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| Parent | Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd. |
| Headquarters | Pallavan House, Anna Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Locale | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Service area | Chennai Metropolitan Area |
| Service type | Ordinary, Express, Deluxe, Air Conditioned Deluxe and Small Bus |
| Daily ridership | 3.127 million per day (2023-24) |
| Operator | Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Website | https://mtcbus.tn.gov.in |
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The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd. (MTC), is the agency that operates the public bus service in Chennai, India. It is a subsidiary of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd. As of August 2024 the MTC had a total fleet of 3,376 buses with 3,233 scheduled services, with on average 5.092 Million passengers on an average per day.[1] On March 22, 2016, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways reported that Chennai had the most crowded buses in the country with 1300 passengers per bus in each direction per day.[2] During peak hours, on some routes, a bus with a capacity to accommodate 80 persons carries twice the number of people due to the extensiveness of the system. It has an operating area of 3,929 square kilometres (1,517 sq mi).[3] MTC has a total of 668 routes with its largest terminus being Broadway in Central Chennai.
- ^ "Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd". mtcbus.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ Karthikeyan Hemalatha (22 March 2016). "Chennai buses most crowded in the country | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "About Us". Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Retrieved 5 November 2012.