Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)

The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd. - (MTC), is the agency that operates the public bus service in Chennai, India. In 2022 the MTC has a total fleet of 3,448 buses with 3,233 scheduled services, with on average 2.832 million passengers per day.^[1] On March 22, 2016, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways reported that Chennai had the most crowded buses in the country with 1300 passengers per bus in each direction per day.^[2] During peak hours, in some routes, a bus with a capacity to accommodate 80 persons carries twice the number of people due to the extensiveness of the system. It has an operating area of 3,929 square kilometres (1,517 sq mi).^[3] MTC has a total of 604 routes with its largest terminus being Broadway in Central Chennai.

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd.
மாநகர போக்குவரத்து கழகம் (சென்னை)
Mānakara Pōkkuvarattu Kalakam (Chennai)

Formerly	Pallavan Transport Corporation
Parent	Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd.
Headquarters	Pallavan House, Anna Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Locale	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Service area	Chennai Metropolitan Area
Service type	Ordinary, Express, Deluxe, Air Conditioned Deluxe and Small Bus
Daily ridership	5.8 million/day
Operator	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	https://mtcbus.tn.gov.in

Heatmap of the coverage of public transportation in Chennai City

History

Pallavan Transport Corporation

The Pallavan Transport Corporation Ltd was established on 1 January 1972 with a fleet strength of 1,029 buses. The operational jurisdiction is the Chennai Metropolitan area. It served 176 routes and had 8 depots, including those at T. Nagar, Adyar, and Vadapalani. Depots at Anna Nagar and K.K. Nagar were established in 1973.^[4] The Pallavan Transport Corporation was split into two and a new Corporation, namely, Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation Ltd. started functioning from 19 January 1994. The depots in the northern areas of the city were brought under Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation Ltd and the southern depots came under Pallavan Transport Corporation. Pallavan Transport Corporation was renamed as Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Madras Division - I) Limited and Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation was renamed as Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Madras Division - II) Ltd., on 1 July 1997. In order to make the Corporations viable, and for better administrative control, Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Madras Division II) was amalgamated with Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Madras Division I) Ltd on 10 January 2001.

Present Day

As of 2012, the corporation operates 42,961 services daily in 800 routes.^[5] The driver strength at MTC is 5,000 as against a required driver strength of 5,800.^[6]

In May 2017, the MTC had a scheduled fleet of 3688 buses and total fleet strength of 3968 buses.

2018 Price Hike

On 20 January 2018, the MTC introduced a controversial rise in fares with minimum fares for ordinary buses going up from Rs 2 to Rs 5, and maximum fare going up from Rs 12 to Rs 23, the fares were also hiked for other categories of buses with the minimum fare for Express buses becoming Rs 8 and maximum becoming Rs 35 while the minimum fares of Deluxe buses were Rs 12 and maximum fares Rs 48, this was the first such price hike since 2011. This was followed with an increase in the number of deluxe buses (from 900 to 1200) which were the costliest buses. This led to a 30% fall in the number of daily passengers within 3 months. The MTC had projected a 40% rise in daily revenue from Rs 25 million to Rs 40 million but ended up receiving only Rs 28 million in daily revenue i.e. a 12% increase.^[7]

Increase Over the Years^[4]

	1972	2020
Depots	8	33
Fleet	1,029	4,599
Scheduled Services	892	5,099
Route	209	895
Employees	20,159	24,202
Passenger/day	2.2 million	5.8 million
Collection/day	र0.4 million	र26.1 million
Occupancy ratio	NA	71.42%

Fleet

The total size of fleet of the MTC is 3688, of which 3492 buses are operated every day on an average. MTC operates over 5000 services daily covering about 830 routes. The last time buses were added to the fleet was in January 2020.^[8]

Per RTO rules, an MTC bus could accommodate a maximum of 83 passengers, including 48 sitting and 27 standing. However, buses carry over 160 passengers in some routes, especially during peak hours, with many travelling on the footboard of the bus resulting in several accidents. According to Union Transport Ministry of India on March 22, 2016, Chennai was reported to have the most crowded buses in the country with 1300 passengers per bus per day per direction. This is due to the extensive routes the buses ply to and also the cost which is reasonably less than some of the major cities in the country. An exclusive and efficient BRTS on dedicated elevated roads is being proposed by MTC as well as the Tamil Nadu Government in order to improve the share of public transport. For a city like Chennai, ideally more than 60% of the people should be using public transport systems. However, owing to its vehicle density which is the second highest in the country, only 40% of the citizenry use public transport which is quite low.

 

Deluxe bus from Ashok Leyland

 

An ordinary fare (white board) bus

 

MTC's Tata Marcopolo Bus

 

New vestibule bus with LED display

 

An MTC AC bus

 

A MTC SLF plying route 21G

Normal buses These buses in the MTC fleet were manufactured by Ashok Leyland and Tata Motors. These buses were launched in the 1990s and some continue to ply while the majority have been replaced in favor of newer buses.

Semi-Low floor buses The semi-low floored and deluxe buses have improved passenger amenities like improved lighting, plastic moulded seats and driver operated pneumatic, doors into its fleet. The first set of such buses from Ashok Leyland were introduced in February 2007. The newer range of these semi-low floor buses supplied under JNNURM are BS-III compliant and have LED displays. Some continue to ply while most of them are replaced by newer buses

Vestibule services MTC also runs articulated buses provided by Ashok Leyland in congested routes. The fares are similar to those of ordinary services. These buses have 2 conductors, plastic moulded seats and LED boards. Around the end of 2017, some of these buses are condemned and no longer in service.

