I thought I will share my views about Public transportation and Private as well in Tamilnadu...
In Chennai -Coimbatore Section.
I am a frequent traveller in this route as am from Coimbatore.Working for a BPO in Chennai.Hence Atleast once a month I travel.I have used all means of Transport Including
Government Buses
Private Omni Buses
Trains-Day Trains and Night Trains.
Flight.
Governement Buses :
Available Options :
SETC-Government Owned Express Transport Corporation-
Super Deluxe Buses,14 Hours
Ultra Deluxe Buses.१२-13 Hours
(AC Coaches,
Sleeper Coaches-Getting Added Soon)
Coimbatore Divison Buses-TNSTC,CBE.
Express Buses- LSS Services.13 Hours
Ultra Deluxe Service.12 Hours
AC Coach.11 Hours
Vilupuram Divison Buses-TNSTC,Vilupuram
Ultra Deluxe Bus.12 Hours
Route - Traditional Govt Route-Pathetic Roads....13 Hours Atleast.
Private Omni Buses:
Few Travel Operators:
KPN,ABT,Conti,SRM,CITY,Oasis,Assha,National,Parveen,etc...
Types of Services-
Mostly Air Bus,AC Coaches,Volvo Coaches and AC and Non AC Sleeper Coaches.
Route - Via Vellore,Ambur,Bhavani -Reaches in 10-11 Hours Mostly.
Booking :
Govt Buses -Reservation Counters At Coimbatore and Chennai Bus Depots.
Check Link -
http://www.tnstc.in/reservationcentre.html
Online Reservation to be opened to public soon.
Private buses -Most of them have online Booking.check this link :
http://premnewzea.iblog.com/
Hoping this Blog may be useful for New as well as Existing Travellers..
