Mysuru Road Bus Station
Mysore Road Satellite Bus Station | |
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| Bus station | |
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| General information | |
| Other names | MCTC |
| Location | Mysore Road, Bangalore Karnataka India |
| Coordinates | 12°57′11.08″N 77°32′37.18″E / 12.9530778°N 77.5436611°E |
| Bus operators | Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) Mysore City Transport Corporation (MCTC) |
| History | |
| Opened | 2005 |
Mysuru Road Satellite Bus Station, popularly known as MCTC, is one of the six major bus stations that serve as bus transport hubs for the city of Bengaluru, India. It is located on Mysore road. The other five major bus stations (also known as "Terminals") in Bengaluru are Majestic, K.R Market, Shivajinagar, Shantinagar and Banashankari. All buses bound toward Kerala and Tamil Nadu through Mysuru start from this bus stand. It started functioning in 2005.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Location and connectivity
MCTC ( Mysuru City Transport Corporation ) is located nearly 2 km from Sirsi Circle ( Mysuru Circle ) near Gopalan Mall on Mysuru Road. This bus stand has a separate area for out station buses, a depot and separate bays for BMTC buses. It is well connected to other places like Vijayanagar, Jayanagar, Bengaluru International Airport, Majestic, K.R Market, Shantinagar, Kengeri, Bidadi, Magadi Road, Nagarbhavi, and Peenya 2nd stage by bus. It also boasts of Shuttle buses to all Satellite Terminus bus stations like, Subashnagar Bus Stand ( Majestic Area ), Shanthinagar Bus Terminus- KH Road or more familiarly known as Double Road, Kengeri Satellite Bus Terminus, off Mysuru Road leading towards Mysuru to name a few and other locations as well..
Interstate buses are connected well with states that attract a lot of tourists all year through like in Kerala & Tamil Nadu with places like Ooty, Puducherry,Tiruvannamalai, Coonoor, Coimbatore, Hosur, Salem, kanchipuram, Vellore, Vaniyambadi, Villupuram, Chennai, Chitoor, Madikeri, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Mysuru, and other known places... Recently from February 2018 3.33 Salem TNSTC buses moved from MCTC to Shanthi nagar bus station
Depot
This bus stand hosts Depot-6 of KSRTC-Bengaluru central division.
See also
References
- ^ "KSRTC satellite bus terminal to be opened for use on August 28". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 19 August 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ Shwetha, S (15 July 2009). "Bussing from satellite stands". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "Work on new bus terminus to begin by May". The Hindu. 10 February 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "KSRTC calls for tenders for bus terminus". The Hindu. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ Rao, Geetha (29 March 2006). "NEW WHEELS, NEW DIRECTIONS". Times of India. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ "KSRTC services from satellite station today". Deccan Herald. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
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