Special buses will be operated for weekends

Chennai: The state transport department has announced special buses from Friday to control the crowd during the weekend. According to the department release, it is expected that a large number of passengers will travel to and from Chennai on Friday and Saturday.

“Arrangements have been made to run additional buses. 300 special buses will be operated from Chennai on Friday and 350 special buses will be operated on Saturday. 300 special buses will be operated from cities like Coimbatore, Madurai.” Tirunelveli, Trichy, Salem and Bengaluru,” the release said.

Special buses will be operated as per requirement for the convenience of passengers returning to Chennai and Bengaluru, the release said. The department has requested passengers to book tickets online as already 5,095 passengers have booked tickets.