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Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation

Public bus operator

Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation

Summary

Public bus operator

FieldValue
nameTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd.
native_nameதமிழ்நாடு அரசுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகம் (த.அ.போ.க)
native_name_langta
romanized_nameTamiḻnādu Arasu Pōkkuvarattuk Kazhakam
typeState-owned enterprise
foundation
industryPublic Transport
location_cityChennai, Tamil Nadu
location_countryIndia
area_served*Tamil Nadu
revenueper day
num_employees1,23,317
ownerGovernment of Tamil Nadu
parentDepartment of Transport (Tamil Nadu)
subsid
productsBus transport and cargo transport services
homepageTNSTC
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Puducherry
  • Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd.
  • State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) Ltd.

Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd. - (TNSTC) is a government owned public transport bus operator in Tamil Nadu, India. It operates Intercity bus services to cities within Tamil Nadu, and from Tamil Nadu to its neighbouring states. It also operates town busses from major cities and towns of Tamil Nadu to its neighbourhoods, with the exception of Chennai, where the public bus service is operated by MTC, a subsidiary of TNSTC. It is a bus operator with over 20258 buses and 17 million daily ridership.

Services

Cd by the Government of Tamil Nadu. TNSTC has started online booking facilities to book bus tickets between major cities served by TNSTC. It caters to all the districts within Tamil Nadu and also operates services to neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and union territory of Puducherry. Until 1997, the transport corporation was divided into 21 divisions which were later merged to form 8 divisions. TNSTC along with its subsidiaries, owns 321 depots and five workshops with a combined fleet strength of 21,678 buses. TNSTC also offers contract and tourist services. Every bus owned by the corporation displays a portrait of Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar along with a two-line verse from Thirukkural inside the bus.

History

The planning commission, in consultation with this ministry, has advised the state government to set up a road transport corporation under the Transport Corporations Act and the matter is under the consideration of the state government. Operation of nationalized transport services through a corporation is favoured so as to achieve railroad coordination, and to ensure operation on business lines. The general policy of the government is to establish corporations and the planning commission have advised that if the state governments want to nationalise the road services, they should form corporations and they should not be run as far as possible through government departments. It has also been suggested by the planning commission that the railways should participate or contribute to the state governments for running all the nationalised road services only when they decide to set up a corporation.

