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.

Andhra Pradesh

  • Pandit Nehru bus station, Vijayawada
  • APSRTC complex Inter-State Bus Terminus, Visakhapatnam
  • Srihari Inter-State Bus Terminus, Tirupati
  • NTR Inter-State Bus Terminus, Guntur

Assam

  • Rupnath Brahma Inter State Bus Terminus, Guwahati
  • Inter State Bus Terminus, Jorhat
  • Inter State Bus Terminus, Silchar
  • Inter State Bus Terminus, Khanapara, Guwahati

Bihar

  • Pataliputra Inter State Bus Terminus, Patna

Chandigarh

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

Chhattisgarh

  • Sri Balaji Swami Trust Sri Dudhadhari Math Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Raipur
  • Pandri Bus Stand, Raipur
  • Hi-tech Bus Terminus Bilaspur

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.[2][3]

Existing

  • Central Delhi
    • 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]
    • Veer Hakikat Rai Sarai Kale Khan ISBT (Sarai Kale Khan), existing: on NH-44, Delhi–Kolkata HSR, Delhi-Alwar RRTS and Delhi–Meerut RRTS interchange, 10 km south of Maharana Pratap ISBT.
  • East Delhi (Trans-Yamuna)
    • Swami Vivekanand ISBT (Anand Vihar), existing: on Delhi–Meerut RRTS station.

Planned

Approved by Government of Delhi[1]

  • North Delhi
    • Narela ISBT, planned: Narela on NH-44 and Narela metro station[1] on 10,000 sqm land of DDA of which 50% is encroached which was being freed in 2024.[4]
  • West Delhi
    • Tikri ISBT, planned: near Bahadurgarh on NH-9 and Tikri Border metro station[1]
    • Dwarka ISBT, planned: Existing bus depot located in Dwarka on UER-II near the Dwarka Sector 21 metro station interchange and the upgraded Bijwasan railway station will be upgraded to ISBT providing connectivity to IGI Airport.[1]
    • Aerocity ISBT (IGI), planned: at Delhi Aerocity in New Delhi on NH-48[2] and Airport Express Metro for connectivity to IGI Airport, Dwarka Expressway, Delhi-Alwar RRTS, etc.

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".
  • South Delhi
    • Tuglakabad ISBT, not-yet-approved: between Tughlakabad railway station and Tughlakabad Station metro station on DND–KMP Expressway (NH-148NA).

Gujarat

Haryana

  • Sonipat ISBT, existing: at Sonipat Devilal chowk Sonipat.
  • Bahadurgarh ISBT, existing: at Bahadurgarh south bypass in the east of Bahadurgarh near Tikri Border, 1.6 km southwest of Pandit Shree Ram Sharma metro station, 4 km southeast of Bahadurgarh Railway Station on Delhi-Hisar rail line, 13 km southeast of Asaudha Railway Station on Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC).
  • Rajiv Chowk ISBT, planned: next to under-construction metro and under-construction RRTS stations of Delhi-Alwar line at NH-48.[5]

Jharkhand

  • Birsa Munda Bus Terminal, Ranchi
  • Dhanbad Bus Stand, Dhanbad
  • Mango Bus Stand, Jamshedpur
  • Inter State Bus Terminal, Deoghar

Karnataka

  • Bengaluru
    • Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic Bus Station)
      • Karnataka (except Mysuru district & Kodagu district services)
      • Andhra Pradesh
      • Telangana
      • Maharashtra
      • Goa
    • Mysuru Road Bus Station
      • Karnataka (only Mysuru district & Kodagu district services)
      • Tamil Nadu (except Luxury Express services and Hosur services)
      • Kerala
      • Puducherry (except Luxury Express services)
    • Atal Bihari Vajpayee Traffic and Transit Management Center (Shantinagara Traffic and Transit Management Center)
      • Tamil Nadu (only Luxury Express services)
      • Andhra Pradesh (only services via Old Madras Road)
      • Puducherry (only Luxury Express services)
    • Krishna Rajendra Market Bus Station (Kalasipalya Bus Station)
      • Karnataka (only Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural District, Chikkaballapura district, Kolar district)
      • Tamil Nadu (Hosur services)
    • Basaveshwara Bus Station (Tumakuru Road Bus Station)
      • Current Defunct
  • Mysuru
    • Mysuru Central Bus Station
  • Mangaluru
    • Managaluru Central Bus Station
  • Hubballi
    • Hubballi Central Bus Station
  • Dharwad
    • Dharwad Bus Terminal
  • Belagavi
    • Belagavi Central Bus Station
  • Kalaburagi
    • Kalaburagi Central Bus Station
  • Ballari
    • Ballari Central Bus Station
  • Hosapete Vijayanagara
    • Hosapete Vijayanagara Central Bus Station
  • Yadagiri
    • Yadagiri Bus Station
  • Bidar
    • Bidar New Bus Station
  • Gadaga
    • Gadaga New Bus Station
  • Udupi
    • Udupi New Bus Station
  • Koppala
    • Koppala New Bus Station
  • Karwar
    • Karwar Bus Station
  • Shivamogga
    • Shivamogga Central Bus Terminal
  • Ranebennuru
    • Ranebennuru Bus Station
  • Bagalakote
    • Bagalakote Navanagara Bus Station
  • Vijayapura
    • Vijayapura Central Bus Station
  • Kolar
    • Kolar Bus Station
  • Chikkaballapura
    • Chikkaballapura New Bus Station
  • Pavagada
    • Pavagada Bus Station
  • Chikkodi
    • Chikkodi Bus Station
  • Gokak
    • Gokak Bus Station
  • Indi
    • Indi Bus Station
  • Jamakhandi
    • Jamakhandi Bus Station
  • Humnabad
    • Humnabad Bus Station

