Industry Public Transport Number of employees 130,000 | Founded 1972 | |
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Type State Government enterprise Products Bus transport and cargo transport services Parent Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu) Subsidiaries Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu)Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation | ||
Tnstc kumbakonam bus madurai 01 2013 tamil nadu state transport corporation
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited (TNSTC) (Tamil:தமிழ்நாடு அரசுப் போக்குவரத்து கழகம்) is a 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 with a combined fleet strength of 20,839 buses as of 2016-17. It also operates Public transport bus service in many cities of Tamil Nadu, with the exception of Chennai, where the public bus service is operated by MTC, a subsidiary of TNSTC.
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- Tnstc kumbakonam bus madurai 01 2013 tamil nadu state transport corporation
- About
- Structure
- Types of buses
- Other ventures
- References
About
TNSTC is fully owned and operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu. TNSTC has started online booking facilities TNSTC Online Booking to book bus tickets between major cities served by TNSTC. It caters to all the districts within Tamil Nadu and also operates services to neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and union territory of Puduchery. .Until 1997, transport corporation was bifurcated into 21 divisions which was later merged to form 8 divisions. School and college students get a free bus pass to travel on TNSTC buses. TNSTC owns 321 depots and five workshops. 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.
Structure
The various divisions are listed below:
Types of buses
TNSTC operates buses of various classes to cater to different sections of public:
TNSTC and SETC use custom made buses built on Ashok Leyland and TATA supplied chassis. Air conditioned buses for intra city routes in Chennai are supplied by Volvo and Tata Marcopolo. All divisions have individual own coach building units.
Other ventures
In 1984, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited established Institute of Road and Transport Technology at Chithode, Erode and IRT Perundurai Medical College at Perundurai near Erode. In 2013, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited established Amma Kudineer (Amma Packaged drinking water) which involves in 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.