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Company name | TamilNadu State Transport Corporation(TNSTC) |
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Company type | Government |
Foundation | 1972 |
Location | Tamil Nadu,India |
Industry | Public Transportation |
Divisions | VillupuramKumbakonamTrichySalemMaduraiCoimbatoreTirunelveli |
Num employees | 1.3 Lakhs |
The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) () is the public transport bus operator of Tamil Nadu, India. It operates buses along intra and inter state bus routes, as well as city routes.
There are currently 6 divisions in TNSTC:
Prior to 1996-
Until 1996, the transport services are bifurcated and were undertaken by 21 different transport corporations to cater different parts of the state. Each transport corporation were named after a Leader/notable personality in the state. Later during 1997,the number of transport corporations are reduced and those 21 different transport corporations were clubbed to form just 6 transport corporations (Excluding MTC & SETC)
This time, all the leader's names were replaced with "TamilNadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC)" along with a division Name, which are as follows:
{| class="sortable wikitable" !OLD NAME OF THE TRANSPORT CORPORATION (Prior to 1996) !CURRENT NAME OF THE TRANSPORT CORPORATION !AREAS OF OPERATION !ZONE HEADQUARTERS !REGISTRATION NUMBER SERIES |- |Pallavan (PTC) |Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) CHENNAI |South Chennai |Chennai |TN-01-N-**** |- |Dr.Ambedkar (DATC) |Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) CHENNAI |North Chennai |Chennai |TN-01-N-**** |- |Thanthai Periyar |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) VILLUPURAM |Villupuram, cuddalore districts & Pondicherry |Villupuram |TN-32-N-****( Also TN-25-N-****) |- |Pattukottai Azhagiri |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) VILLUPURAM |Vellore, Thiruvannamalai districts |Vellore |TN-23-N-**** |- |MGR |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) VILLUPURAM |Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur districts |Kanchipuram |TN-21-N-**** |- |Cholan |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) KUMBAKONAM |Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam districts & Karaikkal (Pondy state) |Kumbakonam |TN-49-N-**** ( Also TN-68-N-****) |- |Dheeran Chinnamalai |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) KUMBAKONAM |Thiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur districts |Kumbakonam |TN-45-N-**** |- |Marudhu Pandiar |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) KUMBAKONAM |Sivagangai, Ramnad districts |Karaikudi |TN-63-N-**** |- |Veeran Azhagu Muthukone |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) KUMBAKONAM |Pudhukottai district |Pudhukottai |TN-55-N-**** |- |Cheran |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) COIMBATORE |Coimbatore, Tirupur districts |Coimbatore |TN-38-N-**** |- |Bharathiar |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) COIMBATORE |Nilgiris district |Udhagamandalam |TN-43-N-**** |- |Jeeva |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) COIMBATORE |Erode, Tirupur districts |Erode |TN-33-N-**** |- |Anna |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) SALEM |Salem, Namakkal districts |Salem |TN-30-N-**** |- |Annai Sathya |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) SALEM |Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri districts and Bengaluru |Dharmapuri |TN-29-N-**** |- |Pandiyan |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) MADURAI |Madurai district |Madurai |TN-58-N-**** |- |Kattabomman |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Tirunelveli |Thirunelveli, Thoothukudi districts |Thirunelveli |TN-72-N-**** |- |Nesamani |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Tirunelveli |Kanyakumari district |Nagercoil |TN-74-N-**** |- |Rani Mangammal |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) MADURAI |Dindigul, Theni districts |Dindigul |TN-57-N-**** |- |Veeran Sundaralingam |Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) MADURAI |Virudhunagar district |Virudhunagar |TN-67-N-**** |- |Thiruvalluvar |State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) TAMIL NADU |Intra and Inter state |Chennai |TN-01-N-**** |- |JJTC (renamed as RGTC [Rajiv Gandhi]) |State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) TAMIL NADU |Intra and Inter state |Chennai |TN-01-N-**** |- |}
School students get a pass to travel in the buses for free from their school to their home town. These passes are issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu. TNSTC also offers bus service to individual parties on basis of contract carriage trips . As a sign of respecting the famous Tamil poet "Thiruvalluvar" , Each and every TNSTC bus(also including MTC & SETC)will be displaying a portrait of Thiruvalluvar along with his two sentenced famous "Thirukkural" inside the bus.Tamil Nadu state transport corporation was first in India to introduce excellent paintings in buses.
1) General buses, the largest in its stable, ply on inter district, inter village routes and cater to a majority of the traffic.
2) Video coaches/Super deluxe buses are operated between district headquarters and to places of tourist and pilgrimage importance.
3) Ultra Deluxe coaches are operated from various important commercial centres of Tamil Nadu to Chennai, Bangalore and also amongst themselves. These are the non-AC luxury coaches of TNSTC. These have recliner seats with larger leg-room and sport personal fans and lights.
4) AC Video Coaches(Ashok LeyLand) are operated from Chennai to commercial centres. These have recliner cushion seats with personal adjustable AC vents and lights. Mineral water is available for free during the journey.
5) In order to meet the demands created by the Cosmopolitan lifestyle in and around Chennai, MTC introduced AC VOLVO buses few years back. Due to its proximity to Chennai, TNSTC Villupuram too faced the same demand and Started Operating AC VOLVO buses from Chennai.
Some of Routes(AC VOLVO) Operated by TNSTC Villupuram are:
6) TNSTC- Madurai is bifurcated into two separate Divisions namely TNSTC Madurai and TNSTC Tirunelveli ( With effect from 23rd Oct 2010)
Ultra Deluxe coaches and AC Video Coaches(Ashok LeyLand) are also operated by SETC. Due to the sharing of market of these services and low fares, TNSTC has reported losses in recent times.
TNSTC has its own Coach Building Units and it uses Ashok Leyland buses. Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation Ltd., (TDFC) is a joint venture of TNSTC which collects deposits from public in order to fund TNSTC.
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