This evening as I
entered Venkatrangam Street from
Bharathi Salai (PyCrofts Road) – had to wait a while as MTC bus was turning …
nothing new in that – those buses which terminate at Triplicane – enter the
road, reverse skilfully and stop a while at the Triplicane Terminus before
continuing.
What was unusual was
the way the bus stood decorated with garlands all over – curiosity aroused,
went closer and took a photo too. It was
Route No. 13 – one of the long surviving routes of MTC which fleet serve lakhs
of people everyday efficiently. The
buses on Route no. 13 originate from Triplicane, run through the entire stretch
of Bharathi Salai take a left near Wesley High School, run in Royapettah High
road, take a right in Avvai Shanmugham Road, go through Gopalapuram passing
through NPS and DAV schools, turn towards Gopalapuram play ground – Peters Road,
reach Anna Salai, turn at Aalaiamman kovil, (earlier it used to go through Sun
theatre) and reach T Nagar. In the few
minutes could see 5 buses on this route, which again is unusual.
The Metropolitan
Transport Corporation (formerly Pallavan Transport Corporation) is the agency that operates the public
transport bus service in Chennai – and lakhs utilise the services daily. Today, Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister Ms. J. Jayalalithaa flagged off 464 buses, including 39 new
ones, in various routes across the State reportedly at a cost of Rs. 94 crores
+
Here are couple of
photos of the new buses in route no. 13….
A web search indicates
that route no. 13 runs from Hendon to London Bridge. (in London, UK). Hendon is a London suburb and was a parish in the county of Middlesex.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
26th June
2014.
The route map of 13
courtesy : http://busroutes.in
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