Small Buses / Mini Bus - additional 50 buses introduced in Chennai Suburbs

Detailed route list for Small Buses

On February 19, 2014  The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation introduced 50 new small buses in Chennai on Wednesday to cover an additional 20 routes. Some of these buses will start operating on Wednesday night while others would start service on Thursday morning.

The new routes would cover areas like Tambaram, Pallavaram, Thiruvanmiyur, Besant Nagar, Adyar, Guindy and Mandaveli in the south and Villivakkam, Korattur, Perambur, Valasaravakkam in the north and north-western parts of the city.

The idea of small buses is to connect unconnected areas to the bigger modes of transport. "MRTS stations, bus depots and railway stations are some of the places small buses will cater to," said the official.

This is the detailed route list for the mini buses flagged off on February 19.

Small Buses in Chennai

As per the earlier announcement from State transport minister, Senthil Balaji on May 8, 2012 about introduction of 100 mini buses in Chennai. On 23/10/2013, tamilnadu Chief Minister has launched 50 mini bus services in Chennai on the following 20 routes.

Mini Bus Routes in Chennai

The buses are painted with light green colour and green leafs are printed are either side of the bus. All the buses are started with “S” series with 27 seating capacity with emergency exit at the back side of the bus.

The mini bus routes are having six stages from its starting point to end point. The minimum fare of Rs 5 to maximum fare of Rs 9 will be collected ad ticket charges from the passengers.

Mini Bus Ticket Fare Charges

Stage Fare

Stage 1 Rs 5
Stage 2 Rs 6
Stage 3 Rs 8
Stage 4 Rs 8
Stage 5 Rs 9
Stage 6 Rs 9

They added that the mini buses will not be operated as night service. As per the distance measurement and number of buses operated, every 15 – 30 minutes a mini bus will be operated in the above mentioned routes. 

New Trains announced in Railway Budget 2014-15

Railway Budget 2014-15

In the interim Railway Budget On 12 Feb 2014, Railway Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge has announced 72 new trains which includes 17 Premium trains, 38 Express trains, 10 Passenger trains, 4 MEMU and 3 DEMU in this year’s Interim Railway Budget. Three trains will be extended and frequency of same number of trains will be increased.

List of New Trains to be introduced in 2014-15:

1. Premium Trains: 
i. Howrah – Pune AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Manmad 
ii. Kamakhya – New Delhi AC Express (Weekly) via Chhapra, Varanasi 
iii. Kamakhya – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) via Malda, Howrah 
iv. Mumbai – Howrah AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Nagpur, Raipur  
v. Mumbai – Patna AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Itarsi, Manikpur 
vi. Nizamuddin – Madgaon AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Kota, Vasai Road 
vii. Sealdah –Jodhpur AC Express (Bi-weekly) via Mughalsarai 
viii. Yesvantpur - Jaipur AC Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Pune, Vasai Road 
ix. Ahmedabad – Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express (Tri-weekly) via Palanpur, Ajmer, Rewari 
x. Bandra – Amritsar Express (Weekly) Via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala 
xi. Bandra (T) – Katra Express (Weekly) via Kota, New Delhi, Ambala 
xii. Gorakhpur – New Delhi Express (Bi-weekly) via Lucknow, Moradabad 
xiii. Katra – Howrah Express (Weekly) Express via Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Saharanpur 
xiv. Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express ( Bi-weekly) via Khandwa, Jhansi, Kanpur 
xv. Patna– Bangalore Express (Weekly) via Mughalsarai, Chheoki, Manikpur, Nagpur 
xvi. Yesvantpur – Katra Express (Weekly) via Gulbarga, Kacheguda, Nagpur, New Delhi 
xvii. Thiruvananthpuram – Bangalore (Yesvantpur) Express (Bi- weekly) via Erode, Tirupattur 

