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Inter-State Bus Terminals
Indian stations where public buses start or end their routes

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

  • Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 17 (ISBT-17)
  • Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 43 (ISBT-43)

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

See also: Transport in Delhi

As of November 2024, Delhi has three operational ISBTs managed by the Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC), with three more planned and approved for construction,1 and few more have been proposed.23

Existing

    • Maharana Pratap ISBT (Kashmere Gate), existing: on 13 acres near NH-44 and Kashmere Gate metro station Exit 8. In 2024, it handles 150,000 passengers and 2500 busses (including 500 via NH-44 Delhi-Ambala highway from Haryana, Punjab and Himachal and another 700-1000 to West Haryana and Rajasthan via NH-9 Delhi-Hisar and other roads), building new ISBT at Narela, Tikri, Dwarka, etc will significantly ease the pressure.4

Planned

Approved by Government of Delhi5

Suggested

  • East Delhi
    • Burari ISBT, not-yet-approved: on intersection of planned UER-II Alipur-Tronica extension and proposed "Signature Bridge-Burari-Manauli-Mirakpur Expressway".

Haryana

See also: Transport in Haryana

  • Sonipat ISBT, existing: at Sonipat Devilal chowk Sonipat.
  • Rajiv Chowk ISBT, planned: next to under-construction metro and under-construction RRTS stations of Delhi-Alwar line at NH-48.11

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

See also: Transport in Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Punjab

  • Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Inter State Bus Terminal, Amritsar
  • Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Inter State Bus Terminal, Jalandhar
  • Bhagwan Valmiki Inter State Bus Terminal, Hushiarpur
  • Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Inter State Bus Terminal, Ludhiana
  • Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Mohali
  • Maharana Partap Inter State Bus Terminal, Pathankot
  • Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Gurdaspur
  • Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Ji Interstate Bus Terminal, Sangrur

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.15 As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.16

Telangana

Uttarakhand

  • Inter-State Bus Terminal, Almora Almora
  • Inter-State Bus Terminal, Dehradun (Hill Bus Depot), Dehradun
  • Inter-State Bus Terminal, Haldwani Haldwani
  • Inter-State Bus Terminal, Haridwar, Haridwar
  • Inter-State Bus Terminal, Rishikesh, Rishikesh
  • Inter-State Bus Terminal, Rudrapur Rudrapur

Uttar Pradesh

  • Varanasi
    • Chaudhary Charan Singh Bus Depot

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
1Karnataka22343
2Tamil Nadu19989
3Maharashtra15512
4Uttar Pradesh13041
5Gujarat11373
6Andhra Pradesh10737
7Telangana9094
8Delhi7683
9Kerala6241
10Haryana3787
11Himachal Pradesh3302
12Rajasthan2981
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
6Hyderabad2801
7Ahmedabad1477
8Pune1650
9Surat875
10Jaipur201
11Kanpur80
12Lucknow150
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
45Tiruchirapalli350
46Kota50
  • Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127
Specific

References

  1. [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. 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 ↩

  2. "Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport". Times of India. New Delhi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-set-to-get-new-isbt-near-airport/articleshow/106035337.cms ↩

  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. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/eye-on-igi-work-to-start-soon-at-dwarka-for-delhis-fourth-isbt/articleshow/90340984.cms ↩

  4. Delhi may soon get two new ISBTs near Tikri Border, Narela, News9, 10 Sept 2024. https://www.news9live.com/city/delhi/delhi-may-soon-get-two-new-isbts-near-tikri-border-narela-2689123 ↩

  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. 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 ↩

  6. [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. 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 ↩

  7. Delhi may soon get two new ISBTs near Tikri Border, Narela, News9, 10 Sept 2024. https://www.news9live.com/city/delhi/delhi-may-soon-get-two-new-isbts-near-tikri-border-narela-2689123 ↩

  8. [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. 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 ↩

  9. [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. 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 ↩

  10. "Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport". Times of India. New Delhi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-set-to-get-new-isbt-near-airport/articleshow/106035337.cms ↩

  11. Namo Bharat Train Route to Gurugram to Link More Delhi Areas; 5 Interchange Stations Planned: Details, Times Now, 21 Nov 2025. https://www.timesnownews.com/city/gurugram/namo-bharat-train-route-to-gurugram-to-link-more-delhi-areas-5-interchange-stations-planned-details-article-115533371 ↩

  12. Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023. https://www.news18.com/business/real-estate-boost-new-isbt-near-dwarka-expressway-to-enhance-connectivity-push-local-realty-8019313.html ↩

  13. 5 Multimodel Hubs in Gurugram on Delhi-Alwar RRTS, India TImes, 22 Nov 2024. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/rapid-rail-to-transform-commuting-multi-model-transit-hubs-proposed-in-gurgaon/articleshow/115540639.cms ↩

  14. 5 Multimodel Hubs in Gurugram on Delhi-Alwar RRTS, India TImes, 22 Nov 2024. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/rapid-rail-to-transform-commuting-multi-model-transit-hubs-proposed-in-gurgaon/articleshow/115540639.cms ↩

  15. 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20060705012703/https://www.hindu.com/2005/12/28/stories/2005122816740400.htm ↩

  16. "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. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Bus-terminus-chokes-under-rush/articleshow/5438909.cms ↩