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The formation of a separate corporation exclusively for operating long distance express services connecting all the district Headquarters in the State ( Tamil Nadu ) with Chennai as Headquarters was thought by the Government during the year 1975. Hence the long distance express services was operated by erst while Tamilnadu State Transport Department were transferred as the Express wing of Pallavan Transport Corporation with effect from 15th sep'1975.The express wing of Pallavan Transport Corporation was registered on 14th January 1980 and named as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation .

Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation operates long distance buses exceeding 250 Kms and above throughout the state of Tamil nadu linking all important capital cities, historical places, religious places and commercial places etc, and adjoining state like Andhrapradesh, Kerla, Karnataka and Union Territory of Puducherry. This corporation is operating Semi-Deluxe, Super-Deluxe, Video coach buses, Air-Bus and Ultra-Deluxe.

Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation started with 276 buses at the beginning and now renamed as having 950 buses as on 01-05-2007. State Express Transport Corporation Ltd. is taking several effective steps to improve its service to cater to the needs of the travelling public and to provide better comfort, safe, quick and reliable service. The services operated by this Corporation are very popular among the public.

In India’s passenger road transport sector, STATE EXPRESS TRANSPORT CORPORATION TAMILNADU LIMITED is setting benchmarks in a large number of operational areas. Its superior services deliverables and all round performance have helped it bag a number of awards at the national level in several categories like vehicle Productivity, Tyre performance and minimum operational cost etc. STATE EXPRESS TRANSPORT CORPORATION TAMILNADU LIMITED has become the most preferred transport service provider by the people of Tamilnadu and its neighboring state. STATE EXPRESS TRANSPORT CORPORATION TAMILNADU LIMITED’s large objective is to adopt efficient in its day-to-day activities and bring the best to long distance passengers needs.

At present State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Limited provides one of the most affordable public transport to 1 Lakh passengers per day.
For more Comfort and Luxury to the traveling public, SETC introduced 310 Ultra Deluxe Buses with 36 seating capacity with air Suspension and pollution free system to Inter & Intra State routes.

The details of awards received by this Corporation are given below.
Years	Name of the Award	Authority which issued the Award
1991-92	Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity	Association of State Road Transport Undertakings
1992-93	Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
1993-94	Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
1994-95	Winner Trophy Minimum Operational Cost	”
1996-97	Best Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
1997-98	Highest Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
1998-99	Highest Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
2001-02	Highest Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
2002-03	Improvement in Tyre Performance	”
2003-04	Highest Performance in Vehicle Productivity	”
2003-04	Improvement in Tyre Performance	”

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