2. Express Trains : 
i. Ahmedabad – Katra Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Rewari, Hisar, Bathinda, Amritsar 
ii. Ahmedabad – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Palanpur, Jaipur, Bandikui, Mathura, Kasganj 
iii. Ahmedabad – Allahabad Express (Weekly) via Jalgaon, Khandwa, Itarsi, Satna, Manikpur 
iv. Amritsar – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Saharanpur, Moradabad, Sitapur Cantt. 
v. Aurangabad – Renigunta Express (Weekly) via Parbhani, Bidar, Vikarabad 
vi. Bangalore – Chennai Express (Daily) via Bangarpet, Jolarpettai 
vii. Bandra (T) – Lucknow Jn Express (Weekly) via Kota, Mathura, Kasganj 
viii. Bareilly – Bhopal Express (Weekly) via Chandausi, Aligarh, Tundla, Agra 
ix. Bhavnagar – Bandra Express (Weekly) via Ahmedabad 
x. Bhavnagar- Delhi Sarai Rohilla Link Express (Weekly) 
xi. Gandhidham – Puri Express (Weekly) 
xii. Gorakhpur – Pune Express (Weekly) via Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Manmad  
xiii. Guntur-Kacheguda Double Decker Express (Bi-weekly); 
xiv. Howrah – Yeswantpur AC Express (Weekly)via Bhubaneswar, Gudur, Katpadi 
xv. Hubli – Mumbai Express (weekly) via Bijapur, Sholapur 
xvi. Hyderabad – Gulbarga Intercity (Daily) 
xvii. Jaipur – Chandigarh Intercity (Daily) via Jhajjar; 
xviii. Kacheguda – Tirupati Double Decker Express (Bi Weekly); 
xix. Kota – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via New Delhi, Ambala 
xx. Kanpur – Bandra (T) Express (Weekly) via Kasganj, Mathura, Kota 
xxi. Lucknow – Kathgodam Express (Tri-weekly) 
xxii. Manduadih – Jabalpur Express (Weekly) via Allahabad, Manikpur, Satna 
xxiii. Malda Town – Anand Vihar Express (Weekly) via Amethi & Rae Bareli; 
xxiv. Mannargudi – Jodhpur Express (Weekly) via, Jaipur 
xxv. Mumbai – Chennai Express (Weekly) via Pune, Gulbarga, Wadi 
xxvi. Mumbai – Gorakhpur Express (Weekly) via Gonda, Balrampur, Barhani 
(after gauge conversion); 
xxvii. Mumbai – Karmali AC Express (Weekly) via Roha 
xxviii. Nanded – Aurangabad Express (Weekly) via Purna, Parbhani 
xxix. Nagpur – Rewa Express (Weekly) via Satna 
xxx. Nagercoil – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) via Karur, Namakkal, Salem 
xxxi. Pune – Lucknow Express (Weekly) via Khandwa, Bhopal, Bina, Jhansi, Kanpur 
xxxii. Ramnagar – Chandigarh Express (Weekly) via Moradabad, Saharanpur 
xxxiii. Ranchi – New Jalpaiguri Express (Weekly) via Jhajha, Katihar 
xxxiv. Secunderabad – Visakhapatnam AC Express (Weekly) via Kazipeth, Vijaywada 
xxxv. Santragachi – Anandvihar Express (Weekly) 
xxxvi. Srigangnagar – Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) via Abohar, Bathinda, Dhuri 
xxxvii. Thiruvananathapuram-Nizamuddin Express (Bi-weekly) one day via 
Kottayam and one day via Allepey 
xxxviii. Varanasi – Mysore Express (Bi-weekly) via Wadi, Daund 
xxxix. Balurghat – Howrah Express (Bi-weekly) 

3. Passenger trains : 
i. Bina – Katni Passenger (Daily) 
ii. Dekargaon – Naharlagun Passenger (Daily) after completion of new line 
iii. Gunupur - Visakhapatnam Passenger (Daily) 
iv. Hubli - Belgaum Fast Passenger (Daily) 
v. Jaipur – Phulera Passenger (Daily)  
vi. Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger (Daily) 
vii. Punalur – Kanniyakumari Passenger (Daily) via Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram 
viii. Sambalpur – Bhawanipatna Passenger (Daily) 
ix. Tatanagar – Chakulia Passenger (Daily) 
x. Tiruchendur – Tirunelveli Passenger (Daily) 

4. MEMU Trains : 
i. Anand – Dakor (Daily 2 services) 
ii. Anuppur-Ambikapur (6 days a week) 
iii. Delhi – Rohtak Passenger (Daily 2 services) 
iv. Santragachi – Jhargram (5 days a week) 

5. DEMU Trains : 
i. Morbi – Maliya Miyana 
ii. Ratlam – Fatehabad Chandrawati Ganj (Daily) after gauge conversion 
iii. Rewari – Rohtak (Daily) 

6. Extension of Trains 
i. 14705/14706 Delhi Sarai Rohilla – Sujangarh Express to Jodhpur 
ii. 15281/15282 Patna – Saharsa Express to Murliganj 
iii. 15013 / 15014 Kathgodam – Bhagat Ki Kothi Ranikhet Express to Jaisalmer 

7. Increase in Frequency: 
i. 16571/16572 Bidar – Yesvantpur Express 3 days to daily 
ii. 17225/17226 Hubli – Vijayawada Express from 3 days to daily 
iii. 17319/17320 Hubli – Secunderabad Express from 3 days to daily