Inter-State Bus Terminals Explained

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.

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

See also: Transport in Delhi.

As of December 2023, Delhi has 3 operational ISBTs being managed by the Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC), and 3 more planned to be constructed. They are as follows:[1]

Haryana

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

At 37acres, the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus in Chennai, India, is the second largest bus station in Asia.[4] As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.[5]

Telangana

Uttarakhand

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
1Karnataka22343
2Tamil Nadu19989
3Maharashtra15512
4Uttar Pradesh12197
5Gujarat11373
6Andhra Pradesh10737
7Telangana9094
8Delhi7683
9Kerala6241
10Haryana3787
11Rajasthan3708
12Himachal Pradesh3187
13Punjab2818
14West Bengal2232
15Uttarakhand1247
16Chandigarh642
17Goa520
18Odisha437
19Assam405
20Andaman and Nicobar Islands268
21Bihar223
22Jammu and Kashmir221
23Nagaland185
24Arunachal Pradesh164
25Puducherry141
26Sikkim75
27Meghalaya58
28Mizoram49
29Tripura48
30Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu25
31Ladakh20
32Madhya PradeshNil
33JharkhandNil
34ManipurNil
35ChhattisgarhNil
36LakshadweepNil

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
1Delhi (NCR)7978
2Mumbai (MMR)4428
3Kolkata (KMA)1377
4Chennai3476
5Bangalore5587
6Hyderabad2644
7Ahmedabad1477
8Pune1650
9Surat875
10Jaipur201
11Kanpur80
12Lucknow190
13Nagpur540
14Indore487
15Coimbatore925
16Kochi203
17Patna70
18Bhopal225
19Vadodara180
20Agra40
21Visakhapatnam605
22Ludhiana65
23Nashik130
24Vijayawada455
25Madurai505
26Varanasi30
27Meerut30
28Rajkot110
29Jamshedpur50
30Srinagar30
31Jabalpur119
32Asansol60
33Allahabad30
34Dhanbad70
35Aurangabad30
36Amritsar93
37Jodhpur40
38Raipur110
39Ranchi70
40Gwalior16
41Thiruvananthapuram100
42Bhilai70
43Kozhikode100
44Chandigarh (CCR)464
45 Tiruchirapalli350
46Kota50

References

Specific
  1. News: Roy . Sidharatha . 21 March 2022 . Eye on IGI: Work to start soon at Dwarka for Delhi’s fourth ISBT . Times of India . New Delhi . 16 December 2023.
  2. News: 16 December 2023 . Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport . Times of India . New Delhi . 16 December 2023.
  3. https://www.news18.com/business/real-estate-boost-new-isbt-near-dwarka-expressway-to-enhance-connectivity-push-local-realty-8019313.html Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty
  4. News: Dorairaj . S. . Koyambedu bus terminus gets ISO certification . Chennai . 28 December 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060705012703/https://www.hindu.com/2005/12/28/stories/2005122816740400.htm . dead . 5 July 2006 . . 16 Oct 2011.
  5. News: Bus terminus chokes under rush . Chennai . 13 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120926145101/https://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-13/chennai/28123123_1_buses-cmbt-state-express-transport-corporation . dead . 26 September 2012 . . 16 Oct 2011.