Claustrophobic atmosphere, creepy feeling, congestion and a lot more have led the city women opt not for the bus and choose the train for their regular mode of commutation. Do Chennai women prefer the bus or the train? This was the topic of our survey among 500 city women which further led us to a discussion regarding the positive and negative aspects of using different modes of public transportation.

Gaining over an eighty percent majority, Chennai trains seem to be the rescuer of any working women. With no traffic jams and prompt service with the unique selling point among women being the ladies compartment and the ladies special train, this mode is not just preferred by this gender.

The Tamilnadu Government in the recent years have done a lot of changes to the buses and introduced various series of buses and yet the most preferred remains to be the train. Chitra, a bank employee says, �Trains are anytime safe for a women to travel and the frequency is commendable. I prefer going by train as I can catch up with my friends for relaxation�

Well, if that seems to be a routine answer, Radha, a State Government employee who has shifted her mode of transportation recently says, � The frequency of buses are good and the bus which I used to take stops right in front of my office. But traffic jam has highest control on the time taken to reach the destination. After I started going by trains, I reach my office sharp by 10.00. Though traveling by train takes ten minutes walking time from park station. I reach on time.�

Not just this trains also have fast trains and does not have to cross pot holes to reach the destination. So this is what our city women prefer. Trains win over buses by a vast majority.

SOWJANYA.S