Inter-State Bus Terminals
In India, an Inter State Bus Terminal or Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) is a bus terminus that provides bus service to destinations located in other states. An ISBT may also provide bus services to destinations in the same state. Mostly ISBT Term is used in the Northern Part of India, In the western part of India, ST Stand or State Transport Term is used.
Andhra Pradesh
- Pandit Nehru bus station, Vijayawada
- APSRTC complex Inter-State Bus Terminus, Visakhapatnam
- Srihari Inter-State Bus Terminus, Tirupati
- NTR Inter-State Bus Terminus, Guntur
Assam
- Rupnath Brahma Inter State Bus Terminus, Guwahati
- Inter-State Bus Terminus, Jorhat
- Inter-State Bus Terminus, Silchar
Bihar
Chandigarh
- Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 17 (ISBT-17)
- Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 43 (ISBT-43)
Chhattisgarh
- Sri Balaji Swami Trust Sri Dudhadhari Math Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Raipur
- Hi-tech Bus Terminus Bilaspur
Delhi
In Delhi, the major Inter-State Bus Terminals operated by Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (DTIDC) include:
- Maharana Pratap Inter State Bus Terminus, Kashmiri Gate
- Veer Hakikat Rai Inter State Bus Terminus, Sarai Kale Khan
- Swami Vivekanand Inter State Bus Terminus, Anand Vihar
Jharkhand
- Birsa Munda Bus Terminal, Ranchi
- Dhanbad Bus Stand, Dhanbad
- Mango Bus Stand, Jamshedpur
Karnataka
- Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic Bus Station), Bangalore
- Mysore Road Satellite Bus Station, Bangalore
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Traffic and Transit Management Centre, Bangalore
Madhya Pradesh
- Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal, Bhopal
- ISBT, Jabalpur, Jabalpur
- Nana Kheda Inter State Bus Terminal, Ujjain
- Shaheed Raja Bhau Mahakal Bus Stand, Ujjain
- Sarwate Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
- Navlakha Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
- Gangwal Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
Maharashtra
- Pimpri-Chinchwad Bus Stand, Pimpri-Chinchwad
- Pune Station Bus Stand, Pune
- Shivajinagar Bus Station, Shivajinagar
- Swargate Bus Station, Swargate
Odisha
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar
- Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Badambadi, Cuttack
- Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal (CNBT)
Punjab
- Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Inter State Bus Terminal, Amritsar
- Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Inter State Bus Terminal, Jalandhar
- Bhagwan Valmiki Inter State Bus Terminal, Hoshiarpur
- Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Inter State Bus Terminal, Ludhiana
- Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Mohali
Rajasthan
- Hindaun City Bus Depot, Hindaun
- Sikar Bus Depot, Sikar
- Sindhi Camp, Jaipur
- Jodhpur Bus Stand, Jodhpur
- Udaipur City Bus Depot, Udaipur
Tamil Nadu
At 37 acres (150,000 m2), the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai, India, is the largest bus station in Asia.[1] As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.[2]
Telangana
- Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Hyderabad
- Jubilee Bus Station, Secunderabad
- Nizamabad bus station, Nizamabad
Uttarakhand
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Almora Almora
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Dehradun (Hill Bus Depot), Dehradun
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Haldwani Haldwani
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Haridwar, Haridwar
