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Pallavan Transport Corporation formed for Madras buses

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Pallavan Transport Corporation formed for Madras buses
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The Pallavan Transport Corporation took over city bus services in the Madras metropolitan area with 1,029 buses.

The Pallavan Transport Corporation was established on 1 January 1972 to run bus services in the Madras metropolitan area. It began with a fleet of 1,029 buses on 176 routes from eight depots, including T. Nagar, Adyar and Vadapalani. It was later split, and its successor is the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai). The corporation was one of several state transport undertakings created in the early 1970s.

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