State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu)

State Express Transport Corporation (TamilNadu) Limited
Public Sector Corporation under the Ministry of Transport of the State Government of Tamil Nadu
Industry Public transport bus service
Founded 1997
Headquarters Tamil Nadu, Chennai
Area served

Tamil Nadu,

Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Puduchery
Products

Bus transport, Cargo Transport, Services

Owner Government of Tamil Nadu
Website SETC

State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) (formerly known as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation) is a state-owned transport corporation that runs long distance mofussil services exceeding 300 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu and major cities in adjoining states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and the union territory of Puduchery.

History

A separate entity exclusively for operating long distance express services was conceived by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1975 and the services were transferred to the newly formed express wing of Pallavan Transport Corporation with effect from 15 September 1975. It was registered formally on 14 January 1980 and renamed as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) in honor of Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar. During 1990s, JJTC was formed which operated interstate routes of erstwhile TTC. JJTC was then renamed as RGTC in 1996. Both TTC and RGTC was later merged into State express transport corporation (SETC) in 1997.

Old SETC buses before 2011

Fleet

SETC has depots at

Within Tamil Nadu

Chennai (CNA - (Annanagar), CNB - (Pallavan Salai) and CNC - (Koyambedu)), Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Karaikudi, Nagapattinam, Tirunelveli(2), Thoothukudi, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari, Marthandam, Shenkottai, Dindigul, Hosur and Karur.

Outside of Tamil Nadu

Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry and Thirupathi

Types of services

SETC offers the 3 types of services:[1]

Classic.(Non AC Seater with Toilet)

Ultra Deluxe.(Non AC Seater)

Air Conditioned (AC) Seater.

SETC launched below types of new services:(from 3 July 2018 in phased manner)[2][3][4][5]

Air Conditioned (AC) Seater cum Sleeper

Air Conditioned (AC) Sleeper

Non Air Conditioned Sleeper

Reservation

SETC provides advance booking and reservation on all of its routes. The advance reservation period is 60 days before the journey date. Reservation can be done online[6] or across SETC counters at major locations.

References

  1. ↑ "Types of services". TNSTC. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "TN Govt buses to have CCTV cameras, a/c sleeper coaches". The Hindu. PTI. 2017-07-08. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Ashok Leyland and Tata Intercity Buses". India Travel Forum, BCMTouring. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  4. ↑ "SETC New Bus Launch phase 1 of 2000 buses" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Bus Types".
  6. ↑ "TNSTC". www.tnstc.in. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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