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Rishikesh, Rishikesh
- Inter-State Bus Terminal, Rudrapur Rudrapur
Uttar Pradesh
- Idgah Bus Stand, Agra
- Inter State Bus Terminal (Agra ISBT), Agra
- Faizabad Bus Depot
West Bengal
- International Bus Terminus, Kolkata
- Karunamoyee Bus Terminal, Kolkata
- Babughat Bus Stand, Kolkata
- Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus, Siliguri
State government bus
Many Indian state governments have their own fleet of buses which are run under their state transport department. As per statistics, the State Road Transport Undertakings (STUs) altogether operates 1,50,000 buses. State-wise bus fleet is as follows
| Sr. No. | State/UT | Buses of all STU's |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karnataka | 23710 
|
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 20304
|
| 3 | Maharashtra | 18449
|
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | 11851
|
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh | 11276
|
| 6 | Gujarat | 11101 
|
| 7 | Telangana | 9057
|
| 8 | Delhi | 7373
|
| 9 | Kerala | 6241
|
| 10 | Haryana | 4500
|
| 11 | Rajasthan | 4100
|
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | 3358
|
| 13 | Punjab | 2549
|
| 14 | West Bengal | 2232
|
| 15 | Uttarakhand | 1355
|
| 16 | Chandigarh | 603
|
| 17 | Goa | 520
|
| 18 | Odisha | 437
|
| 19 | Assam | 405
|
| 20 | Jammu and Kashmir | 373
|
| 21 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 268
|
| 22 | Bihar | 223
|
| 23 | Nagaland | 185
|
| 24 | Arunachal Pradesh | 164
|
| 25 | Puducherry | 141
|
| 26 | Sikkim | 75
|
| 27 | Meghalaya | 58
|
| 28 | Mizoram | 49
|
| 29 | Tripura | 48
|
| 30 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 25
|
| 31 | Ladakh | 20
|
| 32 | Madhya Pradesh | Nil
|
| 33 | Jharkhand | Nil
|
| 34 | Manipur | Nil
|
| 35 | Chhattisgarh | Nil
|
| 36 | Lakshadweep | Nil
|
Government city buses
Many Indian cities have local public city bus services. Here is a list of fleet of government city buses operated as of now in India cities (million plus population).
| Sr. No. | City / Urban Area | City bus fleet
of all STU's |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi (NCR) | 7671
|
| 2 | Mumbai (MMR) | 4428
|
| 3 | Kolkata (KMA) | 1377
|
| 4 | Chennai | 3476
|
| 5 | Bangalore | 6790
|
| 6 | Hyderabad | 2982
|
| 7 | Ahmedabad | 1292
|
| 8 | Pune | 1480
|
| 9 | Surat | 788
|
| 10 | Jaipur | 229
|
| 11 | Kanpur | 80
|
| 12 | Lucknow | 132
|
| 13 | Nagpur | 487
|
| 14 | Indore | 228
|
| 15 | Coimbatore | 925
|
| 16 | Kochi | 203
|
| 17 | Patna | 70
|
| 18 | Bhopal | 225
|
| 19 | Vadodara | 180
|
| 20 | Agra | 40
|
| 21 | Visakhapatnam | 605
|
| 22 | Ludhiana | 65
|
| 23 | Nashik | 130
|
| 24 | Vijayawada | 455
|
| 25 | Madurai | 505
|
| 26 | Varanasi | 30
|
| 27 | Meerut | 30
|
| 28 | Rajkot | 110
|
| 29 | Jamshedpur | 50
|
| 30 | Srinagar | 30
|
| 31 | Jabalpur | 119
|
| 32 | Asansol | 60
|
| 33 | Allahabad | 30
|
| 34 | Dhanbad | 70
|
| 35 | Aurangabad | 30
|
| 36 | Amritsar | 93
|
| 37 | Jodhpur | 40
|
| 38 | Raipur | 110
|
| 39 | Ranchi | 70
|
| 40 | Gwalior | 16
|
| 41 | Thiruvananthapuram | 100
|
| 42 | Bhilai | 70
|
| 43 | Kozhikode | 100
|
| 44 | Chandigarh (CCR) | 436
|
| 45 | Tiruchirapalli | 350
|
| 46 | Kota | 50
|
References
- Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127
- Specific
- ^ Dorairaj, S. (28 December 2005). "Koyambedu bus terminus gets ISO certification". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 5 July 2006. Retrieved 16 Oct 2011.
- ^ "Bus terminus chokes under rush". The Times of India. Chennai. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 16 Oct 2011.