Current namesFormer names (till 1996)Former names named afterTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Kovai
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கோவை
Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - KōvaiTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Kumbakonam
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கும்பகோணம்
Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - KumpakōṇamTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Madurai
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - மதுரை
Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - MaturaiTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Salem
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - சேலம்
Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - CēlamTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Tirunelveli
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திருநெல்வேலி
Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - TirunelvēliTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Villupuram
தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - விழுப்புரம்
Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - ViḻuppuramState Express Transport Corporation - Tamil Nadu
அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - தமிழ்நாடு
Aracu Viraivu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - TamiḻnāṭuMetropolitan Transport Corporation - Chennai
மகாநகர போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - சென்னை
Makānakara Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Ceṉṉai
Cheran Transport Corporation (CTC) - Kovai
சேரன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கோவை
Cēraṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - KōvaiChera Dynasty
சேர வம்சம்
Cēra Vamcam
Jeeva Transport Corporation (JTC) - Erode
ஜீவா போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - ஈரோடு
Jīvā Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - ĪrōṭuP. Jeevanandham
பி. ஜீவானந்தம்
Pi.Jīvāṉantam
Mahakavi Bharathiyar Transport Corporation (MBTC) - Udagai
மகாகவி பாரதியார் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - உதகை
Makākavi Pāratiyār Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - UtakaiMahakavi C. Subramania Bharati
மகாகவி சி.சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி
Makākavi Ci.Cuppiramaṇiya Pārati
Cholan Roadways Corporation (CRC) - Kumbakonam
சோழன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கும்பகோணம்
Cōḻaṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - KumpakōṇamChola Dynasty
சோழ வம்சம்
Cōḻa Vamcam
Dheeran Chinnamalai Transport Corporation (DCTC) - Trichy
தீரன் சின்னமலை போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திருச்சி
Tīraṉ Ciṉṉamalai Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - TirucciDheeran Chinnamalai
தீரன் சின்னமலை
Tīraṉ Ciṉṉamalai
Veeran Azhagumuthukon Transport Corporation (VATC) - Pudukkottai
வீரன் அழகுமுத்துக்கோன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - புதுக்கோட்டை
Vīraṉ Aḻakumuttukkōṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - PutukkōṭṭaiMaveeran Alagumuthu Kone
மாவீரன் அழகுமுத்து கோன்
Māvīraṉ Aḻakumuttu Kōṉ
Maruthu Pandiyar Transport Corporation (MPTC) - Karaikkudi
மருது பாண்டியர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - காரைக்குடி
Marutu Pāṇṭiyar Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - KāraikkuṭiMaruthu Pandiyar
மருது பாண்டியர்
Marutu Pāṇṭiyar
Pandiyan Roadways Corporation (PRC) - Madurai
பாண்டியன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - மதுரை
Pāṇṭiyaṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - MaturaiPandiya Dynasty
பாண்டிய வம்சம்
Pāṇṭiya Vamcam
Rani Mangammal Transport Corporation (RMTC) - Dindigul
ராணி மங்கம்மாள் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திண்டுக்கல்
Rāṇi Maṅkam'māḷ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - TiṇṭukkalRani Mangammal
ராணி மங்கம்மாள்
Rāṇi Maṅkam'māḷ
Veeran Sundaralingam Transport Corporation (VSTC) - Virudhunagar
வீரன் சுந்தரலிங்கம் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - விருதுநகர்
Vīraṉ Cuntaraliṅkam Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - VirutunakarVeeran Sundaralingam Kudumbanar
வீரன் சுந்தரலிங்கம் குடும்பனார்
Vīraṉ Cuntaraliṅkam Kuṭumpaṉār
Anna Transport Corporation (ATC) - Salem
அண்ணா போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - சேலம்
Aṇṇā Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - CēlamPerarignar Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
பேரறிஞர் காஞ்சீவரம் நடராஜன் அண்ணாதுரை
Pēraṟiñar Kāñcīvaram Naṭarājaṉ Aṇṇāturai
Annai Sathya Transport Corporation (ASTC) - Dharmapuri
அன்னை சத்யா போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - தர்மபுரி
Aṉṉai Catyā Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - TarmapuriAnnai Dr Sathyavani Muthu
அன்னை டாக்டர் சத்தியவாணி முத்து
Aṉṉai Tākṭar Cattiyavāṇi Muttu
Kattabomman Transport Corporation (KTC) - Tirunelveli
கட்டபொம்மன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திருநெல்வேலி
Kaṭṭapom'maṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - TirunelvēliVeerapandiya Kattabomman
வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மன்
Vīrapāṇṭiya Kaṭṭapom'maṉ
Nesamony Transport Corporation (NTC) - Nagercoil
நேசமணி போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - நாகர்கோவில்
Nēcamaṇi Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - NākarkōvilMarshal A. Nesamony
மார்ஷல் ஏ. நேசமோனி
Mārṣal Ē. Nēcamōṉi
Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation (TPTC) - Villupuram
தந்தை பெரியார் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - விழுப்புரம்
Tantai Periyār Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - ViḻuppuramThanthai Periyar Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy Naicker
தந்தை பெரியார் ஈரோடு வெங்கடப்ப ராமசாமி நாயக்கர்
Tantai Periyār Īrōṭu Veṅkaṭappa Rāmacāmi Nāyakkar
Pattukottai Alagiri Transport Corporation (PATC) - Vellore
பட்டுக்கோட்டை அழகிரி போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - வேலூர்
Paṭṭukkōṭṭai Aḻakiri Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - VēlūrPattukottai Alagiriswamy
பட்டுக்கோட்டை அழகிரிசுவாமி
Paṭṭukkōṭṭai Aḻakiricuvāmi
Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Transport Corporation (MGRTC) - Kanchipuram
புரட்சி தலைவர் எம்ஜிஆர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - காஞ்சிபுரம்
Puraṭci Talaivar Emji'ār Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - KāñcipuramBharat Ratna Puratchi Thalaivar Dr Maruthur Gopalan Menon Ramachandran
பாரத ரத்னா புரட்சி தலைவர் டாக்டர் மருதூர் கோபாலன் மேனன் ராமச்சந்திரன்
Pārata Ratṉā Puraṭci Talaivar Ṭākṭar Marutūr Kōpālaṉ Mēṉaṉ Rāmaccantiraṉ
Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) - Intrastate Express Service
திருவள்ளுவர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் (TTC) - மாநிலத்திற்குள்ளான விரைவு சேவை
Tiruvaḷḷuvar Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Mānilattiṟkuḷḷāṉa Viraivu CēvaiThiruvalluvar
திருவள்ளுவர்
Tiruvaḷḷuvar
Rajiv Gandhi Transport Corporation (RGTC) (1996) - Interstate Express Service
ராஜீவ் காந்தி போக்குவரத்து கழகம் (1996) - மாநிலங்களுக்கு இடையேயான விரைவு சேவை
Rājīv Kānti Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam (1996) - Kānilaṅkaḷukku Iṭaiyēyāṉa Viraivu CēvaiRajivaratna Gandhi
ராஜீவரத்ன காந்தி
Rājīvaratṉa Kānti
Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) - South Chennai
பல்லவன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - தென் சென்னை
Pallavaṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Teṉ CeṉṉaiPallava Dynasty
பல்லவ வம்சம்
Pallava Vamcam
Dr Ambedkar Transport Corporation (DATC) - North Chennai
டாக்டர் அம்பேத்கர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - வட சென்னை
Ṭākṭar Ampētkar Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Vaṭa CeṉṉaiBabasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
பாபாசாகேப் டாக்டர் பீம்ராவ் ராம்ஜி அம்பேத்கர்
Pāpācākēp Ṭākṭar Pīmrāv Rāmji Ampētkar

