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, Stand or State Transport term is used.

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Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

As of November 2024, Delhi has 3 operational ISBTs (managed by the Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC)), 3 more planned and approved for construction, [1] and few more have been proposed. [2] [3]

Haryana

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

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]

Telangana

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

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 / UTBuses of all STU's
1 Karnataka 22343 Decrease2.svg
2 Tamil Nadu 19989 Decrease2.svg
3 Maharashtra 15512 Decrease2.svg
4 Uttar Pradesh 12490 Increase2.svg
5 Gujarat 11373 Increase2.svg
6 Andhra Pradesh 10737 Decrease2.svg
7 Telangana 9094 Decrease2.svg
8 Delhi 7683 Increase2.svg
9 Kerala 6241 Decrease2.svg
10 Haryana 3787 Decrease2.svg
11 Himachal Pradesh 3302 Increase2.svg
12 Rajasthan 2981 Decrease2.svg
13 Punjab 2818 Decrease2.svg
14 West Bengal 2232 Decrease2.svg
15 Uttarakhand 1247 Decrease2.svg
16 Chandigarh 642 Increase2.svg
17 Goa 520 Decrease2.svg
18 Odisha 437 Decrease2.svg
19 Assam 405 Decrease2.svg
20 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 268 Increase2.svg
21 Bihar 223 Decrease2.svg
22 Jammu and Kashmir 221 Decrease2.svg
23 Nagaland 185 Decrease2.svg
24 Arunachal Pradesh 164 Decrease2.svg
25 Puducherry 141 Increase2.svg
26 Sikkim 75 Decrease2.svg
27 Meghalaya 58 Decrease2.svg
28 Mizoram 49 Decrease2.svg
29 Tripura 48 Decrease2.svg
30 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 25 Increase2.svg
31 Ladakh 20 Increase2.svg
32 Madhya Pradesh Nil Decrease2.svg
33 Jharkhand Nil Decrease2.svg
34 Manipur Nil Decrease2.svg
35 Chhattisgarh Nil Decrease2.svg
36 Lakshadweep Nil Decrease2.svg

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 AreaCity bus fleet

of all STU's

1 Delhi (NCR)7978 Increase2.svg
2 Mumbai (MMR)4428 Decrease2.svg
3 Kolkata (KMA)1377 Decrease2.svg
4 Chennai 3476 Decrease2.svg
5 Bangalore 5587 Decrease2.svg
6 Hyderabad 2801 Decrease2.svg
7 Ahmedabad 1477 Increase2.svg
8 Pune 1650 Decrease2.svg
9 Surat 875 Increase2.svg
10 Jaipur 201 Decrease2.svg
11 Kanpur 80 Decrease2.svg
12 Lucknow 150 Decrease2.svg
13 Nagpur 540 Increase2.svg
14 Indore 487 Increase2.svg
15 Coimbatore 925 Increase2.svg
16 Kochi 203 Decrease2.svg
17 Patna 70 Decrease2.svg
18 Bhopal 225 Decrease2.svg
19 Vadodara 180 Increase2.svg
20 Agra 40 Decrease2.svg
21 Visakhapatnam 605 Increase2.svg
22 Ludhiana 65 Decrease2.svg
23 Nashik 130 Decrease2.svg
24 Vijayawada 455 Increase2.svg
25 Madurai 505 Increase2.svg
26 Varanasi 30 Decrease2.svg
27 Meerut 30 Decrease2.svg
28 Rajkot 110 Increase2.svg
29 Jamshedpur 50 Decrease2.svg
30 Srinagar 30 Decrease2.svg
31 Jabalpur 119 Decrease2.svg
32 Asansol 60 Decrease2.svg
33 Allahabad 30 Decrease2.svg
34 Dhanbad 70 Decrease2.svg
35 Aurangabad 30 Decrease2.svg
36 Amritsar 93 Decrease2.svg
37 Jodhpur 40 Decrease2.svg
38 Raipur 110 Decrease2.svg
39 Ranchi 70 Decrease2.svg
40 Gwalior 16 Decrease2.svg
41 Thiruvananthapuram 100 Decrease2.svg
42 Bhilai 70 Decrease2.svg
43 Kozhikode 100 Decrease2.svg
44 Chandigarh (CCR)464 Increase2.svg
45 Tiruchirapalli 350 Increase2.svg
46 Kota 50 Decrease2.svg

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 [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. 1 2 "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.