and Madurai regoin driver walas.

Even four laning is there they used to go like bullock charat. And stops in many tea/motel shops.

Some of the private travels take less time Nellai-Chengalpet in 6 hrs and even less time. What you are saying about this.

[dr_thapalathy]

Originally Posted by thillai_selvan

(for Mr.Vivasayee) We are not talking about point to point buses, And we are not talking about
requirement of more buses.

We are just talking about the frequencies of buses between Madurai and Tirunelveli.

For running SETC buses between two end points the minimum distance should be atleast more than 300Kms.

Example: Madurai-Nagercoil(nearly 250 Kms) and we are not having normal VC SETC itself between them.

Long distances like Nellai-Kovai/Tirupur having ordinary buses too....
So it is not possible to run SETC/Omni buses between Nellai-Madurai route alone.

They are suitable for long distance only. The mistakes are in Nellai and Madurai regoin driver walas.

Even four laning is there they used to go like bullock charat. And stops in many tea/motel shops.

Some of the private travels take less time Nellai-Chengalpet in 6 hrs and even less time. What you are saying about this.

Why you are talking about Private buses. Take the case of Govt Buses itself, KSRTC and SETC.

The Bangalore-Puducherry timings are:
SETC: 8:30
KSRTC Rajhamsa: 9:30

Everytime, KSRTC overtakes SETC. Sometimes, even well before Krishnagiri itself. SETC takes around 5:30 to reach, while it is just 5:00 for Rajhamsa.

[dr_thapalathy]

SETC should hike the fares and should not operate buses for distances below 200 kms and, especially day time buses. It requires more maintenance.

[KSRaj]

May be it is deliberately done by SETC. That would be unfortunate.

[ktpathi]

Originally Posted by thillai_selvan

^^(for Mr.Vivasayee) We are not talking about point to point buses, And we are not talking about
requirement of more buses.

We are just talking about the frequencies of buses between Madurai and Tirunelveli.

For running SETC buses between two end points the minimum distance should be atleast more than 300Kms.

Example: Madurai-Nagercoil(nearly 250 Kms) and we are not having normal VC SETC itself between them.

Long distances like Nellai-Kovai/Tirupur having ordinary buses too....
So it is not possible to run SETC/Omni buses between Nellai-Madurai route alone.

They are suitable for long distance only. The mistakes are in Nellai and Madurai regoin driver walas.

Even four laning is there they used to go like bullock charat. And stops in many tea/motel shops.

Some of the private travels take less time Nellai-Chengalpet in 6 hrs and even less time. What you are saying about this.

It's a good discussion -Thanks to all.

[thillai_selvan]

[mduvignesh]

Originally Posted by KSRaj

May be it is deliberately done by SETC. That would be unfortunate.

Raj,
I went to salem from Madiwala Silkboard on last saturday by taking TNSTC Salem. Boarded at 15.00 It stopped at Hosur(default since on the way), went to krishnagiri, kaveripattanam and dharmapuri without byepassing and reached Salem bus stand(i think new bus stand) at 19.30.

Next day, fed up with previous day experience, decided to take SETC, so waited for sometime and took SETC towards Bangalore on 15.00. Bus was smelling very bad,seats are very dirty some how adjusted and sat. Bus was not able to accelerate on the ghat section,lorries, 2 wheelers were overtaken us. Though it byepassed Krishnagiri,kaveripattanam and dharmapuri reached Madiwala at 20.30. took 5.30 hours. Felt TNSTC was much better.
Things noted:
1. SETC buses are in very bad condition.No maintanence done.
2. They dont keep up the time.
3. Not cared about passengers really.
4. Finally Bus drivers and conductors are more irresponsible.

That is why passengers(bus) are preferring KSRTC and private travels.

[mduvignesh]

Originally Posted by dhandapanik

TNSTC-MDU new JNNURM Marcopolos rocks in madurai. Atleast ppl getting a different feel in SLFs. Got some gud leg space, nice interiors etc., It gives so much of vibration. But for city bus, its ok. Only problem is the boards. all the digital boards are removed and they are using the normal boards. I'll put up the pics of JNNURM buses from madurai in my tnstc blog soon.

TNSTC CBE should introduce all the marcopolos inside the city. Foolish fellows.. i donno who gave this idea to introduce all the marcos for interycity routes.

Thanks Dhandapani, eager to see the pictures. Are they removed the digital boards temporarily?

[thillai_selvan]

You are 100% correct. Whenever I returning to my home town(Nellai) I used to use SETC from Chennai CMBT. When I am reaching Nellai if u see the passengers they and their dresses looks like the persons who played in a dirty mud and black charcoal.

I used to change the dresses in the rest rooms in bus stands in Nellai. And do some fresh ups and then only I used to go home.

SETCs used to take 17 to 18 hours between Chennai-Nellai......

But in front glass of the bus they wrote as "PAYANA NERAM 13:00 hrs"....

I think that PAYANA NERAM is between (Chennai - Madurai) not between Chennai - Nellai....

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by mduvignesh

Thanks Dhandapani, eager to see the pictures. Are they removed the digital boards temporarily?

MduVignesh,
not sure.. Only AL SLFs are there with digital boards. They dont even have the depot names. only "nagar" depot buses have the names mentioned. TPK, Pudhur depot got the majority share of marcopolos. Thirumangalam got the majority share of AL SLFs(because of 48 route). More 48 buses been modified as 48AD route and taking bye pass route now.

Thirunagar alone has around 10 marcopolo routes now. They are running in 14, 22, 22A, 5, 14B..

No route details mentioned, i started noting down the marcopolo route no with reg no to put up in my blog. finally fed up with these guys. daily they are changing the buses to different routes.

around 10 to 15 old SLFs back now. running in 77B, 75, 75A, 48, C1, C2, 700 etc.,

[dhandapanik]

Originally Posted by thillai_selvan

You are 100% correct. Whenever I returning to my home town(Nellai) I used to use SETC from Chennai CMBT. When I am reaching Nellai if u see the passengers they and their dresses looks like the persons who played in a dirty mud and black charcoal.

I used to change the dresses in the rest rooms in bus stands in Nellai. And do some fresh ups and then only I used to go home.

SETCs used to take 17 to 18 hours between Chennai-Nellai......

But in front glass of the bus they wrote as "PAYANA NERAM 13:00 hrs"....

I think that PAYANA NERAM is between (Chennai - Madurai) not between Chennai - Nellai....

SETC is doing the same in almost all routes. i have seen one worst bus full of bed bugs in Ooty route(from kanyakumari i think). SETC buses(Madurai-Guruvayoor) takes 3 hrs to reach palani. but the normal buses take 2.5 hrs only. SETC UD and old buses take more than 4.5 hrs to reach pollachi from madurai. where as TNSTC CBE and MDU takes less than 4.5 hrs. But if you switch buses, then you can reach pollachi in 3 hrs 45 min from madurai.

[thillai_selvan]

Dear Dhandapanik Any alternatives for Chennai-Nellai.....???????

[mduvignesh]

Originally Posted by thillai_selvan

Dear Dhandapanik Any alternatives for Chennai-Nellai.....???????

Take Nellai Express