The formation of a separate corporation exclusively for
operating long distance express services connecting all the district Headquarters in the
State ( Tamil Nadu ) with Chennai as Headquarters was thought by the Government during the
year 1975.Hence the long distance express services was operated by erstwhile Tamilnadu
State Transport Department were transferred as the Express wing of Pallavan Transport
Corporation with effect from 15th sep’1975.The express wing of Pallavan Transport
Corporation was registered on 14th January 1980 and named as Thiruvalluvar Transport
Corporation’.
Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation operates long
distance buses exceeding 250 Kms and above throughout the state of Tamilnadu linking all
important capital cities, historical places, religious places and commercial places etc,
and adjoining states like Andhrapradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Union Territory of Puduchery.
This corporation is operating Semi-Deluxe, Super-Deluxe and Ultra Deluxe Buses.
Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation started with 276
buses at the beginning and now renamed as State Express Transport Corporation Ltd.,
having 950 buses as on 01-05-2007. State Express Transport Corporation Ltd. is
taking several effective steps to improve its service to cater to the needs of the travelling public and to provide better comfort, safe, quick and reliable service. The
services operated by this Corporation are very popular among the public.
In India’s passenger
road transport sector, STATE EXPRESS TRANSPORT CORPORATION
TAMILNADU LIMITED is setting benchmarks in a large number of
operational areas. Its superior services deliverables and all round
performance have helped it bag a number of awards at the national
level in several categories like vehicle Productivity, Tyre
performance and minimum operational cost etc. STATE EXPRESS
TRANSPORT CORPORATION TAMILNADU LIMITED has become the most
preferred transport service provider by the people of Tamilnadu and
its neighboring state. STATE EXPRESS TRANSPORT CORPORATION TAMILNADU
LIMITED’s large objective is to adopt efficient in its day-to-day
activities and bring the best to long distance passengers needs.
At present
State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Limited provides
one of the most affordable public transport to 1 Lakh passengers per
day.
For more Comfort and Luxury to the traveling public, SETC introduced
310 Ultra Deluxe Buses with 36 seating capacity with air Suspension
and pollution free system to Inter & Intra State routes.
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The
Details of Awards Received by this
Corporation are given below. |
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Years |
Name of the Award |
Authority which issued the Award |
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1991-92 |
Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity
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Association of
State Road Transport Undertakings
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1992-93 |
Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity
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1993-94 |
Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity
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1994-95 |
Winner Trophy Minimum Operational Cost |
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1996-97 |
Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity |
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1997-98 |
Highest Performance in Vehicle
Productivity |
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1998-99 |
Highest Performance in Vehicle
Productivity |
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2001-02 |
Highest Performance in Vehicle
Productivity |
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2002-03 |
Improvement in Tyre Performance |
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2003-04 |
Highest Performance in Vehicle
Productivity |
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2003-04 |
Improvement in Tyre Performance |
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