Inter-State Bus Terminals

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, and few more have been proposed.

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.

• 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.

• West Delhi

• Tikri ISBT, planned: near Bahadurgarh on NH-9 and Tikri Border metro station

• Dwarka ISBT, planned: Existing bus depot located in Dwarka Sector-22 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. This ISBT, costing Rs4,700 cr and based on Mixed-use transit-oriented development as multimodal transport will be largest than the 3 existing ISBTs in Delhi which are running above the planned capacity. 60% of the area will have the high-density 2,29,000 sq m affordable housing, 20% commercial area of 65,000 sq m and ISBT depot of 27,000 sq m, 100% or 50,000 sq m for public amenities, the rest for passenger services and bus operations. Planned with future needs for the nxt 25 years, it will generate revenue of Rs5,100, including Rs3,700 cr from housing and Rs 1,400 cr from commercial. The project was revived in 2026, and the DPR was being prepared in April 2026.

• Aerocity ISBT (IGI), planned: at Delhi Aerocity in New Delhi on NH-48 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.

• 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. it is located next to the Delhi-Alwar RRTS - Kherki Daula station and Gurugram Heliport Hub.

• Panchgaon Inter State Bus Terminus, planned, located next to the Delhi-Alwar RRTS - Panchgaon station, NH-48 and Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE).

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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).

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

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