Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation [TNSTC] Complaints & Reviews

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Nagaraj from Gandhipuram, I am working in a Software company at Saravanampatti. It is 15 km from Gandhipuram. The bus No 111 only will go to this area. It will come once in a half an hour. If i miss the bus i have to wait another half an hour. Today i came to lakshmipuram bus stop at 7.30. That time one 111 came and i gave a hand signal to stop the bus, But the Driver went away from the bus stop and stopped...

We a copule of commuters, plying from Thanjavur NEW Busstand to Trichy Central Busstand, everyday. Usually we are plying through Govt. buses only. That too in the bus coming from ARIYALUR, bearing no. TN45 2167, starting at Thanjavur New Busstand at 7.34 AM and TN45 2103, starting at Thanjavur New Busstand at 7.37 AM, and reach Trichy around 9.15 AM. The travel in these two buses is always safe and good. UNFORTUNATELY, for last some weeks,...

i am from sivakasi. our city is called as "Small japan" because of hardworking peoples.in our city most of the business peoples and students who are all depending on chennai for their business and studies are suffering from unavailability of frequent bus service to chennai. now we are provided with only one a/c bus. its cost Rs.460. due to this high amount some small business people and economically poor student cant use this bus....

sir ,my native is Trichy but am working in covai,karumathampatti. Yesterday(15/08/2010) night i got TNSTC bus from Erode,usually Erode to Karumathampatti charge will Rs.21 but he put full amount(Rs.32). i was inquired with conductor but he said"from Erode covai, you can get down anywhere but fare will be full".time also night around 1AM so we can not get any other source. actually i do not know this rule or not,also here i have...

I am Pradeep, working in Bangalore.
On 14/07/2010, I travelled with my family (wife, 10 yr old kid & 1 yr old kid) from Theni, Tamilnadu to Dindigul in the Government Transportation Bus (TNSTC, Madurai, Bus No : TN58 - N 0510)
The Bus started at 6.30 PM from Theni. When it reached Periyakulam, the bus broke down.The driver took the bus to the nearby Bus depot, and started correcting the problem. I had booked my train from...

I want to share an incident which happened couple of weeks before in my
life.
I went to my native to attend a marriage and after attending it, me and
my brother were returning back to bangalore. It was Tuesday so buses are
free and I didn't book the ticket. We got a ticket in an Ultra Deluxe
bus.The fare is 175 rupees per person. I bought 2 tickets by giving 400
rupees. The conductor...

Hi,
Right now manual booking only available in Karur for SETC. If online booking is introduced, it'll be very helpful for SETC passengers. So that we can book from Chennai or Bangalore, etc. We can book from other places too.

Also, one more request. In Karur SETC booking counter, ticket resevation person is not available on all times. As his home is near by bus stand, he used to go home in office timings...

Respected Sir,
i would like to highlight the bad experience i had from the night enquiry counter staff member AT SETC PONDICHERRY OFFICE AT 10PM IN THE NIGHT ON[protected]THURSDAY). I HAD BOOKED MY TICKET FOR NIGHT 9.45 PM(1/7/2010) SETC UD LUXURY BUS TO COIMBATORE. SO EVEN AFTER 10 PM ON NOT SEEING THE BUS AT THE STATION I ENQUIRED WITH THE ENQIRY COUNTER PERSON. HE SHOUTED AT ME SAYING THAT CANT U SEE...

Tickets of the Chenganacherry- Chennai SETC bus are sold in black market.

Since there are no reservation facilities for this bus, only seat reservation coupons are issued 45 minutes before departure of the bus. It is mentioned that only 2 coupens per person will be issued.

Yesterday 27th May 2010, I stood in the queue at the counter by 1.55 pm for the bus (TN 01 N 8103) which departs at 3.pm. The counter was...

Sir,
This is manoj from coimbatore.I sent this complaint regarding of non stopping of bus(route no-56)
Bus-56,is plying from ganthipuram to poluvampatti,via thondamuthur.On june 10 i show my hand to stop the bus at park gate stop at morning 5am.But the bus havent stopped.Even the bus driver listned me.But he concentrate only to drive the bus.
So i request you take a proper action on this complaint.This is the 1st bus...

