Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station Imlibun Bus Station Mahātmā Gāndhī Bas Sṭēṣan Imlibun Bas Sṭēṣan Mahaatma Gaandhee Bas Steshan Imaleebun Bas Steshan | |||||
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General information | |||||
Other names | Imlibun Bus Station | ||||
Location | Gowliguda, Hyderabad, Telangana India | ||||
Coordinates | 17°22′41″N78°29′02″E / 17.378°N 78.484°E | ||||
Owned by | TGSRTC | ||||
Platforms | 79 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Parking | Yes | ||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||
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The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS), also known as the Imlibun Bus Station (Imlibun means "grove of tamarind trees"), is a bus station on the Musi River in the Imlibun area of southern Hyderabad, India. It is owned by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) and is India's fifth-largest bus station, covering 20 acres (81,000 m2), behind Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, Bengaluru's Kempegowda Bus Station, Vijayawada's Pandit Nehru Bus Station and Delhi's Millennium Park Bus Depot.
The bus station was built during the Nizam era, and was owned by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway and known as the Central Bus Station. [1] It was built in the shape of a dome and was named Imlibun. It was a converted aircraft hangar, built during the 1930s by Butler and Company of the US to accommodate the Nizam’s fleet of public single- and double-decker buses. [2] When the bus station was later expanded, the Musi River bed was partially filled for the new facility. Although it used to be accessible by two major and two minor road bridges, it is presently accessible by only one bridge. [3]
MGBS primarily serves Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and has daily service to Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
The MGBS, Jubilee Bus Station (JBS), and the Hyderabad Metro's Green Line is connecting Secunderabad and Hyderabad. [4] Travel time between the cities will be 16 minutes, compared to 45 minutes by road. The Green Line has two connecting bus stations: the 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) the MGBS and the JBS Parade Ground. The MGBS station is India's largest metro station and Hyderabad's tallest; [4] its corridors –Corridor 2 (JBS to MGBS) and Corridor 1 (Miyapur to LB Nagar) –are on separate levels. According to the metro company, the station is designed for 100 years of service and its concourse will contain retail stores and entertainment. [4]
The MGBS covers 20 acres (81,000 m2) of a 8-hectare (80,000 m2) complex, and was completed at a cost of ₹13 crore. There are 150 platforms, a 7,380-square-meter waiting room, a 3,455-square-meter shopping complex and a 5,000-square-meter parking area.
Many TGSRTC buses in Hyderabad use the station, one of two terminals in the city for long-distance bus service. Corporation buses include Palle Velugu, Express, Deluxe, Super Luxury, Rajadhani A/C, Garuda, Garuda Plus and Vennela A/C Sleeper.
Platforms | Buses |
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1–5 | Garuda, Garuda Plus, Vennela, Amaravati, Airavat, Ambaari |
6, 7 | Bengaluru (TGSRTC) |
8 | Bengaluru (KSRTC) |
9 | Anantapur, Dharmavaram, Puttaparthi |
10, 11 | Suryapet, Khammam, Bhadrachalam, Manuguru |
12 | Sathupalli, Rajamahendravaram, Polavaram |
13 | Kunta, Bailadilla, Dantewada, Jagdalpur |
14, 15 | Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, Kodad |
16, 17 | Guntur, Narsaraopet, Chilakurupeta |
18–22 | Yadagirigutta, Warangal |
23 | Srisailam |
24, 25 | Achampeta, Kalvakurti |
26 | Raichur |
27–31 | Mahboobnagar, Vanaparti, Narayanpet, Hubballi |
32–34 | Nagarkurnool, Kollapur, Shadnagar |
35, 36 | Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru (TGSRTC) |
37, 38 | Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru (APSRTC) |
39 | Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram (TGSRTC) |
40 | Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram (APSRTC) |
41, 42 | Gadwal, Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor (TGSRTC) |
43–45 | Gadwal, Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor (APSRTC) |
46, 47 | Medak, Bansuwada, Bodhan |
48–52 | Zaheerabad, Narayankhed, Karada, Sholapur, Pune, Mumbai (TGSRTC, MSRTC) |
53–55 | Karimnagar, Godavarikhani, Vemulawada, Asifabad, Mancherial, Siddipet, Manthani |
56–58 | Nirmal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Nagpur, Amaravati, Raipur |
59–61 | Macherla, Manchiryala, Ongole, Chennai |
62 | Deverakonda |
63–65 | Parigi, Vikarabad, Tandur |
66–75 | Arrivals |
76–79 | City buses |
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