State Express Transport Corporation

(TamilNadu) Limited
Type Public Sector Corporation under
the Ministry of Transport of the
State Government of Tamil Nadu
Industry Public transport bus service
Founded 1996
Headquarters Chennai, India
Area served Tamil Nadu & Other States
Products
Bus transport, Cargo Transport,
Services
Owners Government of Tamil Nadu
Employees 1.3 Lakhs
Website [1] (http://www.tnstc.in)
SETC-Tamil Nadu Bus
State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) Limited
(formerly known as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation) is a state-
owned Transport Corporation that runs long distance express
services exceeding 300 km and above throughout the state of Tamil
Nadu linking all important capital cities, historical places, religious
places and commercial places etc., and adjoining states of Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
This corporation operates ultra deluxe and AC buses.
Contents
1 History
2 Fleet
3 Types of buses
4 Depots
5 Reservation
6 References
7 External links
History
The formation of a separate corporation exclusively for operating
long distance express services connecting all the district
headquarters in the State of Tamil Nadu with Chennai was thought
by the Government of Tamil Nadu during the year 1975. Hence the
long distance express services that were operated by erstwhile
Tamil Nadu State Transport Department were transferred as the
Express wing of Pallavan Transport Corporation with effect from
15th Sep 1975. The express wing of Pallavan Transport Corporation was registered on 14 January 1980 and named as
Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation.(TTC) During the early 1990s it was then bifurcated as J Jayalalitha Transport
Corporation(JJTC) and TTC in which JJTC operated interstate routes. JJTC was then renamed as Rajiv Gandhi
Transport Corporation. Both TTC and RGTC was later merged into one and called SETC in 1996.
Initially after independence, when the tram service came to an end, due to strike of employees, the then state
government, was forced to go for a public transport system run by the state. Thiru Kumarasamy Raja was the Chief
Minister. Hence the entire city transport service by bus was owned by the State Government, the services to other
places from Capital was run by Government only. After Thiru C N Annadurai as Chief Minister, the state become
Tamil Nadu State. It is worthy to mention that as per Tamil grammar, it has to come as 'thamil nattu arasu' then a G.O.
was issued by Anna (C N Annadurai), the CM as per request/advise by thiru C Rajagopalachari, to keep it as TAMIL
NADU the name. When M. Karunanithi became the Chief Minister, he nationalised all the big private transport units
and named them after the kingdom of ancient tamils as Cheran (Kovai), Cholan (Trichy), Pandian (Madurai) and
Pallavan (Chennai). Mr M Karunanithi did some remarkable things - as PWD minister, he was the reason to widen all
road bridges, he was the first person to eradicate Ricksha pulling by human beings.
Fleet
The SETC has depots at Chennai, Madurai, Tirchy, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Shenkottai, Kumbakonam, Thoothukudi,
Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Marthandam, Trivandrum, Pondicherry and Salem.(SriRangam, Theni, Dindigul, Karaikudi,
Karur, Erode and Hosur are to be open). SETC has its own body building unit at Nagarcoil. Now Ultra Deluxe Buses
are being built at Prakash, Azad, Jaico at Bangalore and Irizar TVS at Viralimalai.
SETC also get their buses built either from the above private companies and also from Sakthi, Maaruthi, etc. at Karur.
Types of buses
Services offered:
[1]
1. Deluxe buses
2. Ultra Deluxe coach
3. Air Condition(AC) coach
4. Volvo buses
Depots
SETC has 18 depots spread throughout the Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry.
Depot List:
1.Chennai-1(Anna Nagar)
2.Chennai-2(Pallavan Road)
3.Chennai-3(CMBT)
4.Puducherry(Inter-State Depot)
5.Nagapattinam
6.Thanjavur
7.Kumbakonam
8.Tiruchirapalli
9.Madurai
10.Shencottai
11.Thoothukudi
12.Coimbatore
13.Salem
14.Tirunelveli
15.Kanyakumari
16.Nagercoil
17.Marthandam
18.Thiruvanthapuram(Inter-State Depot)
Reservation
SETC provides advance booking and reservation on all of its routes. The advance reservation period is 30 days before
the journey date.e-ticket / Online (http://www.tnstc.in/TNSTCOnline/validateUser.do) Internet reservation facility is
also available. Apart from this, across the counter Reservations can be made in all major bus stations in Tamil Nadu,
like Madurai (Mattuthavani), Tiruchirappalli (Central), Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Thoothukudi, Nagercoil, Salem.
Including the CMBT Bus Terminus in Chennai.
References
1. ^ "Types of services" (http://www.tnstc.in/typesofservices.html). TNSTC. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
External links
SETC Tamil Nadu (http://www.tnstc.in/)
Tamil Nadu buses (http://www.indiatransit.com/public_transport/tamilnadu_state_express.aspx)
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