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K Paneerselvam
Oct 30, 2020
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Request for Refund - Bus Ticket Booking Failed Once the payment was done

Address: State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Ltd., Head Office, Thiruvalluvar House, Pallavan Salai, Chennai - 600002.

On 30/10/2020, I tried to book a bus ticket from Chennai to Salem in SETC. Amount Rs.1145/- has been debited from my bank account but the ticket was not booked. Please resolve this complaint and refund the amount as soon as possible.

I did login with Guest account as I don't have any SETC user account.

Booking Date : 30/10/2020
OB No : OB14759948
Amount : Rs.1145 /-

My Email ID :...
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Address: Chennai, Tamilnadu

Date: 19-Oct-2020 Bus No. TN23N2559 departed at 4PM from Chennai MGR bus terminal. From Chennai MGR CMBT bus stand to Hosur. This is a deluxe bus which supposed to operate by stopping at specific important bus terminals.
When the bus started from Chennai the seats were 60% full.
But, In this bus the conductor didn’t follow the bus stop rules and he stopped, boarded and dropped people at about 12 stops before reaching vellore...
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Jun 10, 2020
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double charges for single luggage

Address: Salem

I have been traveling from coimbatore to salem in a point to point bus (Tn30n1954) on 10/6/2020 at 10: 00 am. I supposed to carry an led tv of 32 inch sony. I have reported to the conductor regarding the luggage carrying. He asked double the ticket charges for that single luggage. I. E 310 rs. For luggage and 155 for my ticket. Totally i have paid 465 for traveling from coimbatore to salem. Is this luggahe charges considerably applied for...
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VaishuGanesh
May 3, 2020
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regarding bus pass extension

Address: Triplicane

Respected sir/mam,
i'm vaishnavi and doing research in madras university. I renewed my monthly bus pass on 12th february 2020 at t nagar depot. This bus pass is valid till 15th march 2020. Due to this corona issues, government has announced lock down from 24th march 2020 till the date. So, not only me, many people could have renewed there bus pass by paying 1000/- without using it for upcoming month.
i kindly...
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Venkadesh Ven Sen
Mar 15, 2020
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careless behaviour of tnstc bus conductor

Address: 5/8 Palanigounden pudur, Kadathur post, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Erode, 638454, Erode, Tamil Nadu, 638484

I was about to catch private travel in erode at 9.20 pm today from gobichettipalayam. I was looking for pp from gobi at 8.30pm as i was little late. A non pp bus came at 8.30pm. I asked the bus conductor whether any pp bus is available to erode. He didn't even reply anything. The bus departed and went about 100 metres from bus stand l. Suddenly a pp came. I asked the conductor whether it is pp or not. He said yes the pp's wi'll come and go,...
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Dhileeba Anu
Jan 21, 2020
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tn bus issue

I've boarded bus at 10:30 pm from mayiladuthurai to chennai, now the time is 2:41am, within 1hr i have to reach thiruvanmiyur, but still we're in starting point of the ecr due to bus having some technical issue. Without resolving the issue the bus will not move.
Query: without checking before travelling how can take the bus to drive for long? Is the bus really got an approval from respective person before driving?? If some one having...
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ag krishnan
from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Oct 26, 2019
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government bus ticket extra charges

Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Dear sir / madam,
I traveling goverment bus perungalathur to panruti tickets charge is notrmal bus normal days rs.135 to 140 but dewali festival i pay rs.200 i ask to conductor no response ticket is not billing tickets only old model tickets this is not only this time all festival time same problem
Bus no-tn 68 n.0810
Route-kombakonnam
Please take action asap...
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pavi priya
from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Oct 12, 2019
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I'm complaining about bus number 4

Address: 14/37H, durai samy pillai street, Elgi garden, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641111

We are very much satisfied with a bus which had been arrived from vellalore to thudiyalur in morning time 7.30 am for a while to now this will be useful for number of college and school students and now the bus has been stopped without knowing the reason it leads us a very difficult task in the morning... So we kindly request you to do a favour by resending it in the same time... Thanking you......
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tcmthi
from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Aug 23, 2019
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sms not received for the journey

Address: 641046

I booked a ticket to travel from bangalore to coimbatore on[protected] with tnstc wide pnr number t28811341, unfortunately instead of 9.00pm have booked for 9.00am, while reservation fee collected for sms charges and havnt received any sms for my travel, because of that i lost my travel charges since as per tnstc terms cancellation is applicable within thirty minutes of travel time, though i had paid charges for sms, i haven't received any...
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Prasad DLN
from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Aug 4, 2019
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tiruvallur to chengalpattu

Address: 602001

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I am a daily commuter to mahindra world city near chengalpattu from tiruvallur. We have 82c tnsetc bus once in 30 minutes and while returning back there is no stop for 82c at mahindra world city, we need to travel to previous or next stage to catch this. I am posting this on behalf of 200+ commuters to mahindra world city from tiruvallur. Request to increase frequency 15 mins atleast during morning 6 to 8 am from tiruvallur similarly...
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Hari123456
from Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh
May 24, 2019
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conductor not giving change.

