Train commuters have requested the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) to ply feeder buses to ferry commuters from Nanganallur, St. Thomas Mount, Ullagaram, Puzhuthivakkam and Madipakkam to the Alandur Metro Railway Station through the Southern Sector Inner Ring Road.
“The Southern Sector Inner Ring Road, which is an arterial thoroughfare, which connects to Grand Southern Trunk Road and Velachery Main Road lacks sufficient bus services , especially to Ullagaram, Puzhuthivakkam and Madipakkam. People either go to St. Thomas Mount railway station, Velachery MRTS Station or Guindy bus stop to reach that various other parts of the city,” commuters said.
From Puzhuthivakkam (Ullagaram) bus terminus, MTC operates 51P to High Court, M270 to Ambattur Industrial Estate and S554A to Sriperumbudur via Asar Ghana and Guindy.
Less frequency“ The bus services operated on these routes lack frequency. Except for B51 (East Tambaram – Saidapet), there is no direct service connecting Southern Sector Inner Ring Road and Alandur Metro Station,” commuters noted.
“If feeder services aren’t introduced, CMRL, like MRTS, is less likely to be utilised properly,” V. Rama Rao, a social activist, said. A few residents have also sought the introduction of the feeder services to Chitlapakkam.
“The feeder services should be introduced from St. Thomas Mount, Pallavaram, Chromepet, Airport and Tambaram,” L. Sundararaman, a resident of Muthulakshmi Nagar, said.
Official sources at MTC say more than 30 feeder services connecting the Metro Rail stations and the areas in the vicinity are plying from 2013. Also, there are many bus services plying between the Koyambedu and Alandur stations.