Air-conditioned buses MTC earlier operated low-floor Volvo B7RLE air-conditioned buses on selected routes. There were 100 of these buses running on select routes at regular intervals when they were introduced. They stopped operating in 2018 owing to poor and higher cost of maintenance, and replaced in favor of newer Ashok Leyland electric buses.^[9]

Small buses MTC has launched small-bus services to connect remote places of Chennai and its suburbs. These buses are provided by Tata.

MTC Fleet Over the Years^[10]

Year	No. of buses on road	No. of buses off-road	Total
2007–2008	2,344	287	2,631
2008–2009	2,792	370	3,162
2009–2010	2,958	327	3,285
2010–2011	3,007	355	3,362
2011–2012	3,034	374	3,408
2012–2013	3,027	356	3,383
2016–2017	3,797	167	3,964
2017–2018	4,091	182	4273
2018–2019	5,092	194	5286

Depots

The Metropolitan Transport Corporation had 33 depots in 2020,^[11] each with an average parking capacity of 200 buses. Besant nagar depot became defunct in 2020 and was merged with Adyar. This number has fallen to 31 in 2022.^[12]

The 33 depots of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (as of 2020) are listed below:

MTC Depots

Depot	Depot code	Old code	Region	Fleet strength	Scheduled services
Adambakkam	AB	NIL	Chromepet	55	51
Adyar	AD	B	Adyar	146	135
Alandur	AL	K	Chromepet	148	135
Ambathur	AM	E	Ayanavaram	191	179
Anna Nagar	AN	H	Ayanavaram	243	208
Avadi	AV	X	Ayanavaram	159	151
Ayanavaram	AY	C	Ayanavaram	173	160
Basin Bridge	BB	NIL	Tondiarpet	45	41
Besant Nagar defunct 2020 merged with Adyar depot	BN	NIL	Adyar	30	28
Central Depot	CD	NIL	Adyar	178	165
Chromepet - I	CR	W	Chromepet	170	159
Chromepet - II	CW	NIL	Chromepet	58	54
Ennore	EN	K	Tondiarpet	73	70
Iyyappanthangal	IY	Y	Chromepet	153	144
Kannagi Nagar	KA	NIL	Adyar	20	19
K.K.Nagar	KN	G	Chromepet	195	182
Kundrathur	KU	NIL	Chromepet	34	32
Madhavaram	MV	F	Tondiarpet	112	107
Mandavelli	MN	J	Adyar	90	84
MKB Nagar	MB	NIL	Tondiarpet	33	29
Padiyanallur	PL	NIL	Tondiarpet	65	60
Perambur	PR	S	Ayanavaram	170	157
Perumbakkam	PA	NIL	Adyar	58	58
Poonamallee	PM	V,Z	Ayanavaram	182	171
Saidapet	SP	M	Adyar	103	96
Tambaram	TA	O	Chromepet	202	189
T.Nagar	TN	L	Adyar	95	89
Thiruvanmiyur	TR	R	Adyar	140	135
Thiruvottriyur	TV	N	Tondiarpet	104	99
Tondiarpet - I	TD	A	Tondiarpet	142	134
Tondiarpet - II	TW	T	Tondiarpet	83	78
Vadapalani	VP	D	Chromepet	205	194
Vyasarpadi	VY	P	Tondiarpet	111	104
Total				3,886	3,719

