Faizabad Bus Depot Explained

Faizabad City Bus Depot
Other Name:Ayodhya Dham Bus Depot
Type:Bus station
Style:Yellow Zone,Red Line, Wight Line
Address:D.R.C. Army Centre, Civil Line, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh-224001
Structure:At Grade
Platforms:4
Levels:1st
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:1960
Electrified:Yes
Code:UP 42
Owned:UPSRTC
Operator:UPSRTC
Zone:Ayodhya
Passengers:789,456
Pass Year:2017

Faizabad City Bus Depot (officially Ayodhya Dham Bus Depot) is a UP Roadways Bus Depot in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the central bus stand for the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, and have lines running for majority of other destinations in UP and further north. Major cities connected by direct bus are Delhi, Jaipur, Etawah, Agra, Mathura, Ajmer, etc. There is Rajasthan Roadways Deluxe, Super deluxe and AC buses as well as private travels also available from the major cities.[1]

On 14 June 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet agreed to spend spend ₹400 crore (about $48.5 million) building a new bus station in Ayodhya. The Uttar Pradesh culture department will provide the transport department with 9acres land to build the bus station on. Sidharth Nath Singh (an Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister) said: "A grand temple of Lord Ram is being built in Ayodhya and hence devotees from far-off places will come to visit. Keeping this in mind, a proposal to build a bus station of international standards has been approved."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faizabad City Bus Station. uprtc.info. 21 July 2015.
  2. News: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approves proposal for world-class bus station in Ayodhya . . 14 July 2021 . .