MTC to run round the clock special services to ease Deepavali rush from Nov 11 to 13

CHENNAI: Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) on Tuesday announced the operation of 310 special buses connecting five temporary bus terminals from where out-station buses would be operated for three days from Wednesday. The special buses would run round the clock.

“Ahead of Deepavali (Saturday), adequate special link buses would be available for three days starting from November 11 to reduce traffic snarls in the city and to ease hardships of long route travel passengers,” an MTC release said.

The long-distance buses would be operated from Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus, Tambaram New Bus Terminus (MEPZ), Tambaram Railway Station, Poonamallee Bus Terminus, CMBT and KK Nagar Bus Terminus to facilitate easy movement of the vehicles. The transport corporations would be operating 9,510 buses (2,225 buses on November 11, 3,705 buses on November 12 and 3,580 buses on November 13) from the city to various destinations.

The 310 special buses would be in addition to the normal services from November 11 to 13. The buses plying to Ponneri, Gummidipoondi and Uthookottai via Red Hills would be operated from Madhavaram New Bus stand and the would use 16 bus for this. The corporation would operate seven special buses to KK Nagar bus terminus, from where the long-distance services to Puducherry (via ECR), Cuddalore and Chidambaram would commence.

The long-distance buses to Tindivanam, Vikkravandi, Panruti and Tiruvannamalai would ply from Tambaram MEPZ and railway station. The MTC would deploy 114 special buses. The buses plying via Vellore would from Poonamallee and the MTC will use 57 buses. All other long-distance buses would be operated from CMBT and 116 special buses would be in service.