Routes

Route	Origin	Via	Destination
1	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station,Broadway,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur
A1	M.G.R Central	P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur
A1X	M.G.R Central	P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi	Okkiyam Thoraipakkam
1B	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station,Broadway,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet	Tambaram
1C	Ennore	Ernavoor,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station,Broadway,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur
1D	Ennore	V.O.C Nagar,Thazhankuppam,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station,Highcourt,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur
M1	Kilkattalai	Sadasivam Nagar,Kaiveli,Velachery,Tharamani,S.R.P Tools	Thiruvanmiyur
2	Anna Square	Triplicane,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central,Choolai,Pulianthope,Pattalam,Kannigapuram,Moolakadai,Sidco	Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar
2A	Anna Square	Triplicane,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central,Thirupalli,Basin Bridge,M.K.B Nagar,Sidco	Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar
2ACT	Anna Square	War Memorial,Pallavan Salai	M.G.R Central
3	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Velachery,Tharamani,S.R.P Tools	Thiruvanmiyur
4	Ennore	V.O.C Nagar,Thazhankuppam,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station	Broadway
5B	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Adyar,Mandaveli	Mylapore
5C	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Music Academy,Alwarpet,Kotturpuram,Madhya Kailash	Tharamani
5CET	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Music Academy,Alwarpet,Kotturpuram,Madhya Kailash,Tharamani,Perungudi,Sholinganallur	Perumbakkam
5G	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Tharamani,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi	Kannagi Nagar
5E	Besant Nagar	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Saidapet,Mettupalayam,Kalaignar Nagar	Vadapalani
5S	Saidapet	Little Mount,Velachery,Tharamani,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi	Kannagi Nagar
6	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Besant Nagar,Indira Nagar	Thiruvanmiyur
6D	Tollgate	Tondairpet,Royapuram,Beach Station,Parry's Corner,Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Besant Nagar,Indira Nagar	Thiruvanmiyur
6DCT	Tollgate	Tondairpet,Royapuram,Beach Station,Parry's Corner,Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome	Foreshore Estate
7E	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Collector Nagar,Vaavin,JJ Nagar West	Ambathur
7F	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam	Anna Nagar West
7H	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Collector Nagar	JJ Nagar East
7K	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West	Padi
7M	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Collector Nagar,Vaavin	JJ Nagar West
8ACT	Vallalar Nagar	Thambu Chetty,Royapuram,Kalmandapam,Kasimedu	Tollgate
8B	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge, Pulianthope,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus	Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar
8BX	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge, Pulianthope,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar,Simpson,Moolakadai,Kanagachathiram	Madhavaram Bypass
M9M	A.G.S Colony	Guindy,Little Mount,Saidapet	Thiyagaraya Nagar
9M	A.G.S Colony	Guindy,Little Mount,Saidapet,Teynampet,D.M.S,LIC,P.ORR Sons,M.G.R Central	Broadway
10A	West Saidapet	Mettupalayam,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,D.P.I,Egmore,M.G.R Central,Broadway,Beach Station,Royapuram,Kalmandapam,Kasimedu	Tollgate
10E	Ekkathuthangal	Mettupalayam,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,D.P.I,Egmore,M.G.R Central	Broadway
11	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Pondy Bazzar,D.M.S,L I.C,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central	Broadway
11B	Kalaignar Nagar	Nesapakkam,Ashok Pillar,Liberty,Palmgrove,Gemini,L.I.C,P.OR.R Sons,Secretariat	Seethakathi Nagar
11E	Kalaignar Nagar	Nesapakkam,Ashok Pillar,Mambalam,Vani Mahal,Thousand Lights, L.I.C,P.OR.R Sons,Secretariat	Seethakathi Nagar
11GX	Iyyappanthangal	Porur,Valasaravakkam,Kalaignar Nagar,Ashok Pillar,Mambalam,Pondy Bazaar,D.M.S,L.I.C,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central	Broadway
11G	Kalaignar Nagar	Nesapakkam,Ashok Pillar,Mambalam,Pondy Bazaar,D.M.S,L.I.C,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central	Broadway
11H	Iyyappanthangal	Porur,Valasaravakkam,Kalaignar Nagar,Ashok Pillar,Mambalam,Pondy Bazaar,D.M.S,L.I.C,Chepauk,Secretariat	Broadway
12B	Foreshore Estate	Santhome,Mylapore,Alwarpet,Pondy Bazaar,Bharathi Nagar,Liberty	Vadapalani
12G	Kalaignar Nagar	Nesapakkam,Ashok Pillar,Mambalam,Pondy Bazaar,Alwarpet,Luz,Q.M.C,Vivekananda House,Marina Beach	Anna Square
12X	Foreshore Estate	Santhome,Mylapore,Alwarpet,Pondy Bazaar,Bharathi Nagar,Liberty,Vadapalani,Arumbakkam	M.G.R Koyambedu
13	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Vani Mahal,Thousand Lights,Gopalapuram,Royapettah,Triplicane,Anna Square, Secretariat	Broadway
13CT	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Vani Mahal,Thousand Lights,Gopalapuram,Royapettah,Pycroft Road	Triplicane
13A	West Saidapet	Mettupalayam,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Vani Mahal,Thousand Lights,Gopalapuram,Royapettah,Triplicane,Anna Square, Secretariat	Broadway
15	M.G.R Koyambedu	Arumbakkam,Aminjikarai,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Egmore North,M.G.R Central	Broadway
15F	Vadapalani	Virugambakkam,Chinmaya Nagar,M.G.R Koyambedu,Arumbakkam,Aminjikarai,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Egmore North,M.G.R Central	Broadway
15G	M.M.D.A Colony	N.S.K Nagar,Aminjikarai,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Egmore North,M.G.R Central	Broadway
16J	M.G.R Koyambedu	Chinmaya Nagar,Virugambakkam,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
16K	M.G.R Koyambedu	Chinmaya Nagar,Virugambakkam,Porur,Periyapanicherry,Kolachery	Kundrathur
17D	Kalaignar Nagar	Nesapakkam,Ashok Pillar,Liberty,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,D.P.I,Egmore,M.G.R Central	Broadway
17E	Saligramam	Vadapalani,Liberty,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,D.P.I,Egmore,Chindathiripet,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central	Broadway
17K	Dasarathapuram	Saligramam,Vadapalani,Liberty,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,D.P.I,Egmore,Chindathiripet,M.G.R Central	Broadway
18	Saidapet	Nandanam,Teynampet,D.M.S,L.I.C,Chepauk,Secretariat	Broadway
