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Fleet upgrade: State govt places order for 1,937 buses with TN firm
The New Indian Express
|October 17, 2025
New batch of vehicles will have upgraded engines, stronger chassis and wheelchair ramps
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THE Tamil Nadu government has placed an order with Ashok Leyland for 1,937 new buses, in order to modernise its public transport bus fleet.
The Tamil Nadu State Transport Undertakings (TNSTU), which already runs over 21,000 Ashok Leyland buses across the state, has placed the order for the batch that would include different types of buses for cities, towns and long-distance travel.
This story is from the October 17, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express.
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