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Mini bus on OMR

mini bus in chennai  , image courtesy:contactnumbers.co.in

                                  Tamilnadu Chief minister Jayalalitha on Wednesday (23 Oct 2013) launched 50 mini buses in Chennai along 20 routes. The routes are mostly concentrated in North and East Chennai though with OMR getting a single route alone, Route Number 14

Mini Bus facility


                                  Each mini bus has 27 seats with an emergency exit at the back side. They are painted light green and has the symbol of AADMK political party on the sides of the bus.The bus has seperate seats for women, elderly and disabled as well. The height of the seats are little less than those of the normal ones

Mini Bus routes


                                Altogether 20 routes are covered of which one route is allocated to Old Mahabalipuram road .The route starts from SRP tools and ends at Mettukuppam . All the route numbers start with 'S'  and the route number for SRP tools to Mettukuppam is S14.The route covers the following places along OMR:

 Taramani
CTS
Ambedkar Nagar
Kamaraj Nagar
Telephone nagar,
Ellai amman kovil

It passes through RMZ IT park in perungudi as well.A total of 3 buses ply this route on OMR at a frequency of about 15 - 30 minutes

Mini Bus ticket fare


                           The minimum ticket fare is 5 rupees and goes upto 9 rupees along the different stages as given below:

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

More Mini Buses in Future


                         The government has planned fifty more mini buses to be launched during the next month of November.And so far the feedback has been positive from passengers.

Wish you a happy mini-bus ride OMR Riders!
References:
http://www.contactnumbers.co.in/mini-bus-in-chennai-mini-bus-routes-chennai-mini-bus-timing-mini-bus-fare/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/big-hopes-from-small-buses-in-chennai/article5269369.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/small-buses-to-connect-missing-links-in-chennai/article5265821.ece
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