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New volvo bus photos11/8/2022 ![]() ![]() (It is more practical to break those gigantic windows and escape in case of emergency, assuming one manages to break them!)Ĭameras and Fire alarms have been provided. Not sure how practical it will be to use that door for emergency exit because if it is very inconvenient to exit through that tiny door. The bus was running with less than 25% occupancy with which MTC might just be breaking even.Įmergency Exit door is positioned at an unusual place-the ventilator on roof top. While Bangalore BMTC Volvo conductors speak fluent English, Chennai MTC Volvo conductor with whom I spoke managed to utter few English words. 23 (Rs 5 in ordinary bus), Thiruvanmiyur to Chennai Central costs Rs 25 (Rs 10 in a Deluxe bus). ![]() Ticket Fare: From Broadway to Chamiers Road did cost me Rs. (Excuse me for bad photography, image was taken in a hurry), Below: Timetable at Broadway. Hope Chennaities can expect similar service (details here). Also I could see no mention of E-18 route time table (Broadway to Guduvancheri)īangalore has a SMS based location identification service for Volvo city buses. I’m not sure if the 1105 bus came in late or 1215 bus came in early, but verdict is that timetable is not reliable. ![]() But surprisingly at 1130 a Volvo bus of route number 21G came in and it left the station at 1140. When I took these photos at Broadway at 1120 hours I was thinking I have to wait for another 45 minutes for next bus. But please note, these Volvo buses are under no obligation to honor these timings. Two such boards, found at Central and Broadway station can be seen in the images below. Timetable: MTC Chennai has not issued any consolidated Time Table for Volvo Services, but I noticed that they have placed some boards displaying departure timing of the Volvo buses at each bus terminal where a Volvo service originates/ends. ( Makes more economical than unruly overpriced meter less autos in Chennai) Ticket prices are at par with Bangalore (though diesel is cheaper in Chennai) starting Rs 10. They keep plying on the designated routes. No official time table has been released. Only 5 are operational as of now-2 on 21G (Tambaram to Broadway), 2 on E-18 route (Broadway to Guduvancheri) and one on Route number 19 (Broadway to Kelambakkam). MTC has purchased 10 Volvo B7RLEs as of now(Rs 78 lakh each, expensive than B7R inter city coaches). (Even Singapore and several other countries use this same model.) Nevertheless, it should be a good experience to Chennai commuters. If you ask me, the dashing red coloured Volvo in Bangalore, covered further with advertisements, looks a bit more attractive than the pale white colour Chennai Metropolitan has chosen. It’s the same B7RLE variant of Volvo transit bus which is rocking Bangalore roads that has hit Chennai roads. Since my earlier post on Bangalore Volvo City buses was extremely popular I thought I'll write a similar post on Chennai Volvo. This post gives you all available information related to newly introduced Volvo City Buses by MTC Chennai. ![]()
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