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State Express Transport Corporation Limited , formerly known as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation runs long distance express services exceeding 250 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

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 Semi-Deluxe, Super-Deluxe, Video coach and ultra deluxe buses.

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 early 90's 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

Rajiv Gandhi

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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, known as Madras Presidency was forced to go for Public Transport System to run by the State. Thiru Kumarasamy Raja was the Chief. 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 (Rajaji- He was the only Indian to become Governor General of Independent India from 1948 took over the charge from Lord Mount battan and hold the same till India became a REPUBLIC in 1950. Afterward he was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for short period before thiru K Kamaraj) 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 Chera, Chola, Pandia and Pallavan. 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 (it is still continuing in Kolkatta). The remaining details as above.

Fleet

Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation started with 276 buses at the beginning and now renamed as State Express Transport Corporation Ltd., having 903 buses as on 01-09-2002.

The Transport Corporations Existed Previously is listed below with their Head Quarters:

1. Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC)- Chennai

2. Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation (DATC) - Chennai

3. Rajiv Gandhi Transport Corporation (RGTC) - Chennai

4. Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) - Chennai

5. MGR Transport Corporation (MGRTC) - Kancheepuram

6. Pattukkottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation (PATC) - Vellore

7. Annai Sathya Transport Corporation (ASTC) - Dharmapuri

8. Anna Transport Corporation (ATC) - Salem

9. Jeeva Transport Corporation (JTC) - Erode

10. Cheran Transport Corporation (CTC) - Coimbatore

11. Mahakavi Bharathiyar Transport Corporation (MBTC) - Ooty

12. Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation (TPTC) - Villuppuram

13. Dheeran Chinnamalai Transport Corporation (DCTC) - Trichy

14. Cholan Roadways Corporation (CRC) - Kumbakonam

15. Pandiyan Roadways Corporation (PRC) - Madurai

16. Marudhu Pandiyar Transport Corporation (MPTC) - Karaikkudi

17. Rani Mangammal Transport Corporation (RMTC) - Dindigul

18. Kattabomman Transport Corporation (KTC) - Tirunelveli

19. Nesamony Transport Corporation (NTC) - Nagercoil

20. Veeran Azhagumuththukkon Transport Corporation - Theni

21. Veeran Sundharalingam Transport Corporation

Since there arose a huge protest for naming Azhagumuththukkoan and Sundaralingam, the Government decided to remove all the names from the Transport Corporations and renamed to Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations (TNSTC) with their Head Quarters to differentiate. RGTC & TTC renamed into State Express Transport Corporation (SETC).

Later, these Transport Corporations were consolidated into Five Transport Divisions; One Express Transport & One Metropolitan Transport totaling to Seven Transport Corporations .

The Five Transport Divisions are Salem, Trichy, Coimbatore, Madurai & Villuppuram. All the neighbouring Transports are merged into these respective Transport Corporations.
The SETC has depots at Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Kumbakonam, Tuticorin, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari and Salem.

All the Transport Corporations had their own Body building Units except MBTC, Sundaralingam, Azhagu Muthu Koan.

Earlier Cheran Transport Corporation's Body Building Unit at Pollachi was having excellent Construction designing Construction, and hence there was having huge orders for building Fire Fighting Vehicles, Police Vehicles, Defence Vehicles etc., Hence, it was decided to separate the Body Building unit of CTC into a independent Unit and renamed as Cheran Engineering Corporation (CEC).

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.

Other Transport Corporations are get their buses built either from the above private companies and also from Sakthi, Maaruthi, etc at Karur.

Types of Buses

1. TNSTC/MTC City buses

2. TNSTC/MTC Air Buses

3. TNSTC/SETC Ultra Deluxe Buses

4. TNSTC/SETC Air Conditioned Buses

5. TNSTC/MTC Volvo A/C Buses

Types of Services

1. MTC - Ordinary, M Services, Express, PP, Deluxe, Air Bus, Low Floor, Volvo)

2. TNSTC - City Buses (Ordinary, Express, LSS, PP); Muffusil Buses (Ordinary, Express, Point to Point, 123 Service, Ultra Deluxe, Air Bus, Air Conditioned, Volvo A/c)

3. SETC - Long Distance Express Bus (Ordinary, Semi Deluxe, Super Deluxe, Ultra Deluxe, Air Conditioned)

Reservation

SETC

State Express Transport Corporation Limited , formerly known as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation runs long distance express services exceeding 250 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu linking all important capital cities, historical places, religious places and commercial places...

provides advance booking and reservation on all of its routes. Online Internet reservation facility is available at www.tnstc.in. Apart from this, across the counter Reservations can be made in all major bus stations in Tamil Nadu, including the CMBT Bus Terminus in Chennai.

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