| About 80% of the land passenger transport needs in India is met by the bus transport system. Primary and secondary data are used in the present study. A total of 140 sample passengers were selected conveniently using stratified random technique. Secondary data were collected from a wide spectrum of sources such as books, magazines, and government reports, records of TNSTC and websites of various transport organizations. In order to process the data, the tabular presentations and statistical techniques like mean, standard deviation, chi-square test and t test were extensively used. The field survey was conducted by personal interview method during the period on October 2015 to January 2016. It is found that 34% of the respondents travel for official/business purposes, 10% of the respondents travel for tour/pilgrimage, 4% of the respondents travel for personal and medical purposes, 38% of the respondents for educational purposes and 14% of the respondents travel for vocational purposes |