METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION (CHENNAI)

The 'Metropolitan Transport Corporation' (formerly known as 'Pallavan Transport Corporation Ltd.') is the agency that operates the public transport bus service in Chennai, India. It is owned by the Government of Tamil Nadu. It transports an estimated 4.2 million passengers every day with its fleet of 2773 buses and covers a maximum of 40 km around Chennai.[1]
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai - Dn.I) Ltd was established on 1 January 1972 with a fleet strength of 1029 buses. The operational jurisdiction is the Chennai Metropolitan area. The Pallavan Transport Corporation was bifurcated into two and a new Corporation, namely, Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation Ltd. started functioning from 19 January 1994. Pallavan Transport Corporation was renamed as Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai Division –1) Limited, Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation was re-named as Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai Division-II) Ltd., on 1 July 1997. In order to make the Corporations viable and for better administrative control Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai Division II) has been amalgamated with Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai Division I) Ltd with effect from 10 January 2001. The fleet strength of the Corporation as on 31 March 2003 was 2773 with 23 depots, a body building unit at Chromepet, a ticket printing press at K.K.Nagar and Reconditioning Unit at Pattulos Road. During the year 2002-2003, 117 buses have been purchased for replacement.
The MTC headquarters is located on Pallavan Salai , Egmore.

Contents

Fleet

Services

Depots/branches

See also

External links

Fleet

The MTC operates a mixed fleet consisting of single and double decker and articulated buses with an average age of 8 years[2]. The majority of the buses uses chassis from Ashok Leyland and a few from Tata, with the body built locally in the MTC workshop at Chrompet[3].
The corporation is also inducting new semi low floored and deluxe buses with improved passenge amenities like mobile phone chargers, improved lighting, plastic moulded seats and automatic doors into its fleet from February 2007. These buses are being operated under a new service called Blue/Yellow Line and Orange line for the low floor buses.
The MTC fleet bears registration numbers in the series ''TN-01 N XXXX''.

Services

The MTC provides various types of services identified by the colour of the route board:

S.No.	Board type	Service	Description	Base fare (Rs.) + per 4km
1	White Board	Ordinary Service	Stops at all bus stops	2+.5
2	M	M Service	Same as ordinary with higher fare	3+1
3	LSS	Limited Stop Service	Stops at alternate bus stops	2.5+.5
4	Express	Express Service	Stops at few bus stops	3+.5
5	PP	Point to Point service	Similar to express	3+.5
6	Deluxe	Deluxe Service (Yellow/Blue/White/Orange lines) See list of deluxe routes	Stops at all bus stops, deluxe buses	5+1
7	Black Board	Night Service	LSS service after 10pm	4+1
8	Ladies	Ladies Special	Ordinary services during peak hours for Ladies	2+.5

Depots/branches

Depot	Code
Adyar	AD
Alandur	AL
Ambattur	AM
Anna Nagar	AN
Avadi	AV
Ayanavaram	AY
Basin Bridge	BB
Central depot	CD
Central depot	CN
Chromepet	CR
Ennore	EN
Iyappanthangal	IY
K. K. Nagar	KN
Madhavaram	MV
Mandaveli	MN
Perambur	PR
Poonamallee	PM
Saidapet	SP
T.Nagar	TN
Tambaram	TA
Thiruvanmiyur	TR
Tiruvottiyur	TV
Tondiarpet I	TD
Tondiarpet II	TW
Vadapalani	VP
Vyasarpadi	VY

★ Population served: Over 70 Lakhs

★ Number of buses operated: 2773 buses

★ Number of routes operated: 288

★ Passengers carried per day: Over 4.2 million

See also

★ List of MTC deluxe routes

External links

★ MTCBus.org - Official Website

★ Bus route info