Native name | தமிழ்நாடு அரசுப் போக்குவரத்துக் கழகம் (த.அ.போ.க) |
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Romanized name | Tamiḻnādu Arasu Pōkkuvarattuk Kazhakam |
Company type | State-owned enterprise |
Industry | Public Transport |
Founded | 1972 |
Headquarters | , India |
Area served | |
Products | Bus transport and cargo transport services |
Revenue | ₹288,800,000 (US$3.5 million) per day |
Owner | Government of Tamil Nadu |
Number of employees | 1,23,317 [1] |
Parent | Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu) |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | TNSTC |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd. - (TNSTC) is a government owned public transport bus operator in Tamil Nadu, India. [2] 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.
Cd by the Government of Tamil Nadu. TNSTC has started online booking facilities to book bus tickets between major cities served by TNSTC. [3] 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.
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. [4]
Current Names | Former Names (till 1996) | Former Names named after |
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Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Kovai தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கோவை Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Kōvai | Cheran Transport Corporation (CTC) - Kovai சேரன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கோவை Cēraṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Kōvai | Chera Dynasty சேர வம்சம் Cēra Vamcam |
Jeeva Transport Corporation (JTC) - Erode ஜீவா போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - ஈரோடு Jīvā Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Īrōṭu | P. Jeevanandham பி. ஜீவானந்தம் Pi.Jīvāṉantam | |
Mahakavi Bharathiyar Transport Corporation (MBTC) - Udagai மகாகவி பாரதியார் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - உதகை Makākavi Pāratiyār Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Utakai | Mahakavi C. Subramania Bharati மகாகவி சி.சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி Makākavi Ci.Cuppiramaṇiya Pārati | |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Kumbakonam தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கும்பகோணம் Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Kumpakōṇam | Cholan Roadways Corporation (CRC) - Kumbakonam சோழன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - கும்பகோணம் Cōḻaṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Kumpakōṇam | Chola Dynasty சோழ வம்சம் Cōḻa Vamcam |
Dheeran Chinnamalai Transport Corporation (DCTC) - Trichy தீரன் சின்னமலை போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திருச்சி Tīraṉ Ciṉṉamalai Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Tirucci | Dheeran Chinnamalai தீரன் சின்னமலை Tīraṉ Ciṉṉamalai | |
Veeran Azhagumuthukon Transport Corporation (VATC) - Pudukkottai வீரன் அழகுமுத்துக்கோன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - புதுக்கோட்டை Vīraṉ Aḻakumuttukkōṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Putukkōṭṭai | Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone மாவீரன் அழகுமுத்து கோன் Māvīraṉ Aḻakumuttu Kōṉ | |
Maruthu Pandiyar Transport Corporation (MPTC) - Karaikkudi மருது பாண்டியர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - காரைக்குடி Marutu Pāṇṭiyar Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Kāraikkuṭi | Maruthu Pandiyar மருது பாண்டியர் Marutu Pāṇṭiyar | |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Madurai தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - மதுரை Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Maturai | Pandiyan Roadways Corporation (PRC) - Madurai பாண்டியன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - மதுரை Pāṇṭiyaṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Maturai | Pandiya Dynasty பாண்டிய வம்சம் Pāṇṭiya Vamcam |
Rani Mangammal Transport Corporation (RMTC) - Dindigul ராணி மங்கம்மாள் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திண்டுக்கல் Rāṇi Maṅkam'māḷ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Tiṇṭukkal | Rani Mangammal ராணி மங்கம்மாள் Rāṇi Maṅkam'māḷ | |
Veeran Sundaralingam Transport Corporation (VSTC) - Virudhunagar வீரன் சுந்தரலிங்கம் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - விருதுநகர் Vīraṉ Cuntaraliṅkam Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Virutunakar | Veeran Sundaralingam Kudumbanar வீரன் சுந்தரலிங்கம் குடும்பனார் Vīraṉ Cuntaraliṅkam Kuṭumpaṉār | |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Salem தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - சேலம் Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Cēlam | Anna Transport Corporation (ATC) - Salem அண்ணா போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - சேலம் Aṇṇā Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Cēlam | Perarignar 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 - Tarmapuri | Annai Dr Sathyavani Muthu அன்னை டாக்டர் சத்தியவாணி முத்து Aṉṉai Tākṭar Cattiyavāṇi Muttu | |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Tirunelveli தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திருநெல்வேலி Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Tirunelvēli | Kattabomman Transport Corporation (KTC) - Tirunelveli கட்டபொம்மன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - திருநெல்வேலி Kaṭṭapom'maṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Tirunelvēli | Veerapandiya Kattabomman வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மன் Vīrapāṇṭiya Kaṭṭapom'maṉ |