All the road transport corporations named after a popular or historical figure were changed to the current names after caste violence erupted between the caste groups of Devendrakula Velalars and Maravars in Virudhunagar district (then Kamarajar district), after the formation of Veeran Sundaralingam Transport Corporation (VSTC) by the bifurcation of Pandiyan Roadways Corporation (PRC). The Maravars opposed the naming of the new corporation on Veeran Sundaralingam, who is supposedly believed from the Devendrakula Velalar community.

Structure

DivisionsRegionsRegional Transport Office (RTO) Registration NumberRegional Transport Office (RTO) NameDivisional CodeDistrictsTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - KovaiKovaiErodeTiruppurTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - KumbakonamKumbakonamNagapattinamTrichyKarurPudukkottaiKaraikkudiTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - MaduraiMaduraiDindigulVirudhunagarTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - SalemSalemDharmapuriTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - TirunelveliTirunelveliThoothukudiNagercoilTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - VillupuramVillupuramCuddaloreKanchipuramTiruvallurVelloreTiruvannamalaiState Express Transport Corporation - Tamil NaduNot ApplicableMetropolitan Transport Corporation - ChennaiChromepetAdyarAyanavaramTondiarpet
TN 38Coimbatore NorthCBE
TN 43Udagai
TN 33Erode East
TN 39Tiruppur North
TN 68KumbakonamTAJ
TN 49Thanjavur
TN 51Nagapattinam
TN 45Trichy West
TN 45Trichy West
TN 55Pudukkottai
TN 63Sivaganga
TN 58Madurai SouthMDU
TN 59Madurai North
TN 57Dindigul
TN 67Virudhunagar
TN 30Salem WestSLM
TN 29Dharmapuri
TN 72TirunelveliTIN
TN 69Tirunelveli
TN 74Nagercoil
TN 32VillupuramVPM
TN 31Cuddalore
TN 21Kanchipuram
TN 21Kanchipuram
TN 23Vellore
TN 25Tiruvannamalai
TN 01Chennai CentralNot Applicable
TN 01Chennai CentralNot Applicable
TN 01Chennai Central
TN 01Chennai Central
TN 01Chennai Central
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Services