Sir,

Today (07/06/2010) I have travelled from Trichy to Salem in the TNSTC bus. Bus no.TN45 3009. Bus started
from trichy at 8.55 AM and reached Salem by 12.50 PM. Actually, this is Express and PP bus. They are charged extra money and they took nearly 4 hours to reach salem. All other private buses taking only 3 and half hours and they are charging normal fare. But TNSTC charging extra amount and taking nearly half an...

Conductor refused to stop the bus in "Irungattukotai" bus stop. But he has given tiket in the name of "Irungattukotai". He asked me to step down in toll gate speed Braker (which is before "Irungattukotai"). He said "Time delay" as the reason for non-stoppage.

Bus No: TN72N1335
Tiket No: 074264 dt.31/05/2010 06:04:46 am
RT No: K139

I am coming from vellore...

Sir,

I booked 3 tickets from Tirupathi to Madurai thru State Express Transport Corporation AC bus (7.20 pm) for me, and my parents on last friday (20th May). My seat did not have push back facility when asked about it to the Conductor, he said the spring was not working and got damaged by a passenger with a smart smile. And the AC is also not properly working and the answer from him is do not expect more than this.
br...

Respected Sir,

On 10th May’10, when I was traveling (unreserved) from Kovilpetti to Hosur by SETC TN-01 N7746, front seat allotted (near driver seat) for me by driver cum conductor. Bus has breakdown at beside Tirumangalam and corrected within one hour. After that I had known that the above person for sleeping purpose only occupied two seats. Already one seat eligible for them hence I went to ask them with soft but they had...

I am one who keeps on travelling as my proffesion is as so . I regulary travel on TNSTC ( tamil nadu state transport corporation ) a government of tamilnadu undertaking SETC ( state express transport corporation) most of the long running buses stop only on certain MOTELS where the standard of food is not up to the mark whereas they charge Rs 45 /- for limited meals and the mineral water they sell do not have an expiry date at all the rates...

I had possibly THE worst experience of my life with SETC service on 30th April/1st May.

I had reserved a ticket on route no.:794UD (from Chennai to Trivandrum), at 9pm on 30th April..
The Corporation claims the journey to be of 17 Hours.

The Bus did not leave the CMBT terminus till 9:30pm on 30th.
I reached the destination at 5pm on 1st May, instead of 2pm, as claimed.

THREE hours...

Hi
I have been using public transportation for more than 4 years from Bangalore, Chennai & Pondicherry. The worst transport service ever seen is TNSTC/SETC.
1. TNSTC has different category of buses like normal & express buses and there is a difference in charge accordingly. But both the buses have a speed limit set in the buses. There is no difference in journey time.
(I personally asked one of the conductors...

Bus conductor mis behaves with the passenger.

it was vizupuram controlled bus Red colored hosur to chennai,bus no 303 starts. it was around 10:30 night on friday 10 th april. Conductor refused to take passengers of vellore. he wanted only chennai passengers,
i asked him WILL IT STOP AT VELLORE, HE SAID NO. BUT IN THE NAME PLATE IT WAS WRITTEN, IT WILL GO VIA VELLORE TO CHENNAI. I again insisted him but he started abusing...

Hi

I travel from Tiruvallur to Chennai everyday to office, I come by Tamil Nadu State Transport corporation. Today I travelled by a bus from Tirupathi to Chennai (bus number 201). The bus came near the Koyambedu bus stop and the driver stopped the bus before it entered the station. For 15 mins it was standing at the same place, when asked y is it, he told the conductor went to buy the breakfast for them. This happens regularly,...

Hi All,

Today Morning i ll travel by bike from chengalpattu to santhome (6:30 onwards) in the time near to Vandalur, one of the SETC bus driver will drive the very poor condition, he will beet me by two time and the driver is using the bad word to me.


Kindly take the action to the driver.

Route No :- 198 UD
Bus No :- TN01-N-4865

Regards,
Rajesh.S...