Nesamony Transport Corporation (NTC) - Nagercoil நேசமணி போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - நாகர்கோவில் Nēcamaṇi Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Nākarkōvil | Marshal A. Nesamony மார்ஷல் ஏ. நேசமோனி Mārṣal Ē. Nēcamōṉi | |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Villupuram தமிழ்நாடு அரசு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - விழுப்புரம் Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Viḻuppuram | Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation (TPTC) - Villupuram தந்தை பெரியார் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - விழுப்புரம் Tantai Periyār Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Viḻuppuram | Thanthai 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 - Vēlūr | Pattukottai Alagiriswamy பட்டுக்கோட்டை அழகிரிசுவாமி Paṭṭukkōṭṭai Aḻakiricuvāmi | |
Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Transport Corporation (MGRTC) - Kanchipuram புரட்சி தலைவர் எம்ஜிஆர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - காஞ்சிபுரம் Puraṭci Talaivar Emji'ār Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Kāñcipuram | Bharat 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 | |
State Express Transport Corporation - Tamil Nadu அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - தமிழ்நாடு Aracu Viraivu Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Tamiḻnāṭu | Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) - Intrastate Express Service திருவள்ளுவர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் (TTC) - மாநிலத்திற்குள்ளான விரைவு சேவை Tiruvaḷḷuvar Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Mānilattiṟkuḷḷāṉa Viraivu Cēvai | Thiruvalluvar 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 Cēvai
| Rajivaratna Gandhi ராஜீவரத்ன காந்தி Rājīvaratṉa Kānti
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Metropolitan Transport Corporation - Chennai மகாநகர போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - சென்னை Makānakara Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Ceṉṉai | Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) - South Chennai பல்லவன் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - தென் சென்னை Pallavaṉ Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Teṉ Ceṉṉai | Pallava Dynasty பல்லவ வம்சம் Pallava Vamcam |
Dr Ambedkar Transport Corporation (DATC) - North Chennai டாக்டர் அம்பேத்கர் போக்குவரத்து கழகம் - வட சென்னை Ṭākṭar Ampētkar Pōkkuvarattu Kaḻakam - Vaṭa Ceṉṉai | Babasaheb 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. [5]
Divisions | Regions | Regional Transport Office (RTO) Registration Number | Regional Transport Office (RTO) Name | Divisional Code | Districts |
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Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Kovai | Kovai | TN 38 | Coimbatore North | CBE |
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TN 43 | Udagai | ||||
Erode | TN 33 | Erode East | |||
Gobichettipalayam | TN 36 | Gobichettipalayam, Sathyamangalam | |||
Tiruppur | TN 39 | Tiruppur North | |||
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Kumbakonam | Kumbakonam | TN 68 | Kumbakonam | TAJ | |
TN 49 | Thanjavur | ||||
Nagapattinam | TN 51 | Nagapattinam | |||
Trichy | TN 45 | Trichy West | |||
Karur | TN 45 | Trichy West | |||
Pudukkottai | TN 55 | Pudukkottai | |||
Karaikkudi | TN 63 | Sivaganga | |||
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Madurai | Madurai | TN 58 | Madurai South | MDU | |
TN 59 | Madurai North | ||||
Dindigul | TN 57 | Dindigul | |||
Virudhunagar | TN 67 | Virudhunagar | |||
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Salem | Salem | TN 30 | Salem West | SLM | |
Dharmapuri | TN 29 | Dharmapuri | |||
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Tirunelveli | Tirunelveli | TN 72 | Tirunelveli | TIN | |
Thoothukudi | TN 69 | Tirunelveli | |||
Nagercoil | TN 74 | Nagercoil | |||
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation - Villupuram | Villupuram | TN 32 | Villupuram | VPM | |
Cuddalore | TN 31 | Cuddalore | |||
Kanchipuram | TN 21 | Kanchipuram | |||
Tiruvallur | TN 21 | Kanchipuram | |||
Vellore | TN 23 | Vellore | |||
Tiruvannamalai | TN 25 | Tiruvannamalai | |||
State Express Transport Corporation - Tamil Nadu | Not Applicable | TN 01 | Chennai Central | Not Applicable | |
Metropolitan Transport Corporation - Chennai | Chromepet | TN 01 | Chennai Central | Not Applicable | |
Adyar | TN 01 | Chennai Central | |||
Ayanavaram | TN 01 | Chennai Central | |||
Tondiarpet | TN 01 | Chennai Central |
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