The Coimbatore Integrated Bus Terminus, commonly known as the CIBT, is the integrated bus terminus under construction in

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on Chettipalayam Road, Coimbatore,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

, India, to serve both intercity and intracity buses. Upon completion, it would be the largest bus station in the world with an area of

Background

The bus terminus was planned to reduce traffic congestion in the city by integrating the

Gandhipuram Central Bus Terminus The Gandhipuram Central Bus Terminus, commonly known as the Gandhipuram Bus Terminus, is a bus terminus in Coimbatore that serves intercity buses. History In Coimbatore, town buses started operating in 1921 to serve most parts of the city, as ...

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Bus stand (For SETC), KSRTC Buses (Karnataka) and KSRTC Buses (Kerala),

Ukkadam Bus Terminus Ukkadam Bus Terminus, popularly known as Ukkadam Bus Stand, is one of the bus terminus of Coimbatore City. It was opened in 1991 to ease congestion in the central bus stand at Gandhipuram.The bus stand was planned to accommodate town buses and ...

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within a single campus. The terminus would come up at Chettipalayam Road at

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at a site of 61.6 acres area.

Timeline

*2014-The Coimbatore Integrated Bus Terminus project was announced by former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. *2020-The foundation stone was laid on 22 February. The proposed terminus will be built at a cost of 168 crores. *2020-The CMRL proposed to connect CIBT and Ukkadam Bus Terminus by the corridor-V of Coimbatore Metro

Inclusion of Battery-based buses in CIBT

In the project, special battery charging points and maintenance sheds for battery-based buses are included.

Facilities

The size of the land earmarked for the project is 61 acres. The proposed terminus will have the following facilities: *140 bus bays *33 town bus bays *112 idle parking bays *80 omni bus bays *Mother's room *Medical centre, *Clinic, *Store room *Cloak room *11 ATM's *71 shops *seven offices for transport corporations *20 ticket counters, 3 transport offices and 3 time offices *2 restaurants over 405 square meters *2 dormitories *3 commercial office spaces *The parking will have 110 four wheeler parking slots and 1200 two wheeler parking slots. *TNSTC Coimbatore, Tiruppur Head Office

Planning Phase-1

The phase 1 will include the construction of Mofussil, SETC and City bus terminals.

Planning Phase-2

The phase 2 will include the construction of Omni bus terminal.

Connections

The terminus is connected to all the major places within the city such as: * Town Hall - 4.2 km *

- 12.8 km *

- 11.1 km *

- 8.8 km *

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- 10.1 km *

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- 2.9 km *

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- 15.6 km * TIDEL Park - 13.8 km *

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- 14.2 km *

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- 14.2 km *

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- 11.3 km * Irugur Junction - 11.8 km

Metro

The proposal of the

Coimbatore Metro Coimbatore Metro, also known as Kovai Metro, is a proposed rapid transit system for Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. History The Central Government proposed a metro rail system for 16 tier-2 cities in India including Coimbatore in 2010. While the Gove ...

Corridor-V has been proposed to connect

with CIBT via

References

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