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

Chandigarh

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

See also: Transport in Haryana

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Odisha

Punjab

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.[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

Uttar Pradesh

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/UT Buses of all STU's
1 Karnataka 23710 Decrease
2 Tamil Nadu 20304 Decrease
3 Maharashtra 18449 Decrease
4 Andhra Pradesh 11851 Decrease
5 Uttar Pradesh 11276 Decrease
6 Gujarat 11101 Increase
7 Telangana 9057 Decrease
8 Delhi 7429 Increase
9 Kerala 6241 Increase
10 Haryana 4500 Increase
11 Rajasthan 3980 Decrease
12 Himachal Pradesh 3358 Increase
13 Punjab 2549 Decrease
14 West Bengal 2232 Decrease
15 Uttarakhand 1355 Decrease
16 Chandigarh 603 Increase
17 Goa 520 Decrease
18 Odisha 437 Decrease
19 Assam 405 Decrease
20 Jammu and Kashmir 373 Decrease
21 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 268 Increase
22 Bihar 223 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) 7721 Increase
2 Mumbai (MMR) 4428 Decrease
3 Kolkata (KMA) 1377 Decrease
4 Chennai 3476 Decrease
5 Bangalore 6767 Increase
6 Hyderabad 2512 Decrease
7 Ahmedabad 1292 Increase
8 Pune 1480 Decrease
9 Surat 788 Increase
10 Jaipur 229 Decrease
11 Kanpur 80 Decrease
12 Lucknow 142 Decrease
13 Nagpur 487 Increase
14 Indore 228 Decrease
15 Coimbatore 925 Increase
16 Kochi 203 Decrease
17 Patna 70 Decrease
18 Bhopal 225 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) 436 Increase
45 Tiruchirapalli 350 Increase
46 Kota 50 Decrease
47 Thane 504 Decrease

References

Specific
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Delhi set to get new ISBT near airport". Times of India. New Delhi. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
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