Kerala

  • Thiruvananthapuram
    • Thampanoor Central Bus Station
    • KSRTC SWIFT Bus Terminal, Anayara
  • Ernakulam
    • Vyttila Mobility Hub
    • Ernakulam Bus Station
  • Kannur
    • Thavakkara Bus Terminal
    • Kannur Bus Station
  • Kollam Bus Station
  • Kottarakkara Bus Station
  • Pathanamthitta Bus Station
  • Thiruvalla Bus Terminal
  • Alappuzha Bus Station
  • Kottayam Bus Station
  • Pala Bus Station
  • Thrissur Bus Station
  • Palakkad Bus Terminal
  • Kozhikode Bus Terminal
  • Sulthan Bathery Bus Station

Madhya Pradesh

  • Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal, Bhopal
  • Nadra Bus Stand, Bhopal
  • ISBT, Jabalpur, Jabalpur
  • Gwalior Bus Stand, Gwalior
  • Nana Kheda Inter State Bus Terminal, Ujjain
  • Shaheed Raja Bhau Mahakal Bus Stand, Ujjain
  • Inter-State Bus Terminus, Indore
  • Sarwate Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
  • AICTSL Bus Stand, Indore
  • Navlakha Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
  • Gangwal Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore
  • Teen Imli Bus Stand, Indore
  • Nayta Mundla Bus Stand, Indore
  • Atal bihari vajpayee ISBT,Satna

Maharashtra

  • Pune
    • Pune Station Bus Stand, Pune
    • Shivajinagar Bus Station
    • Swargate Bus Station
  • Pimpri-Chinchwad
    • Pimpri-Chinchwad Bus Stand
  • Nashik
    • Nashik C.B.S (Central Bus Stand)
    • Mahamarga Bus Stand
    • New C.B.S (Thakker's Buzzer)
    • Mela Bus Stanak
    • Ozar Bus Stand,
    • Sinnar Bus Stand
  • Mumbai
    • Mumbai Central ST Bus Stand
    • Jogeshwari Bus Stand
    • Parel ST Bus Stand
    • Dadar ST Bus Stand
    • Kurla ST Bus Stand
    • Boriwali ST Bus Stand
  • Nagpur
    • Nagpur Bus Stand, Ganeshpeth
    • Imamwada Bus Stand
    • Wardhmann Nagar Bus Stand
  • Thane
    • Vandana Bus Stand
    • Thane C.B.S (Central Bus Stand), Khopat
  • Kalyan
    • Kalyan ST Bus Stand
    • CIDCO ST Bus Stand
  • Aurangabad
    • Aurangabad C.B.S. (Central Bus Stand)
  • Kolhapur
    • Kolhapur C.B.S (Central Bus Stand)
    • Sambhaji Nagar Bus Stand
  • Solapur
    • Solapur C.B.S (Central Bus Stand)
  • Jalgaon
    • Jalgaon Bus Stand
  • Ahmednagar
    • Tarakpur ST Bus Stand
    • Pune Bus Stand
    • Malikwada Bus Stand
  • Navi Mumbai
    • Panvel ST Bus Stand
  • Amravati
    • Amravati ST Bus Stand
    • Rajapeth ST Bus Stand
    • Badnera ST Bus Stand

Odisha

  • Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal, Bhubaneswar
  • Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal
  • Angul Bus Terminal
  • Bhawanipatna Bus Terminal
  • Jharsuguda Bus Terminal
  • Puri (Malatipatpur Bus Stand, Puri Bus Stand)
  • Sambalpur Bus Terminal

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

  • Hindaun City Bus Depot, Hindaun
  • Sikar Bus Depot, Sikar
  • Sindhi Camp, Jaipur
  • Jodhpur Bus Stand, Jodhpur
  • Udaipur City Bus Depot, Udaipur

Tamil Nadu

  • Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus (Towards coastal districts via ECR)

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.[8] As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.[9]

  • Kilambakkam K.C.B.T Bus Terminus (Towards Southern Districts and operates TNSTC and SETC)
  • Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus (Towards Andhra and some TNSTC buses are operated to Salem, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Puducherry, Kumbakonam and Trichy).
  • Kuthambakkam Bus Terminus (ongoing construction) (Towards western parts and Bengaluru)
  • Panjappur Integrated Bus Terminus, Tiruchirapalli.