18A	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet	Tambaram
18B	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam	Kotturpuram
B18	Pencil Factory	Vallalar Nagar,Beach Station,Broadway,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet	Tambaram
18D	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Maduvankarai,Puzhuthivakkam,Madipakkam Koot Road	Kilkattalai
18E	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara	Ramapuram
E18	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet,Tambaram,Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo	Guduvanchery
E18CT	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy	Alandur
18G	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore,D.P.I,Sterling Road,Valluvar Kottam,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet	Tambaram
G18	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet,Tambaram,Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo	Guduvanchery
18K	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Mettupalayam	West Saidapet
S18K	M.G.R Central	P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Mettupalayam	West Saidapet
18N	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Pazavanthangal,Nanganallur	Moovasaranpet
18R	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Pazavanthangal	Nanganallur
18X	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet,Tambaram,Perungalathur,Nedungundram	Kolapakkam
19	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur,Chemmencherry,Navalur,Siruchery,Padur,Kelambakkam	Thiruporur
19A	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur	Chemmencherry
19B	Saidapet	Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur,Chemmencherry,Navalur,Siruchery,Padur	Kelambakkam
19BET	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur,Chemmencherry,Navalur,Siruchery,Padur,Kelambakkam,Periyamal Nagar	Thaiyur
19C	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi	Okkiyam Thoraipakkam
19D	Adyar	Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur	Chemmencherry
19GCT	West Saidapet	Mettupalayam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Adyar,Thiruvanmiyur,Palavakkam,Neelankarai,Injambakkam,Kanathur,Muttukadu	Kovalam
20	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Ayanavaram,I.C.F	Villivakkam
20	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Sidco Nagar,Korattur,Ambathur	JJ Nagar East
20D	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Padi	Sidco Nagar
21	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore	Mandaiveli
21C	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi	Kannagi Nagar
21G	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach, Q M.C,Mylapore,Mandaiveli, Kotturpuram,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy, Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet,Tambaram,Perungalathur	Vandaloor Zoo
21E(CT)	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara	Nandambakkam
21E	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur	Iyyappanthangal
21L	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy	Velachery
21LX	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Velachery,Kaiveli,Sadasivam Nagar	Kilkattalai
23C	Besant Nagar / Thiruvanmiyur	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Saidapet,Nandanam,Teynampet,D.M.S,L.I.C,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys	Ayanavaram
23C(ET)	Kannagi Nagar	Perungudi,Kandanchavadi,Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Saidapet,Nandanam,Teynampet,D.M.S,L.I.C,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys	Ayanavaram
23V	Villivakkam	I.C.F,Ayanavaram,Kellys,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,Egmore,Pudupet,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount	Velachery
24A	Vivekananda House	Royapettah,Gemini,Sterling Road,Chetpet,Aminijikarai,Shenoy Nagar,Chinthamani	Anna Nagar West
25	Anna Square	Marina Beach,Vivekananda House,Royapettah,Gemini,Palmgrove,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
26	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Gemini,Palmgrove,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur	Iyyappanthangal
26CT	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Gemini,Palmgrove,Liberty	Vadapalani
26B	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Gemini,Palmgrove,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur,Pattur	Mangadu
26R	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,Gemini,Palmgrove,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur	Mugalivakkam
27B	Anna Square	Triplicane,P.OR.R Sons,Chindathiripet,Egmore,Chetpet,Aminjikarai,N.S.K Nagar,Arumbakkam	M.G.R Koyambedu
27D	Foreshore Estate	Santhome,Q.M.C,Stella Marry College,L.I.C,Pudupet,Egmore, Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Ayanavaram,I.C.F	Villivakkam
M27	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Bharathi Nagar,Liberty,Vadapalani,Virugambakkam,Chinmaya Nagar	M.G.R Koyambedu
28	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Thirupalli,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,Chindathiripet	Egmore North
28A	Manali New Town	Elanthur,Sathangadu,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Thirupalli,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,Chindathiripet	Egmore North
28B	Ennore	Ernavoor,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Thirupalli,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,Chindathiripet	Egmore North
28C	Tollgate	Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Thirupalli,M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C	Quaith - E - Millath Collage
29	Quaith - E - Millath Collage	L.I.C,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur,Retteri	Vinayagapuram
29A	Anna Square	Triplicane,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya	Perambur
29AET	Anna Square	Triplicane,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur	Kumaran Nagar
29A(LS)	Government Hobart Higher Secondary School	L.I.C,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus	Periyar Nagar
29B	Saidapet	Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,Chetpet,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya	Perambur
29C	Perambur	Jamalaya,Otteri,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Chetpet,Sterling Road,Gemini,Stella Marry College,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar	Besant Nagar / Thiruvanmiyur
29D	Vivekananda House	Ratna Cafe,Pudupet,Egmore,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Moolakadai,Madhavaram	Mathur
29E	Thiruvekadu	Mandhiravedu,Velappanchavadi,Maduravoyal,Koyambedu,Arumbakkam,Aminijikarai,Kellys,Otteri,Jamalaya	Perambur
