1-Day travel MTC bus-pass fare will be Rs. 80 from 8th Feb
Posted on: 06/Feb/2018 11:18:08 AM
An information has been gathered that the 1-day travel bus-pass fare in the Chennai MTC has been increased from Rs. 50 to Rs. 80. This is to be effective from 8th February (Thursday).
In the Chennai Metro City, over 3700 buses are being operated daily in 806 routes. On an average, 48 lakh passengers travel in these buses. As the boundaries of the Chennai district has been expanded recently, bus services have been introduced to the new city suburban areas as well.
There has been a spurt in the number of passengers who visit from other places. Especially for the city visitors, to facilitate their travel around the city, a bus-pass for Rs. 50 valid for 1-day to travel wherever is available. This has been found to be extremely useful for multiple travels within a day.
Around 5 lakh passengers use this Rs. 50 1-day bus-pass every day. The ticket can be used from 5.00 AM to 11.00 PM. As the expenditure on the printing of multiple tickets for these travels is saved, the administration saves the printing cost. At the same time, the passenger also benefits as there is a considerable reduction in the bus fare.
Subsequent to the bus fares being revised upwards by the state government of Tamil Nadu on 20th January, the system of this 1-day bus pass has been stopped temporarily. This had greatly affected the passengers.
Now, it has been fixed that this 1-day bus-pass fare is increased from Rs. 50 to Rs. 80. The transport officials inform that the new bus-pass fare of Rs. 80 will be effective from 8th February.
In a similar decision, it has been notified that the monthly MTC bus-pass issued for Rs. 1000 will also be revised upwards.
For those who had already procured this monthly bus-pass, they can travel till the date as given in the bus-pass with the same bus-pass.
The officials have been in earnest meetings reviewing the revision in the fare of the monthly bus-pass. This monthly bus-pass will be issued on the 7th of each month. Accordingly, the monthly bus-pass is scheduled for release tomorrow (Wednesday, 7th February).
An announcement regarding this expected by evening today (6th February). It is gathered that the monthly bus-pass fare will be up from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1300.