Telangana

  • Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Hyderabad
  • Jubilee Bus Station, Secunderabad
  • Nizamabad bus station, Nizamabad

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

  • Agra
    • Idgah Bus Stand
    • Inter State Bus Terminal (Agra ISBT), Agra
  • Ayodhya
    • Faizabad Bus Depot
  • Azamgarh
    • Inter State Bus Terminal Azamgarh (Azamgarh ISBT), Azamgarh
  • Gautam Buddh Nagar district
    • Noida ISBT Sector 82
    • Greater Noida ISBT Bodaki
    • Jewar Airport ISBT
  • Kanpur
    • Amar Shaheed Major Salman Khan Inter State Bus Terminal Kanpur (Jhakarkatti ISBT), Kanpur
  • Lucknow
    • Alambagh ISBT
    • Kaisarbagh Bus Stand
    • Gomti Nagar City Bus Terminal
    • Awadh Bus Stand
    • Charbagh Bus Stand
  • Mathura
    • Mathura ISBT
  • Prayagraj
    • Zero Road ISBT
  • Varanasi
    • Chaudhary Charan Singh Bus Depot

West Bengal

  • International Bus Terminus, Kolkata
  • Karunamoyee Bus Terminal, Kolkata
  • Babughat Bus Stand, Kolkata
  • Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus, Siliguri

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 / UT Buses of all STU's
1 Karnataka 22343 Decrease
2 Tamil Nadu 19989 Decrease
3 Maharashtra 15512 Decrease
4 Uttar Pradesh 13041 Increase
5 Gujarat 11373 Increase
6 Andhra Pradesh 10737 Decrease
7 Telangana 9094 Decrease
8 Delhi 7683 Increase
9 Kerala 6241 Decrease
10 Haryana 3787 Decrease
11 Himachal Pradesh 3302 Increase
12 Rajasthan 2981 Decrease
13 Punjab 2818 Decrease
14 West Bengal 2232 Decrease
15 Uttarakhand 1247 Decrease
16 Chandigarh 642 Increase
17 Goa 520 Decrease
18 Odisha 437 Decrease
19 Assam 405 Decrease
20 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 268 Increase
21 Bihar 223 Decrease
22 Jammu and Kashmir 221 Decrease
23 Nagaland 185 Decrease
24 Arunachal Pradesh 164 Decrease
25 Puducherry 141 Increase
26 Sikkim 75 Decrease
27 Meghalaya 58 Decrease
28 Mizoram 49 Decrease
29 Tripura 48 Decrease
30 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 25 Increase
31 Ladakh 20 Increase
32 Madhya Pradesh Nil Decrease
33 Jharkhand Nil Decrease
34 Manipur Nil Decrease
35 Chhattisgarh Nil Decrease
36 Lakshadweep Nil Decrease

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 Area City bus fleet

of all STU's

1 Delhi (NCR) 7978 Increase
2 Mumbai (MMR) 4428 Decrease
3 Kolkata (KMA) 1377 Decrease
4 Chennai 3476 Decrease
5 Bangalore 5587 Decrease
6 Hyderabad 2801 Decrease
7 Ahmedabad 1477 Increase
8 Pune 1650 Decrease
9 Surat 875 Increase
10 Jaipur 201 Decrease
11 Kanpur 80 Decrease
12 Lucknow 145 Decrease
13 Nagpur 540 Increase
14 Indore 188 Decrease
15 Coimbatore 925 Increase
16 Kochi 203 Decrease
17 Patna 70 Decrease
18 Bhopal 155 Decrease
19 Vadodara 180 Increase
20 Agra 40 Decrease
21 Visakhapatnam 605 Increase
22 Ludhiana 65 Decrease
23 Nashik 130 Decrease
24 Vijayawada 455 Increase
25 Madurai 505 Increase
26 Varanasi 30 Decrease
27 Meerut 30 Decrease
28 Rajkot 110 Increase
29 Jamshedpur 50 Decrease
30 Srinagar 30 Decrease
31 Jabalpur 119 Decrease
32 Asansol 60 Decrease
33 Allahabad 30 Decrease
34 Dhanbad 70 Decrease
35 Aurangabad 30 Decrease
36 Amritsar 93 Decrease
37 Jodhpur 40 Decrease
38 Raipur 110 Decrease
39 Ranchi 70 Decrease
40 Gwalior 16 Decrease
41 Thiruvananthapuram 100 Decrease
42 Bhilai 70 Decrease
43 Kozhikode 100 Decrease
44 Chandigarh (CCR) 464 Increase
45 Tiruchirapalli 350 Increase
46 Kota 50 Decrease

References

  • Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e [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.
  2. ^ a b "Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport". Times of India. New Delhi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  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.
  4. ^ a b Delhi may soon get two new ISBTs near Tikri Border, Narela, News9, 10 Sept 2024.
  5. ^ Namo Bharat Train Route to Gurugram to Link More Delhi Areas; 5 Interchange Stations Planned: Details, Times Now, 21 Nov 2025.
  6. ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b 5 Multimodel Hubs in Gurugram on Delhi-Alwar RRTS, India TImes, 22 Nov 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.