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, 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

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, and few more have been proposed.^[1]

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.^[2]
- 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

- - North Delhi Narela ISBT, planned: Narela on NH-44 and Narela metro station on 10,000 sqm land of DDA of which 50% is encroached which was being freed in 2024.^[2]
  - West Delhi Tikri ISBT, planned: near Bahadurgarh on NH-9 and Tikri Border metro station^[3]
- 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.^[3]
- Aerocity ISBT (IGI), planned: at Delhi Aerocity in New Delhi on NH-48^[4] 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

Ahmedabad
- Gita Mandir(Ahmedabad) GSRTC Bus Port
- Ranip(Ahmedabad) GSRTC Bus Port
Surat
- Surat Cantral GSRTC Bus Terminal
- Adajan(Surat) GSRTC Bus Port
Vadodara
- Vadodara Central Bus Station
- Makarpura(Vadodara) GSRTC Bus Port
Palanpur
- Palanpur GSRTC Bus Port
Mehsana
- Mehsana GSRTC Bus Port
Rajkot
- Rajkot GSRTC Bus Port
Navsari
- Navsari GSRTC Bus Port

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]
Kherki Daula Inter State Bus Terminus, planned - announced in 2023 over 15 acres of Sihi village near Kherki Daula toll plaz where Dwarka Expressway meets Delhi-Jaipur Highway NH48.^[6] it is located next to the Delhi-Alwar RRTS - Kherki Daula station and Gurugram Heliport Hub.^[7]
Panchgaon Inter State Bus Terminus, planned, located next to the Delhi-Alwar RRTS - Panchgaon station, NH-48 and Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE).^[7]

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
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

Tamil Nadu

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

At 37acres, 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

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

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

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

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

References

Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127

Specific

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.
https://www.news9live.com/city/delhi/delhi-may-soon-get-two-new-isbts-near-tikri-border-narela-2689123 Delhi may soon get two new ISBTs near Tikri Border, Narela
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
News: 16 December 2023 . Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport . Times of India . New Delhi . 16 December 2023.
https://www.timesnownews.com/city/gurugram/namo-bharat-train-route-to-gurugram-to-link-more-delhi-areas-5-interchange-stations-planned-details-article-115533371 Namo Bharat Train Route to Gurugram to Link More Delhi Areas; 5 Interchange Stations Planned: Details
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
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/rapid-rail-to-transform-commuting-multi-model-transit-hubs-proposed-in-gurgaon/articleshow/115540639.cms 5 Multimodel Hubs in Gurugram on Delhi-Alwar RRTS
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.
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 . live . 26 September 2012 . . 16 Oct 2011.