29N	Velachery	Little Mount,Saidapet,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Pondy Bazaar,Sterling Road,Chetpet,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Pattalam,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur	Kumaran Nagar
B29N	Velachery	Little Mount,Saidapet,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Pondy Bazaar,D.M.S,Gemini,Sterling Road,Chetpet,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus	Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar
T29	Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar	Venus,Perambur,Jamalaya,Otteri,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,Egmore,Pudupet,L.I.C,Royapettah,Mylapore,Mandaiveli,Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur
32A	Foreshore Estate	Santhome,Q.M.C,Vivekananda House,Ratna Cafe,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central,Broadway,Mannady,Vallalar Nagar,Tondiarpet	Tollgate
32B	Vivekananda House	Ratna Cafe,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central,Broadway,Mannady,Vallalar Nagar	Korukkupet
33C	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge,M.K.B Nagar,Sidco	Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar
34	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge, Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Collector Nagar,Vaavin,JJ Nagar West	Ambathur
35	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Doveton,Otteri,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Sidco Nagar,Padi,Lucas	Korattur
36K	Tollgate	Sathangadu,M.F.L,Elanthanur,Kanniamman Pettai,Kannampalayam,Kalamedu,Vadakarai	Redhills
36M	Vallalar Nagar	Tondiarpet,Tollgate,Theradi, Thiruvottriyur,Wimco Nagar, Sathangadu,Elanthur	Vichoor
37	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Chetpet,Sterling Road,Valluvar Kottam,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
37E	Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar	M.K.B Nagar,Sidco,Kannigapuram,Pattalam,Doveton,Vepery,Egmore,D.P.I,Sterling Road,Valluvar Kottam,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur	Iyyappanthangal
37CT & 37G	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Chetpet,Sterling Road,Valluvar Kottam,Liberty,Vadapalani,Valasaravakkam,Porur	Iyyappanthangal
38C	Vivekananda House	Ratna Cafe,P.OR.R Sons,M.G.R Central,Choolai,Vepery,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus	Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar
38H	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Erukancherry,Moolakadai	Madhavaram
38HET	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Erukancherry,Moolakadai,Madhavaram	Mathur
40A	Pattabiram	Kavarapalayam,Avadi,Thirumullaivoyal,Ambathur,Vaavin,Collector Nagar,Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar,Chinthamani,Shenoy Nagar,Aminjikarai,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Egmore,Pudupet,Triplicane	Anna Square
40H	Pattabiram	Kavarapalayam,Avadi,Thirumullaivoyal,Ambathur,Lucas,Padi, Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Roundana,Loyola College, Sterling Road,D.P.I,Ethiraj College,L.I.C,Triplicane	Anna Square
40L	JJ Nagar West	Vaavin,Collector Nagar,Thirumangalam,Roundana,Loyola College,Sterling Road,D.P.I,Ethiraj College,L.I.C,Triplicane	Anna Square
40N	JJ Nagar East	Collector Nagar,Thirumangalam,Roundana,Loyola College, Sterling Road,D.P.I,Ethiraj College,L.I.C,Triplicane	Anna Square
41D	Mandaiveli	Adyar Gate,Alwarpet,D.M.S,Gemini,Sterling Road,Chetpet,Aminijikarai,Shenoy Nagar,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Padi,Lucas	Ambathur
41C	Little Flower Convent	Gemini,Sterling Road,Chetpet,Aminijikarai,Shenoy Nagar,Chinthamani,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Padi,Lucas	Ambathur
42	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Choolai,Aragadam,Pulianthope,Vysarpadi Jeeva,Perambur,Venus	Periyar Nagar
42B	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Choolai,Vepery,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur	Poompuhar Nagar
42C	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Choolai,Aragadam,Pulianthope,Vysarpadi Jeeva,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur,Retteri,Vinayagapuram	Teachers Colony
42M	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Choolai,Aragadam,Pulianthope,Vysarpadi Jeeva,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur,Retteri	Madhavaram
44	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Tondiarpet,Tollgate,M.G.R Nagar	Manali
44CT	Broadway	Beach Station,Thambu Chetty,Vallalar Nagar,Maharani,Tondiarpet	I.O.C
45A	Vivekananda House	Royapettah,Music Academy,Alwarpet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Kaiveli	Madipakkam
45B	Broadway	Secretariat,Anna Square, Triplicane,Ratna Cafe,Vivekananda House,Q.M.C,Luz,Alwarpet,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount	Guindy
A45B	Anna Square	Triplicane,Ratna Cafe,Vivekananda House,Q.M.C,Luz,Alwarpet,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara	Nandambakkam
N45B	Broadway	Secretariat,Anna Square, Triplicane,Ratna Cafe,Vivekananda House,Q.M.C,Luz,Alwarpet,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Pazavanthangal,Nanganallur,Moovasaranpet,Madipakkam Koot Road	Kilkattalai
46	M.G.R Koyambedu	N.S.K Nagar,I.C.F,Ayanavaram,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus	Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar
46G	M.G.R Koyambedu	N.S.K Nagar,I.C.F,Ayanavaram,Otteri,Pulianthope,Vysarpadi	MKB Nagar
47	Besant Nagar	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Little Mount,Saidapet,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Pushpa Nagar,Loyola College,I.C.F	Villivakkam
47A	Thiruvanmiyur	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Little Mount,Saidapet,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,Chetpet,Kilpauk,I.C.F	Villivakkam
47C	Kotturpuram	Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Saidapet,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,Loyola College,Roundana,Anna Nagar West,Padi,Lucas	Ambathur
47D & A47	Thiruvanmiyur	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Little Mount,Saidapet,Thiyagaraya Nagar,Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,Loyola College,Roundana,Anna Nagar West,Padi,Lucas,Ambathur	Avadi
48A	Madhavaram	Vathiyar Thottam,Moolakadai, Perambur,Jamalaya,Otteri,Bridge,Pulianthope,Otteri,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Padi,Lucas	Ambathur
48B	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Pulianthope,Otteri,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Padi,Lucas,Ambathur,Oragadam	Pudur
48C	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Pulianthope,Otteri,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Padi,Anna Nagar West,Thirumangalam	M.G.R Koyambedu
48C(CT)	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Pulianthope,Otteri	Ayanavaram
