Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)

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Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Limited
TamilNadu Logo.svg
Parent Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation
Founded 1972
Headquarters Pallavan House, Anna Salai, Chennai
Locale Chennai
Service area Chennai Metropolitan Area
Service type Normal, Express, Deluxe, Air Conditioned Deluxe and Small Bus
Fleet 3,798 [1]
Operator Government of Tamil Nadu
Website www.mtcbus.org
Heatmap of the coverage of public transportation in Chennai City

The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (formerly known as Pallavan Transport Corporation) sometimes known as the MTC, is the agency that operates the public bus service in Chennai, India. It has an operating area of 3,929 square kilometres (1,517 sq mi).[2]

History

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai - Dn.I) 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.[3] The Pallavan Transport Corporation was split into two and a new Corporation, namely, Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation Ltd. started functioning from 19 January 1994 for this split Poonamallee Depot were split buses covers Broadway via Koyambedu, Ambathur, and Redhills came under Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation Ltd and south-bounded bus broadway via Guindy, Tambaram, and T. Nagar came under Pallavan Transport Corporation. Pallavan Transport Corporation was renamed as Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Madras Division –1) Limited, 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 in 10 January 2001. The fleet strength of the Corporation at 1 March 2009 was 3,260 with 25 depots, a body building unit at Chromepet, a ticket printing press at K.K.Nagar and Reconditioning Unit at Patullos Road. During the year 2002-2003, 117 buses have been purchased for replacement. After 2007, thousands of number of buses are purchased for new services as well as replacement for old buses.

As of 2012, the corporation operates 42,961 services daily in 800 routes.[4] The driver strength at MTC is 5,000 as against a required driver strength of 5,800.[5]

Increase Over the Years[1][3]
1972 2015
Depots 8 27
Fleet 1,029 3,798
Route 176 806
Employees 12,178 24,052
Passenger/day 1.2 million 5.184 million
Occupancy ratio NA 75.83%
Revenue/day ₹ 200,000 ₹ 30,034,000

Fleet

Per RTO rules, an MTC bus could accommodate a maximum of 73 passengers, including 48 sitting and 25 standing. However, buses carry over 150 passengers in some routes, especially during peak hours, with many travelling on the footboard of the bus resulting in several accidents.

Deluxe bus from Ashok Leyland
An ordinary fare (white board) bus
File:MTC-TataMarcopolo2.jpg
MTC's Tata Marcopolo Bus
New vestibule bus with LED display
An MTC AC Volvo Service
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.

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

Air-conditioned buses MTC runs Volvo B7RLE air conditioned buses on selected routes. There about 100 of these buses running on select routes at regular intervals.

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

MTC Fleet Over the Years[6]
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

Depots

The Metropolitan Transport Corporation has 32 depots, each with an average parking capacity of 100 buses.

The 32 depots of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (as of 2015) are listed below:

18 MandaveliMA

MTC Depots
S. No. Depot Depot code Old code Region Fleet strength Scheduled services
1 Adambakkam AB Nil Chromepet 49 46
2 Adyar AD B Adyar 210 195
3 Alandur AL K Chromepet 138 128
4 Ambathur AM E Ayanavaram 177 165
5 Anna Nagar AN H Ayanavaram 214 197
6 Avadi AV X Ayanavaram 148 136
7 Ayanavaram AY C Ayanavaram 168 154
8 Basin Bridge BB Nil Tondiarpet 45 41
9 Besant Nagar BN Nil Adyar 27 25
10 Central Depot CD Nil Ayanavaram 178 165
11 Chromepet - I CR W Chromepet 149 138
12 Chromepet - II CW Nil Chromepet
13 Ennore EN K Tondiarpet 63 59
14 Iyyappanthangal IY Y Vadapalani 159 147
15 K.K.Nagar KN G Vadapalani 185 169
16 Kundrathur KU Nil Vadapalani
17 Madhavaram MV F Tondiarpet 140 130
18 Mandaveli MN J Adyar 85 79
19 MKB Nagar MB Nil Tondiarpet
20 Padiyanallur PL Nil Tondiarpet
21 Perambur PR S Ayanavaram 161 149
22 Poonamallee PM V, Z Vadapalani 179 164
23 Saidapet SP M Vadapalani 130 121
24 Semmencherry SM Nil Adyar
25 Tambaram TA O Vadapalani 222 204
26 T.Nagar TN L Vadapalani 96 90
27 Thiruvanmiyur TR R Adyar 149 141
28 Thiruvottriyur TV N Tondiarpet 106 98
29 Tondiarpet - I TD A Tondiarpet 140 130
30 Tondiarpet - II TW T Tondiarpet 76 71
31 Vadapalani VP D Vadapalani 189 175
32 Vyasarpadi VY P Tondiarpet 130 119
Total 3,637 3,365

Upcoming Depots

  • Upcoming Depots

1 Perumbakkam 2 Kannagi Nagar

  • Future Depots

1 Gummidipoondi 2 Thaiyur 3 Velachery

Revenue

As of 2012, MTC's advertisement revenue per month is ₹ 86 lakhs.[7] 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.[8]

As of feb 4, 2015 The total revenue per day of all the buses is 2.75 cr [9]

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.[10] [11]

Connectivity with MRTS and airport

The MTC services are not integrated with the Mass Rapid Transit System.[12] Some of the MRTS stations are located away from bus stops which makes transfers difficult.[13][14] 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.[15]

Accidents

The accident rate of MTC is high compared to similar metropolitan transport corporations in the country.[16] In Chennai, 104 people died in 2012 in accidents involving MTC buses. The driver unions are blamed for violations going unpunished and continuing unabated.[17][18] [19]

People killed in accidents involving MTC buses
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
142 145 138 132 112 104 98
Accidents over the years[19]
Year Fatal Non-fatal
2009 109 384
2010 106 351
2011 112 436
2012 103 351
2013 (up to 25 July) 62 215

To mitigate the no. of accidents, officials of the corporation and the traffic police conduct refresher courses and yoga classes for MTC drivers.[17][20][21]

Criticism

There have complaints about operator behavior[22] on MTC buses and these have been effectively addressed by the administration by having special counseling and yoga sessions for the workers.[23][23][24] The entrances to most buses have at least two steps. This poses difficulty for some passengers to alight or board the buses.[25] Some of the bus stations are poorly maintained.[26]

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.[27]

See also

References

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  27. ↑ [3], Times Of India

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