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.
- Pandit Nehru bus station, Vijayawada
- APSRTC complex Inter-State Bus Terminus, Visakhapatnam
- Srihari Inter-State Bus Terminus, Tirupati
- NTR Inter-State Bus Terminus, Guntur
- Rupnath Brahma Inter State Bus Terminus, Guwahati
- Inter-State Bus Terminus, Jorhat
- Inter-State Bus Terminus, Silchar
- Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 17 (ISBT-17)
- Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 43 (ISBT-43)
As of November 2024, Delhi has 3 operational ISBTs being managed by the Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC), 3 more planned and approved for construction,[1] and few more proposed.[2][3]
- Existing
- Maharana Pratap ISBT: at Kashmere Gate in Central Delhi.
- Swami Vivekanand ISBT: at Anand Vihar trans-Yamuna in Shahdara in East Delhi.
- Sarai Kale Khan ISBT: at Sarai Kale Khan in New Delhi.
- Proposed and approved by Delhi Govt and Delhi Leutinant General[1]
- Dwarka ISBT: at Dwarka in West Delhi adjacent to the Dwarka Sector 21 metro station interchange and upgraded Bijwasan railway station to serve the IGI Airport.[1]
- Tikri Inter State Bus Terminus, planned in West Delhi near Bahadurgarh on NH9 Delhi-Hisar Highway.[1]
- Narela ISBT: Narela in North Delhi on NH44 Delhi-Sonepat-Ambala Highway.[1]
- Proposed and pending various approvals
- Aerocity ISBT: at Delhi Aerocity in New Delhi[2] for connectivity to IGI Airport, Delhi-Alwar RRTS, etc.
- Bahadurgarh ISBT: at Bahadurgarh south bypass in the east of Bahadurgarh near Tikri Border.
- Gurugram Inter State Bus Terminus, announced in 2023 over 15 acres of Sihi village near Kherki Daula toll plaz where Dwarka Expressway meets Delhi-Jaipur Highway NH48.[4] it is located next to the Gurugram Heliport Hub.
- Birsa Munda Bus Terminal, Ranchi
- Dhanbad Bus Stand, Dhanbad
- Mango Bus Stand, Jamshedpur
- Inter State Bus Terminal, Deoghar
- Bengaluru
- Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic Bus Station)
- Karnataka (except Mysuru district & Kodagu district services)
- Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana
- Maharashtra
- Goa
- Mysuru Road Bus Station
- Karnataka (only Mysuru district & Kodagu district services)
- Tamil Nadu (except Luxury Express services and Hosur services)
- Kerala
- Puducherry (except Luxury Express services)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Traffic and Transit Management Center (Shantinagara Traffic and Transit Management Center)
- Tamil Nadu (only Luxury Express services)
- Andhra Pradesh (only services via Old Madras Road)
- Puducherry (only Luxury Express services)
- Krishna Rajendra Market Bus Station (Kalasipalya Bus Station)
- Basaveshwara Bus Station (Tumakuru Road Bus Station)
- Current Defunct
- Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic Bus Station)
- Mysuru
- Mysuru Central Bus Station
- Mangaluru
- Managaluru Central Bus Station
- Hubballi
- Hubballi Central Bus Station
- Dharwad
- Dharwad Bus Terminal
- Belagavi
- Belagavi Central Bus Station
- Kalaburagi
- Kalaburagi Central Bus Station
- Ballari
- Ballari Central Bus Station
- Hosapete Vijayanagara
- Hosapete Vijayanagara Central Bus Station
- Yadagiri
- Yadagiri Bus Station
- Bidar
- Bidar New Bus Station
- Gadaga
- Gadaga New Bus Station
- Udupi
- Udupi New Bus Station
- Koppala
- Koppala New Bus Station
- Karwar
- Karwar Bus Station
- Shivamogga
- Shivamogga Central Bus Terminal
- Ranebennuru
- Ranebennuru Bus Station
- Bagalakote
- Bagalakote Navanagara Bus Station
- Vijayapura
- Vijayapura Central Bus Station
- Kolar
- Kolar Bus Station
- Chikkaballapura
- Chikkaballapura New Bus Station
- Pavagada
- Pavagada Bus Station
- Chikkodi
- Chikkodi Bus Station
- Gokak
- Gokak Bus Station
- Indi
- Indi Bus Station
- Jamakhandi
- Jamakhandi Bus Station
- Humnabad
- Humnabad Bus Station
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Ernakulam
- Vyttila Mobility Hub
- Ernakulam Bus Station
- Kannur
- Thavakkara Bus Terminal
- Kannur Bus Station
- Kollam Bus Station
- Kottarakkara Bus Station
- Pathanamthitta Bus Station
- Thiruvalla Bus Terminal
- Alappuzha Bus Station
- Kottayam Bus Staion
- Pala Bus Station
- Thrissur Bus Station
- Palakkad Bus Terminal
- Kozhikode Bus Terminal
- Sulthan Bathery Bus Station
- Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal, Bhopal
- ISBT, Jabalpur, Jabalpur
- Nana Kheda Inter State Bus Terminal, Ujjain
- Shaheed Raja Bhau Mahakal Bus Stand, Ujjain
- Inter-State Bus Terminus, Indore
