Changes in special bus departure before Diwali
Posted on: 02/Nov/2018 12:23:01 PM
A latest update from Chennai City Traffic Police announced the changes made in the departure schedules and pick up of Tamil Nadu buses for Pre-Diwali journey between November 2 and 5, 2018. In order to organize the journey with uniform distribution of heavy crowd the departure schedules have been slightly changed by the authorities.
The announcement comes as a follow up news after the government official release of not having mandatory ticket printout for the journey before Diwali in Tamil Nadu Government buses. The SMS confirming the ticket and other details with a valid ID are enough to confirm the journey said the government circular.
Now the latest update informs the facilitation of special buses for Diwali operated from Chennai to neighboring states without any traffic congestion. The new departure points of these special buses are officially released by the traffic police department operated from six locations.
- Special Buses departing from Koyambedu will not cross Tambaram and Perungalathur and will not have stops over these locations. It takes the diverted route via Maduravoyal – Poonamallee – Nazarethpet - Outer Ring Road to reach Vandaloor. Passengers who booked these buses have to board at temporary bus stands at Urapakkam or Kelambakkam. The two locations are replaced instead of Tambaram and Perungalathur where the traffic congestion is heavy throughout the festival time. There are times when buses takes hours of waiting time just to cross Vandaloor owing to slow moving vehicles as a result of heavy traffic congestion. City traffic police took this diverted route measure to cut off the busy route.
- Buses that are planned to operate between Chennai and other southern districts such as Madurai, Tirunelveli, Kaniyakumari and Ramanathapuram will be operated from CMBT Koyambedu.
- Buses planned for Tiruvannamalai will have its departure from Tambaram railway station.
- Buses assigned to operate towards Kumbakonam and Tanjavur will have the route via Vikravandi and Banrutti from Tambaram Anna Bus Stand (MEPZ).
- Puducherry, Cuddalore and Chidambaram departures from Chennai will operate via ECR from K.K. Nagar bus stand.
- Buses bound for Kalahasthi, Tirupathi, Nellore, Oothukottai and other regions of Andhra Pradesh will be operated from the newly opened Madhavaram Bus terminus.
- Buses that are planned to operate for Kancheepuram, Seiyaru, Arcot, Arani, Vellore, Tirupathur, Hosur and Dharmapuri will depart from Poonamalle bus stand.