49	Thiruvanmiyur	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Nandambakkam,Porur	Iyyappanthangal
49X	Thiruvanmiyur	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Nandambakkam,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
49A	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Mambalam,Ashok Pillar,Kalaignar Nagar,Virugambakkam,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
49F	Mandaiveli	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Nandambakkam,Porur	Iyyappanthangal
50	Thiruvekadu	Mandhiravedu,Velappanchavadi,Maduravoyal,Koyambedu,Arumbakkam,Aminijikarai,K.M.C,Dasaprakash,Egmore North,M.G.R Central	Broadway
51	Velachery	Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Sembakkam,Selaiyur	Tambaram
51A	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Sembakkam,Selaiyur	Tambaram East
A51	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Sembakkam,Selaiyur	Tambaram East
51B	Saidapet	Little Mount,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Chitlapakkam,Arasankazhani,Ottiyambakkam	Karanai
51BET	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Chitlapakkam,Arasankazhani	Ottiyambakkam
D51	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam	Chitlapakkam
E51	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Chitlapakkam,Arasankazhani	Ottiyambakkam
V51	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Velachery,Kaiveli, Sadasivam Nagar,Kilkattalai,Kovilambakkam,Medavakkam,Kamarajapuram,Selaiyur	Tambaram
52B	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy, Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet,Kumaran Kundram	Hasthinapuram
52K	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy, Vaanuvampettai	Nanganallur
53	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
53E	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Kumanan Chavadi,Mangadu,Kozhumanivakkam,Kolachery	Kundrathur
53P	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Kumanan Chavadi,Mangadu	Pattur
53X	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Kumanan Chavadi,Poonamallee, Nazarathpet,Thirumazhisai,Chembarambakkam,Chettipedu,Irungakottai,Karathangal	Sriperumbudur
54	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
54G	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi,Poonamallee,Nazarathpet,Thirumazhisai,Vellavedu	Kunthambakkam
54L	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi,Poonamallee,Nazarathpet,Thirumazhisai,Meenambedu	Vellavedu
55A	Pallavaram	Lakshmipuram,Thiruneermalai,Thirumudivakkam	Pazhanthandalam
55X	Tambaram	Lakshmipuram,Old Perungalathur,Mudichur	Mannivakkam
56A	Ennore	V.O.C Nagar,Thazhankuppam,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Maharani	Vallalar Nagar
56C	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Kalmandapam,Royapuram,Thambu Chetty,Mannady	Broadway
C56C	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Kalmandapam,Royapuram,Beach Station	Broadway
56D	Manali	Avurikollaimedu,K.G.L,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station	Broadway
56DET	Mathur	Manali,Avurikollaimedu,K.G.L,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station	Broadway
56J	Manali New Town	Elathanur,M.F.L,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Kalmandapam,Beach Station	Broadway
56P	Minjur	Nandiyambakkam, Vellivoyalchavadi,Manali,M.F.L,Sathangadu,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Beach Station	Broadway
57	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Moolakadai,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai	Redhills
A57	Broadway	Beach Station,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Moolakadai,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai,Redhills	Padianallur
57F	Broadway	Beach Station,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Moolakadai,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai,Redhills,Padianallur,Semilivaram,Sholavaram	Karanodai
59	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge, Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Madhiravedu	Thiruverkadu
60	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Pammal	Anakaputhur
60A	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Pammal,Anakaputhur,Manacherry	Kundrathur
60H	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Pammal	Shankar Nagar
64C	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Doveton,Pattalam,Kannigapuram,Erukkancherry,Madhavaram,Mathur	Manali
64K	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Doveton,Pattalam,Kannigapuram,Moolakadai,Sidco	Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar
66	Tambaram	Chrompet,Pallavaram,Pammal,Anakaputhur,Manacherry,Kundrathur,Chikkarayapuram,Mangadu,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
66X	Guduvanchery	Vandaloor Zoo,Perungalathur,Tambaram,Chrompet,Pallavaram,Pammal,Anakaputhur,Manacherry,Kundrathur,Chikkarayapuram,Mangadu,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
70	Avadi	Thirumullaivoyal,Ambathur,Lucas,Anna Nagar West,Thirumangalam,M.G.R Koyambedu,Arumbakkam,Vadapalani,Ashok Pillar,Ekkattuthangal,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet	Tambaram
D70	Ambathur	Vaavin,Collector Nagar,Thirumangalam,M.G.R Koyambedu,Arumbakkam,Vadapalani,Ashok Pillar,Ekkattuthangal,Guindy	Velachery
M70	M.G.R Koyambedu	Arumbakkam,Vadapalani,Ashok Pillar,Ekkattuthangal,Guindy,Velachery,Tharamani	Thiruvanmiyur
71E	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Kilpauk,V.O.C Nagar,Lucas,Mannurpet,Ambathur,Thirumullaivoyal,Avadi,Kavarapalayam,Sekkadu	Pattabiram
71EX	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Kilpauk,V.O.C Nagar,Lucas,Mannurpet,Ambathur,Thirumullaivoyal,Avadi,Kavarapalayam,Sekkadu,Pattabiram, Nemilicheri	Thiruninravur
72	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Bharathi Nagar,Liberty,Vadapalani,Arumbakkam,M.G.R Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Mandhiravedu	Thiruverkadu
77	Avadi	Thirumullaivoyal,Ambathur,Vaavin,Collector Nagar,Thirumangalam	M.G.R Koyambedu
78	M.G.R Koyambedu	Arumbakkam,Vadapalani,Ashok Pillar,Ekkattuthangal,Guindy,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur
88A	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Periyapanicherry,Kolachery,Kundrathur,Sirukalathur	Nandambakkam
88C	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Periyapanicherry	Thandalam
88K	Broadway	M.G.R Central,VP.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Periyapanicherry,Kolachery	Kundrathur
88KET	Broadway	M.G.R Central,P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Periyapanicherry,Kolachery,Kundrathur,Sirukalathur,Nandambakkam,Puthupur	Nallur
91	Tambaram	Chrompet,Vels University,Eachangadu,Seevaram,Perungudi,Kandanchavadi	Thiruvanmiyur
91V	Guduvanchery	Vandalur Zoo, Perungalathur,Tambaram,Chrompet,Vels University,Eachangadu,Seevaram,Perungudi,Kandanchavadi	Thiruvanmiyur
