Inter-State Bus Terminals

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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.

  • 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]

  • 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]

State government bus

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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 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

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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) 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

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  • Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127
Specific
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport". Times of India. New Delhi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.