Address: HOSUR BUS STAND, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, 635109

Sir i travelled in bus number 16 from hosur bus stand to railways station. On 24.05.2019 at 6.20 am morning. The conductor got rs.10 from me and rs.5 from other passenger for ticket charges rs.7 and asked other passenger to give rs.2 to me while asking for explanation he harshly replied. I told i will complaint he is challenging if you want you can get down and complaint on me and said you can't do anything and started shouting can't you...
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Manikanda Prabhu I
from Bengaluru, Karnataka
May 9, 2019
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bus was cancelled but ticket amount not refunded

Address: Bangalore, Karnataka
Website: www.tnstc.in/TNSTCOnline

Sir,

I have booked 2 tickets (Seat nos:17, 18) from bangalore to tirunelveli.

Date of journey:22.02.2019,
Route no:874ud,
Ob reference no. :ob12945184,
Bank txn. No: psbi[protected],
Bus id no.:e-2085,
Pnr number:t27404168,
Trip code:1800bantiu.

Usually, i receive the message of the conductor number to my phone before 1 hour of journey. But that...
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Address: 635810

Dear sir,
Tnstc (Villupuram)- gudiyattam depot bus starting at banglore around 10.30 pm is not comming to ambur bus stand and takes byepass to gudiyattam. Since it is a mid night and no other bus to gudiyattam at that time lot of people waiting for that bus in ambur bus stand got disapponited and they are forced to go to pallikonda and come back to gudiyattam. This too happen during week ends.

So i request to consider...
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Prabhu0479
from Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Mar 15, 2019
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luggage charges non standard

I am travelling in bus no 221 from central to kelambakkam... I am carrying a mini trolley bag which will fit in the cabin and less than 4 kgs... He charged a luggage charges from me. I am travelling with this bag every month for the last 2 years and no one asked for luggage charges. He has collected the money and also very rude to the passengers. Do you have any specific description in the bus which consider as luggage and which are not....
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from Uttiramerur, Tamil Nadu
Feb 16, 2019
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setc bus conductor causing inconvenience

I have booked bus ticket from trichy to tirupati through online from setc website. The seat i booked was ladies seat.in the middle of the travel the bus conductor was insisting my seat and woke me in mid of the sleep at night which caused me great inconvenience for a female passenger. The bus details are

Date of journey :[protected]
Time: 20.30
Bus id no. :e-5198
969 ud
Ticket pnr no. : t27361033br...
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Sakthi Mugunthan
from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Jan 20, 2019
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1-1 bus, non, stop but stop in everywhere for rest and bus stand

Tn-45 n-3955 from trichirappalli to coimbatore. Date: 20/01/2019, bus timing from trichy : 17: 40

I'm going to travel in some emergency travel, in this bus haven't the conductor too, he close his stage in trichy itself but still driver stopped the bus in all place. I'm not able to travel for my timing. Please take a action. And please make the bus if 1to1 means should not stop in anywhere. We all are choose 1-1 for emergency...
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Soundaryamoorthy
from Ernakulam, Kerala
Nov 15, 2018
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bus maintenance

Address: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600079
Website: Transport

During rainy season we are experiencing rain outside as well as inside the bus. All the parts are damaged and water is falling inside the bus on passengers seat. If the situation continues, all the passengers should open their umbrellas inside the bus as well. Necessary steps has to be taken inorder to repair the buses asap.
Many buses in chennai city is facing the same issue.
Office goers are being affected seriously due to...
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Balu4u
from Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu
Aug 3, 2018
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damaged and worst condition tnstc buses

Hi,

I'm right now traveling to chethupattu from tambaram in bus route no 148 express. Bus number tn 32 3070. Timing 10:30 pm in tambaram i believe. This bus is in very worst condition and not suitable for human transport especially during rain. Now raining, every where in bus celing are water falling on passengers. No proper service. Here 40+ unconditional seats but only 15 members occupied.. Remaining seats are filled with...
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Priyadarshi Das
from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Jul 15, 2018
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fraud bus conductor

Address: Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636302

Today at Bangalore before I board the bus I asked whether it's a express 1to 1 for Salem or not and he said yes after dat for ticket when I gave him 225 rupees he gave me only tickets for 120, so I asked him but that time also he told the same, then later once we reached dharmapuri he returned me rest of the money and told me get down and take Salem bus, so I waste my full day because of this fraud. Please take action accordingly, don't force...
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Sheik Abdul Sulthan
from Morena, Madhya Pradesh
May 19, 2018
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luggage fare collected for mixie

Address: 631002

I was travelling arakkonam to chittoor in bus @6.50 am. Vizhupuram depot bus. The conductor collected fare for carring mixie in the bus which is no more weight than 1kg. The conductor behavior was very bad, he used the word "ey ticket vaangu". Bus no. Tn21n1660. Why i need to pay when there is a rule to buy ticket if luggage weighs more than 30 kg....
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