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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.

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

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

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    • 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

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Approved by Government of Delhi[1]

    • 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.[1] 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.[5]

Suggested

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  • East Delhi
    • Burari ISBT, not-yet-approved: on intersection of planned UER-II Alipur-Tronica extension and proposed "Signature Bridge-Burari-Manauli-Mirakpur Expressway".
  • 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.[6]
  • 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

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.[9] As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.[10]

  • Kanpur
    • Amar Shaheed Major Salman Khan Inter State Bus Terminal Kanpur (Jhakarkatti ISBT), Kanpur
  • Varanasi
    • Chaudhary Charan Singh Bus Depot

State government bus

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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 14110 Increase
5 Gujarat 11653 Increase
6 Andhra Pradesh 11193 Decrease
7 Telangana 9375 Decrease
8 Delhi 7683 Increase
9 Kerala 6241 Decrease
10 Haryana 4000 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

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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) 3928 Decrease
3 Kolkata (KMA) 1377 Decrease
4 Chennai 3476 Decrease
5 Bangalore 5587 Decrease
6 Hyderabad 3101 Decrease
7 Ahmedabad 1477 Increase
8 Pune 1650 Decrease
9 Surat 1136 Increase
10 Jaipur 100 Decrease
11 Kanpur 50 Decrease
12 Lucknow 115 Decrease
13 Nagpur 540 Increase
14 Indore 188 Decrease
15 Coimbatore 925 Increase
16 Kochi 203 Decrease
17 Patna 131 Increase
18 Bhopal 120 Decrease
19 Vadodara 200 Increase
20 Agra 40 Decrease
21 Visakhapatnam 615 Increase
22 Ludhiana Nil Decrease
23 Nashik 250 Decrease
24 Vijayawada 410 Decrease
25 Madurai 460 Decrease
26 Varanasi 30 Decrease
27 Meerut 30 Decrease
28 Rajkot 110 Increase
29 Jamshedpur Nil Decrease
30 Srinagar Nil Decrease
31 Jabalpur 40 Decrease
32 Asansol Nil Decrease
33 Allahabad 30 Decrease
34 Dhanbad Nil Decrease
35 Aurangabad 100 Decrease
36 Amritsar Nil Decrease
37 Jodhpur Nil Decrease
38 Raipur 67 Decrease
39 Ranchi 30 Decrease
40 Gwalior 16 Decrease
41 Thiruvananthapuram 100 Decrease
42 Bhilai 50 Decrease
43 Kozhikode 100 Decrease
44 Chandigarh (CCR) 464 Increase
45 Tiruchirapalli 350 Increase
46 Kota Nil Decrease

References

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  • 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. ^ Good news: दिल्ली को मिलने जा रहा चौथा ISBT, गुरुग्राम-मानेसर को भी होगा फायदा, MSN News, 10 Apr 2026.
  6. ^ Namo Bharat Train Route to Gurugram to Link More Delhi Areas; 5 Interchange Stations Planned: Details, Times Now, 21 Nov 2025.
  7. ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b 5 Multimodel Hubs in Gurugram on Delhi-Alwar RRTS, India TImes, 22 Nov 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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.