95	Thiruvanmiyur	Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Okkiyampet,Sholinganallur,Medavakkam,Sembakkam,Selaiyur	Tambaram East
99	Adyar	Thiruvanmiyur,Palavakkam,Neelankarai,Injambakkam,Sholinganallur,Medavakkam,Sembakkam,Selaiyur	Tambaram
101	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Kalmandapam,Beach Station,Broadway,M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Karayanchavadi	Poonamallee
101X	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Kumanan Chavadi,Poonamallee,Nazarathpet	Thirumazhisai
102	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur,Chemmencherry,Navalur,Siruchery,Padur	Kelambakkam
102C	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur	Chemmencherry
102K	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi	Kannagi Nagar
102X	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur,Chemmencherry,Navalur,Siruchery,Padur,Kelambakkam	Thiruporur
104	Tambaram	Porur Toll Plaza, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambathur O.T.Bus Stand, Kallikuppam, Surapedu	Redhills
104C	M.G.R.Koyambedu	Vijayakanth Kalayana Mandapam, Rohini Theatre, Maduravoyal, Porur Toll Plaza, Perungalathur, Vandaloor Zoo	Guduvanchery
109	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Thiruvanmiyur,Palavakkam,Neelankarai,Injambakkam,Kanathur,Muttukadu	Kovalam
109T	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Kasimedu,Royapuram,Beach Station,Parry's Corner,Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Besant Nagar,Indira Nagar,Thiruvanmiyur,Palavakkam,Neelankarai,Injambakkam,Kanathur,Muttukadu	Kovalam
109X	Broadway	Secretariat,Marina Beach,Q.M.C,Santhome,Foreshore Estate,Adyar,Thiruvanmiyur,Palavakkam,Neelankarai,Injambakkam,Kanathur,Muttukadu,Kovalam	Thiruvidhanthai
113	Guindy	Ekkattuthangal,Ashok Pillar,Vadapalani,Arumbakkam,M.G.R Koyambedu,Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Agrakaram,Retteri,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai	Redhills
114	M.G.R Koyambedu	Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Agrakaram,Retteri,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai	Redhills
120	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Villivakkam,Sidco Nagar,Lucas,Mannurpet,Ambathur	Avadi
120F	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Egmore North,Dasaprakash,Purasaivakkam,Kellys,Ayanavaram,I.C.F,Villivakkam,Sidco Nagar,Lucas,Mannurpet,Ambathur	Oragadam
121A	M.G.R Koyambedu	Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Agrakaram,Retteri,Madhavaram,Kanagachathiram,Moolakadai,Mathur,Avurikollaimedu	Manali
121C	M.G.R Koyambedu	Thirumangalam,Anna Nagar West,Agrakaram,Retteri,Madhavaram,Kanagachathiram,Moolakadai,Mathur,Manali,M.F.L,Sathangadu,Ernavoor	Ennore
142	Perambur	Venus,Kolathur,Retteri	Vinayagapuram
142B	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Choolai,Vepery,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Kola thur	Kumaran Nagar
142P	Perambur	Venus,Kolathur,Retteri,Vinayagapuram	Puthagaram
147B	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Valluvar Kottam,Pushpa Nagar,Loyola College,Roundana,Thirumangalam,Collector Nagar,Vaavin	J.J Nagar West
147C	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Valluvar Kottam,Sterling Road,Loyola College,Thirumangalam,Collector Nagar,Vaavin	Ambathur
154	Thiyagaraya Nagar	Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Ramapuram,Porur,Iyyappanthangal,Kumanan Chavadi	Poonamallee
159	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge, Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,Arumbakkam,Koyambedu,Maduravoyal,Velappanchavadi,Madhiravedu	Thiruverkadu
159A	Thiruvottriyur	Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge, Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,N.S.K Nagar	M.G.R Koyambedu
159E	Ennore	Ernavoor,Wimco Nagar,Thiruvottriyur,Theradi,Tollgate,Tondiarpet,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge, Choolai,Purasaivakkam,Dasaprakash,K.M.C,Aminijikarai,N.S.K Nagar	M.G.R Koyambedu
170C	Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar	Kolathur,Retteri,Agrakaram,Anna Nagar West,Thirumangalam,M.G.R Koyambedu,Arumbakkam,Vadapalani,Ashok Pillar,Ekkattuthangal	Guindy
221	M.G.R Central	P.OR.R Sons,L.I.C,D.M.S,Teynampet,Nandanam,Saidapet,Little Mount,Gandhi Mandapam,Madhya Kailash,Kandanchavadi,Perungudi,Sholinganallur,Chemmencherry,Navalur,Siruchery,Padur,Kelambakkam	Thiruporur
242	Broadway	M.G.R Central,Vepery,Doveton,Otteri,Jamalaya,Perambur,Venus,Kolathur,Retteri,Vinayagapuram,Kavankarai	Redhills
500	Tambaram	Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo,Guduvancherry,Srinivasapuram,Kattankulathur,Keelkaranai,Tirutheri,Rajakulipettai	Chengalpattu
500W	West Saidapet	Saidapet,Little Mount,Guindy,Alandur,Airport,Pallavaram,Chrompet,Tambaram,Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo,Guduvancherry,Srinivasapuram,Kattankulathur,Keelkaranai,Tirutheri,Rajakulipettai	Chengalpattu
515	Tambaram	Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo,Kolapakkam,Vengambakkam,Kandigai,Killakottaiyur,Mambakkam,Pudupakkam,Kelambakkam,Thiruporur,Karungudi Pallam,Pandithamedu,Payyanur,Poonjeri	Mamallapuram
515A	Tambaram	Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo,Kolapakkam,Vengambakkam,Kandigai,Killakottaiyur,Mambakkam,Pudupakkam,Kelambakkam	Kovalam
515B	Tambaram	Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo,Kolapakkam,Vengambakkam,Kandigai,Killakottaiyur,Mambakkam,Pudupakkam,Kelambakkam	Thiruporur
517	Tambaram	Perungalathur,Vandalur Zoo,Kolapakkam,Vengambakkam,Kandigai,Killakottaiyur,Mambakkam,Pudupakkam,Kelambakkam,Kovalam	Thiruvidhanthai
547	Vallalar Nagar	Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Moolakadai,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai,Redhills,Padianallur,Semilivaram,Sholavaram,Karanodai,Janapanchatram,Pandikavanur,Manjankarani,Kannigaipair, Maduravoyal Rettai Kinaru, Panapakkam	Periyapalayam
549	Thiruvanmiyur	Adyar,Madhya Kailash,Gandhi Mandapam,Little Mount,Guindy,Kathipara,Nandambakkam,Porur,Iyyappan thangal,Kumanan ChavadizPoonamallee, Nazarathpet,Thirumazhisai,Chembarambakkam,Chettipedu,Irungakottai,Karathangal	Sriperumbudur
557	Broadway	Beach Station,Vallalar Nagar,Basin Bridge,Vyasarpadi,Moolakadai,Madhavaram,Puzhal,Kavankarai,Redhills,Padianallur,Semilivaram,Sholavaram,Karanodai,Alinjivakkam,Panchetti,Peravallur,Puduvayal,R.M.K College,Panapakkam,Ayanallur	Gummudipoondi
570S	M.G.R Koyembedu	Vadapalani,Ashok Pillar, Guindy,Velachery,Perungudi, Sholinganallur, Navalur	Siruseri IT Park
588	Thiruvanmiyur	Palavakkam,Neelankarai,Injambakkam,Kanathur,Muttukadu,Kovalam,Thiruvidhanthai,Pudukalpakkam,Perur,Sulerikadu,Pattipulam,Devaneri, Sculpture Arts College	Mamallapuram