- Sarwate Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
- Navlakha Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
- Gangwal Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
- Pune
- Nashik
- Nashik C.B.S (Central Bus Stand)
- Mahamarga Bus Stand
- New C.B.S (Thakker's Buzzer)
- Mela Bus Stanak
- Ozar Bus Stand,
- Sinnar Bus Stand
- Mumbai
- Mumbai Central ST Bus Stand
- Jogeshwari Bus Stand
- Parel ST Bus Stand
- Dadar ST Bus Stand
- Kurla ST Bus Stand
- Boriwali ST Bus Stand
- Nagpur
- Nagpur Bus Stand,
- Thane
- Vandana Bus Stand
- Thane C.B.S (Central Bus Stand), Khopat
- Kalyan
- Kalyan ST Bus Stand
- Sambhaji Nagar
- Aurangabad C.B.S. (Central Bus Stand)
- CIDCO ST Bus Stand
- Kolhapur
- Kolhapur C.B.S (Central Bus Stand)
- Sambhaji Nagar Bus Stand
- Solapur
- Solapur C.B.S (Central Bus Stand)
- Jalgaon
- Jalgaon Bus Stand
- Ahmednagar
- Tarakpur ST Bus Stand
- Pune Bus Stand
- Malikwada Bus Stand
- Navi Mumbai
- Panvel ST Bus Stand
- Baramunda ISBT
- Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal
- Angul Bus Terminal
- Bhawanipatna Bus Terminal
- Jharsuguda Bus Terminal
- Puri (Malatipatpur Bus Stand, Puri Bus Stand)
- Sambalpur Bus Terminal
- Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Inter State Bus Terminal, Amritsar
- Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Inter State Bus Terminal, Jalandhar
- Bhagwan Valmiki Inter State Bus Terminal, Hushiarpur
- Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Inter State Bus Terminal, Ludhiana
- Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Mohali
- Maharana Partap Inter State Bus Terminal, Pathankot
- Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Gurdaspur
- Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Ji Interstate Bus Terminal, Sangrur
At 37 acres (150,000 m2), the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus in Chennai, India, is the second largest bus station in Asia.[5] As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.[6]
- Idgah Bus Stand, Agra
- Inter State Bus Terminal (Agra ISBT), Agra
- Faizabad Bus Depot
- Alambagh ISBT, Lucknow
- Chaudhary Charan Singh Bus Depot, Varanasi
- ISBT Sector 82, Noida
- ISBT Bodaki, Greater Noida
- ISBT, Mathura
- International Bus Terminus, Kolkata
- Karunamoyee Bus Terminal, Kolkata
- Babughat Bus Stand, Kolkata
- Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus, Siliguri
State government bus
editMany 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 | 22343 
|
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 19989
|
| 3 | Maharashtra | 15512
|
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh | 12490 
|
| 5 | Gujarat | 11373
|
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | 10737
|
| 7 | Telangana | 9094
|
| 8 | Delhi | 7683
|
| 9 | Kerala | 6241
|
| 10 | Haryana | 3787
|
| 11 | Himachal Pradesh | 3302
|
| 12 | Rajasthan | 2981
|
| 13 | Punjab | 2818
|
| 14 | West Bengal | 2232
|
| 15 | Uttarakhand | 1247
|
| 16 | Chandigarh | 642
|
| 17 | Goa | 520
|
| 18 | Odisha | 437
|
| 19 | Assam | 405
|
| 20 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 268
|
| 21 | Bihar | 223
|
| 22 | Jammu and Kashmir | 221
|
| 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
editMany 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) | 7978
|
| 2 | Mumbai (MMR) | 4428
|
| 3 | Kolkata (KMA) | 1377
|
| 4 | Chennai | 3476
|
| 5 | Bangalore | 5587
|
| 6 | Hyderabad | 2644
|
| 7 | Ahmedabad | 1477
|
| 8 | Pune | 1650
|
| 9 | Surat | 875
|
| 10 | Jaipur | 201
|
| 11 | Kanpur | 80
|
| 12 | Lucknow | 190
|
| 13 | Nagpur | 540
|
| 14 | Indore | 487
|
| 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) | 464
|
| 45 | Tiruchirapalli | 350
|
| 46 | Kota | 50
|
References
edit- Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e [https://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-ncr-delhi-government-will-build-three-isbt-at-tikri-border-narela-and-dwarka-sector-21-outer-state-will-stop-border-to-enter-national-capital-23811795.html दिल्ली की सीमा पर लगेंगे बाहरी राज्यों की 2000 बसों के ब्रेक, बनेंगे तीन नए ISBT], Jagran, 8 Oct 2024.
- ^ a b "Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport". Times of India. New Delhi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Roy, Sidharatha (21 March 2022). "Eye on IGI: Work to start soon at Dwarka for Delhi's fourth ISBT". Times of India. New Delhi. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
- ^ 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.