Vadodara Bus Station

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Vadodara Bus Station
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Vadodara Bus Station
General information
Location Vadodara
Gujarat
India
Coordinates 22°18′49″N73°10′53″E / 22.313531°N 73.181417°E / 22.313531; 73.181417
Owned by Government of Gujarat
Operated by GSRTC
Bus operators GSRTC
Construction
Parkingavailable
Accessibleavailable
History
Opened15 February 2014 (2014-02-15)
Passengers
201428,000 – 35,000 per day
Location
Vadodara Bus Station

The Vadodara bus station or Vadodara Central Bus Terminal is the central bus station serving Vadodara city in Gujarat, India. [1]

History

The bus station was built under a public-private partnership between the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) and realty firm Cube Construction. The building is known as the Ved Transcube Plaza. Built at a cost of 114 crore (US$13 million), the five-storey station is spread over 2.4 lakh square feet. The station handles over 800 buses and as many as 28,000 to 35,000 passengers daily. [2] The commercial complex of the station building has 400 retail shops of an average 250 to 350 square feet each, a flea market, a food court with 22 outlets, a seven-screen multiplex run by PVR Cinemas and a 100-room budget hotel. [2] [3]

The design of exterior takes inspiration from the banyan tree which is associated with the name of the city. [1] [4]

It was inaugurated by then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on 15 February 2014. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vadodara bus terminal with airport-likefeel - Modi inaugurates 'airport-like' bus terminal in Vadodara". The Economic Times.
  2. 1 2 Desai, Darshan (27 April 2014). "Get a glimpse of Vadodara's airport-like bus terminal". India Today. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 BS Reporter (15 February 2014). "Vadodara's bus terminal punches above its weight".
  4. Abhyankar, Shoma (23 June 2019). "The colossal structures of Vadodara". The Tribune . Retrieved 10 December 2023.