51M Madipakkam - Ponniamman Koil, Aiyappan Koil, UTI, Koot Road, Puzhuthivakkam, Ullagaram, Vanuvampet, St. Mount, NGO Colony, Maduvankarai, Guindy, Little Mount, Saidapet, CIT Nagar - T. Nagar

Revenue

As of 2012, MTC's advertisement revenue per month is ₹ 86 lakhs.^[13] About 2,000 of the MTC's 3,400 buses have been maintained by companies that advertise on the buses since December 2011, but the advertisement space was open for all to bid. In 2012, MTC decided to allow only those companies that take up the cleaning assignment. Still they will have to pay the market rate for the space, while they will get paid for the cleaning. As of 2012, the corporation pays ₹ 18 per bus per cleaner every day.^[14]

As of 17 Apr 2013 The total revenue per day of all the buses is 2.75 cr ^[15]

Occupancy

The MTC buses have an occupancy ratio (average number of passengers to total seating capacity in a bus) of 84.35%. Each MTC bus can carry 72 people, including 24 standing passengers. The occupancy ratio in Chennai is amongst the highest for the 38 transport corporations in the country.^[16][17]

Connectivity with MRTS and airport

The MTC services are not integrated with the Mass Rapid Transit System.^[18] Some of the MRTS stations are located away from bus stops which makes transfers difficult.^[19][20] Recently mini-buses have started to ply as a feeder to plug the gaps in connectivity. There are buses to various parts of the city from the airport and some air passengers and many airport employees, use the service. The bus stop is close to the international terminal.^[21]

Accidents

The accident rate of MTC is high compared to similar metropolitan transport corporations in the country.^[22] In Chennai, 104 people died in 2012 in accidents involving MTC buses. The driver unions are blamed for violations going unpunished and continuing unabated.^[23][24][25]

People killed in accidents involving MTC buses

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2016	2017	2018	2019
142	145	138	132	112	104	98	94	35	24	120

Accidents over the years^[25]

Year	Fatal	Non-fatal
2009	109	384
2010	106	351
2011	112	436
2012	103	351
2013	62	215
2016	61	214
2017	35	516
2018	24	401
2019	120	432

To mitigate the no. of accidents, officials of the corporation and the traffic police conduct refresher courses and yoga classes for MTC drivers.^[23][26][27]

Complaints and Issues Faced

Overcrowding and infrequency

MTC buses can be very overcrowded with footboard traveling being a common occurrence in the ordinary buses with no doors, which has led to numerous accidents.^[28] The main reason for this overcrowding being the fact number of buses operated by the MTC is not enough to meet the requirement of such a large city, with the city needing a fleet of 5,160 buses just to meet the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs benchmark of 60 buses per 100,000 people, which in 2022 would require 1,706 additional buses. In addition a 2016 report by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways found 72.1% of the buses to be overage.^[29]

MTC buses are also notorious for bus bunching (i.e. two or more buses of the same route arriving together) with commuters frequently complaining about not being able to get a bus for another 30 minutes afterwards. Many routes also suffer from a low frequency of buses.^[30]

Finances

MTC has been a loss making company for a long time which has hampered its ability to improve services or add new buses, however its previous attempt to increase fares in 2018 ended up causing a steep decline in daily passengers resulting in an even greater loss of ₹730.45 crore in financial year 2017-18 as against ₹519.48 crore in the previous financial year of 2016–17. MTC finances are also strained by the constant hikes in fuel prices.^[31] This weak financial position has led to it cutting back on some services.

Due to its weak financial position, MTC along with other STCs have found it difficult to pay their employees retirement benefits, dearness allowance, pensions, etc., with many social security measures remaining only on paper. The amount deducted from the employees' wages for welfare measures (such as health insurance) and retirement benefits is used up to finance day-to-day operation, resulting in the organisation being reliant on the state government to release funds for retirement benefits. Many retired employees have to wait for months to receive their pension, and dearness allowance arrears have been pending for years.^[32]

Other issues

There have complaints about operator behavior^[33] on MTC buses and these have been effectively addressed by the administration by having special counseling and yoga sessions for the workers.^[34][35] The entrances to most buses have at least two steps. This poses difficulty for some passengers to alight or board the buses.^[36] Some of the bus stations are poorly maintained.^[37]

MTC officials are under pressure from councilors and MLAs to introduce new bus routes to or through their constituency even though such a move may not be the most profitable of options. "While this is not always bad as certain routes need to be run even if they are not profitable, MTC as an operator should cover its basics first and meet the demands along high-capacity routes," said an expert in the field of public transport.^{[citation needed]}

See also

•  India portal

• State Express Transport Corporation
• TamilNadu State Transport Corporation - Salem
• TamilNadu State Transport Corporation - Villupuram
• TamilNadu State Transport Corporation - Kumbakonam
• TamilNadu State Transport Corporation - Coimbatore
• TamilNadu State Transport Corporation - Madurai
• TamilNadu State Transport Corporation - Tirunelveli
• Transport in Chennai

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