  • Economy Service: It is a non-AC bus service with 3+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with an old green-cream livery or a new blue-grey livery.
  • Superfast Service (SFS): It is a non-AC bus service with 3+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with select few stops and a new blue-grey livery.
  • Superfast Service AC (SFS AC): It is an AC bus service with 3+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with select few stops and a new dark blue livery.
  • Point-to-Point Service (PP): It is a non-AC bus service with 3+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with no stops in between and a new blue-grey livery.
  • Point-to-Point AC (PP AC): It is an AC bus service with 3+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with no stops in between and a new dark blue livery.
  • Ordinary Pink City or Pink Local Service: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+2 bench type non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with a brown-cream livery with front and back sides in pink. Female passengers can travel for free on these buses.
  • Ordinary City or Local Service: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+2 bench type non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with a brown-cream livery.
  • Mini Bus Service: It is a non-AC mini bus service with 2+2 bench type non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland chassis with a grey livery. It was launched to connect remote places, suburbs and also act as a feeder service.
  • Deluxe City Service: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with lesser stops and a red livery.
  • Deluxe City AC Service: It is an AC bus service with 2+2 non-reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or Tata chassis with lesser stops and a new red-grey livery.
  • Ultra Deluxe: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+2 reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland chassis with a white(new) or Gr(old) livery.
  • Classic: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+2 reclining seater seats and a toilet facility built on single-axle Ashok Leyland chassis with a green livery.
  • Non-AC Sleeper: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+1 lower and upper berth sleeper seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland chassis with a white livery.
  • Non-AC Steater Cum Sleeper: It is a non-AC bus service with 2+1 reclining seater seats and 2+1 upper berth sleeper seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland chassis with a white livery.
  • AC Seater: It is an AC bus service with 2+2 reclining seater seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland chassis with a white or green livery.
  • AC Sleeper: It is an AC bus service with 2+1 lower and upper berth sleeper seats built on single-axle Ashok Leyland or MG Leera chassis with a white livery.
  • AC Seater cum Sleeper: It is an AC bus service with 2+1 reclining seater seats and 2+1 upper berth sleeper seats built on single-axle MG Leera chassis with a white livery.
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Other ventures

In 1984, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited established the Institute of Road and Transport Technology in Erode as the automobile research oriented institute with the vast area of 396 acres. It is a government institution listed as a category 1 college by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu.

In 1992, TNSTC established IRT Perundurai Medical College in Erode. It was established along the Perundurai Sanatorium which was running from 1930. The college has 600 beds and started functioning in 1992. In 2004, doctors' quarters were added. In 2008, a school of nursing has been started in the RTS Hospital premises. And in 2017, the strength of the Medical College was increased from 60 to 100 students intake.

In 1992-1993 TNSTC established IRT Polytechnic colleges (now undertaken by Government of Tamilnadu) in Thirunelveli and Bargur.

TNSTC also established In 2013, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited established Amma Kudineer (Amma packaged drinking water) which is involved in the production and packaging of mineral water in one-litre plastic bottles, and selling them in long-distance running state-owned buses and in bus stations. The price has been fixed at ₹10 per bottle, and the production plant is set up in Gummidipoondi in Thiruvallur district. This venture is closed.

References

References

  1. https://www.tnstc.in/innerHtmls/pdf/Tamil%20Nadu%20STUs-pages.pdf page 8
  2. "About TNSTC".
  3. "Our Services {{!}} Arasu Bus".
  4. https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/56057/1/lsd_01_14_23-11-1956.pdf page 9
  5. "Rediff On The NeT: Fear, hatred haunts violence-hit southern districts of TN".
  6. (12 November 2021). "Sales stopped, fate of Amma water in limbo - The New Indian Express".
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