Bus as good as train?
That is what it is, if my recent travel experience from CBE to Chennai is any indication. For one, Conti travels takes a route previously unheard of: Annur, Anthiyur, Thoppur, Vellore, Chennai. I’ve always been fascinated with bus and train routes - always look for another way to go from A to B. The entire journey from the Conti depot in Avinashi Road flyover to my home took me about 9 hours max. I couldn’t have asked for anything better 
This gives CBE-Chennai regulars an alternative to trains.
That leaves only the South Tamil Nadu folks with no option but to endure the jam near Ulundurpettai level crossing. With a single railway track, bad roads, a good percentage of chennai population from the south, the only folks laughing all the way to the banks are Omnibus operators and Southern Railway folks who find their tatkal tickets open at 8 AM and get sold at 8.10 AM, not including a ‘Service Unavailable’ page for about 5 minutes. All these contribute to a journey from Chennai to Madurai and Southwards an experience in hell with no respite in the near future.
February 16th, 2009 at 8:36 am
The advent of Volvo buses has made a huge change. I could never sleep well before in buses - these days I just reach home and have a regular day. To become as good as trains maybe gov. should allow those buses with toilets that you see abroad - maybe it already does, I don’t know. Once I was traveling by the Bangalore-Pondy bus. After Krishnagiri there is a stretch that is pretty bad - the volvo was doing 100 even on that road.
February 16th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
BNB
The suspension in these buses is damn good.
Also, Conti does not run TN wide ‘parcel service’ which necessitates halting in salem
Overall gandhipuram,cbe @ 9 PM to guindy @ 5AM is not something you complain about..this is better than nilgiri exp.
Yeah toilets would be a boon. It would be good to know about buses which have those facilities..
‘information is wealth’ u see
February 17th, 2009 at 12:19 am
I recently travelled on the road from Chennai to Arasur stretch. The ByPass road without touching places like thindivanam and villupuram, thatz a boon to car passengers. You need not get into the traffic.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
AAR
where is arasur? GST? if yes then its good news!
February 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am
PK, arasur is after Villupuram but before Ulundurpet