Navigating Kilambakkam: Your Ultimate Passenger Guide to SETC Buses for Southern Districts
Posted on: 30/Jan/2024 2:46:52 PM
Starting today, all south-bound buses operated by transport corporations and traveling via Chengalpattu will be shifting their operations to the Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus (KCBT) located in Kilambakkam, Chennai. To assist passengers traveling on State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) buses to the southern districts of Tamil Nadu from the terminus, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has released a guide detailing platform numbers and bus bay assignments.
Here`s the breakdown of platforms and destinations for south-bound buses at KCBT:
- Platform 1 :
Buses heading to Nagercoil, Marthandam, Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tiruchendur, Shencottai, and Tuticorin.
- Platform 2 :
Buses serving Pappanasam, Nagercoil, Marthandam, Kuttam, Kulasekaram, Karungal, Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tiruchendur, Thisayanvilai, Srivilliputhur, Sivakasi, Shencottai, Udangudi, Tuticorin, and Thiruvanathapuram.
- Platform 3 :
Buses connecting Oppilan, Madurai, Keeramangalam, Karaikudi, Kamuthi, Ervadi, Devakottai, Thondi, Sivagangai, Sayalgudi, and Veeracholan.
- Platform 4 :
Buses traveling to Pollachi, Peravurani, Pattukottai, Mannargudi, Kumuli, Kumbakonam, Karur, Dindigul, Cumbum, Bodinayakkanur, Theni, Thanjavur, and Tiruchy.
- Platform 6 :
Buses destined for Pollachi, Nammakal, Mettupalayam, Guruvayur, Ernakulam, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Tiruvarur.
Tamil Nadu Transport Minister SS Sivasankar clarified that only buses operating via ECR and Poonamallee to Vellore, Hosur, and Tirupattur will continue to operate from the Koyambedu terminus. Additionally, for passenger convenience, buses from Tamil Nadu Transport Corporations Villupuram arriving in Chennai will be routed to Tambaram and then proceed to the Kilambakkam terminus.
