Steps are being taken to ensure that passengers follow all the safety guidelines issued by the State government to keep infection from spreading
Trains
Online booking for 13 special trains from 8 am on Saturday
The special trains are Chennai - Coimbatore Superfast; Chennai - Coimbatore Intercity special; Chennai - Coimbatore special (overnight); Chennai - Mettupalayam special; Coimbatore - Mayiladuthurai Janshatabdi special; Chennai Egmore - Tiruchirappalli (via mainline) special; Chennai Egmore - Karaikudi special; Chenai Egmore - Madurai special; Chennai - Egmore - Madurai special (overnight); Chennai - Kanniyakumari; Chennai - Thoothukudi special; Chennai - Sengottai (tri weekly) and Tirchirappalli - Nagercoil Intercity special.
Waitlisted paper ticket holders will not be allowed
Instructions for passengers
Only those with confirmed tickets can enter the railway station.
Face masks, social distancing must at station, during travel
Passengers should reach the station at least 90 minutes in advance for thermal screening Only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed
Government buses
SETC, six divisions of TNSTC have commenced online booking through TNSTC app
SETC to operate 525 buses, TNSTC to run about 8,000 buses across State
Daily patronage stood at 1.6 crore before March 21; 25 per cent of it is expected now
No AC buses will be operated
Carrying capacity of SETC: 26 MTC: 24 | Mofussil: 32
Private buses
FBOAT secretary D R Dharmaraj said private buses will not be operated with 60 per cent occupancy
Except Chennai, Madurai, Ooty and Nagercoil, private buses are plying across the State
The strength of private buses are 4,600
Omni bus association also announced it will not resume the service