Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station


The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, also known as the Imlibun Bus Station, is a bus station on the Musi River in the Imlibun area of southern Hyderabad, India. It is owned by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation and is India's fifth-largest bus station, covering, behind Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, Bengaluru's Kempegowda Bus Station, Vijayawada's Pandit Nehru Bus Station and Delhi's Millennium Park Bus Depot.

History

The bus station was built during the Nizam era, and was owned by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway and known as the Central Bus Station. It was built in the shape of a dome and was named Imlibun. It was a converted aircraft hangar, built during the 1930s by Butler and Company of the US to accommodate the Nizam’s fleet of public single- and double-decker buses. When the bus station was later expanded, the Musi River bed was partially filled for the new facility. Although it used to be accessible by two major and two minor road bridges, it is presently accessible by four road bridges and two metro lines.

Service

MGBS primarily serves Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and has daily service to Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

Hyderabad Metro connectivity

The MGBS is connected to the city by the Hyderabad Metro's red and green lines, with a interlink station named "MG Bus" providing direct access to and from the Bus Terminus to the Metro station. Jubilee Bus Station, is also connected by the Hyderabad Metro's green Line while also connecting Secunderabad and Hyderabad. Travel time between the cities is 16 minutes, compared to 45 minutes by road. The MG Bus station is India's largest metro station and Hyderabad's tallest; its corridors – Corridor 2 - Green and Corridor 1 - Red – are on separate levels. According to the metro company, the station is designed for 100 years of service and its concourse will contain retail stores and entertainment.

Infrastructure

The MGBS covers of a complex, and was completed at a cost of 13 crore. There are 150 platforms, a 7,380-square-meter waiting room, a 3,455-square-meter shopping complex and a 5,000-square-meter parking area.
Many TGSRTC buses in Hyderabad use the station, one of two terminals in the city for long-distance bus service. Corporation buses include Palle Velugu, Express, Deluxe, Super Luxury, Rajadhani A/C, Garuda, Garuda Plus and Vennela A/C Sleeper.

Platforms

PlatformsBuses
1–5Garuda, Garuda Plus, Vennela, Amaravati, Airavat, Ambaari
6, 7Bengaluru
8Bengaluru
9Anantapur, Dharmavaram, Puttaparthi
10, 11Suryapet, Khammam, Bhadrachalam, Manuguru
12Sathupally, Rajamahendravaram, Polavaram
13Kunta, Bailadilla, Jagdalpur
14, 15Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, Kodad
16, 17Guntur, Narsaraopeta, Chilakaluripeta
18–22Yadagirigutta, Warangal
23Srisailam
24, 25Achampeta, Kalwakurthy
26Raichur
27–31Mahboobnagar, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet, Hubli
32–34Nagarkurnool, Kollapur, Shadnagar
35, 36Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru
37, 38Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru
39Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram, Amalapuram, Gudivada, Kakinada
40Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram, Amalapuram, Gudivada, Kakinada
41, 42Gadwal, Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor
43–45Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor
46, 47Medak, Bansuwada, Bodhan
48–52Zaheerabad, Narayankhed, Karad, Sholapur, Pune, Mumbai
53–55Siddipet, Vemulawada, Karimnagar, Mancherial, Asifabad
56–58Nizamabad, Adilabad, Nagpur, Amaravati, Nirmal
59–61Macherla, Ongole, Nellore, Chennai
62Devarakonda
63–65Parigi, Vikarabad, Tandur, Yadgir, Sedam
66–75Arrivals
76–79City buses