The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS), also known as the Imlibun Bus Station (Imlibun means "grove of tamarind trees"), is a bus station on the

Musi River Musi may refer to: * Musi River (Indonesia) * Musi River (India), Telangana * Moosy River, Andhra Pradesh, India * Musi language, a Malay language spoken in Indonesia * Angelo Musi (1918–2009), American basketball player * Agostino de' Musi, rea ...

in the Imlibun area of southern

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. ...

, India. It is owned by the

Telangana State Road Transport Corporation Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

(TSRTC) and is India's third-largest bus station, covering , behind

Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus) is a bus terminus located in Chennai, India, providing inter-state bus transport services. It is located on the inner-ring road (Jawaharlal Nehru R ...

and Delhi's

Millennium Park Bus Depot The Millennium Park Bus Depot is a major bus station located in Delhi, India. It is currently the largest bus depot in the world. Constructed primarily by the city's Public Works Department, the depot was inaugurated on 17 September 2010. The ...

History

The bus station was built during the Nizam era, and was owned by the

Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) was a railway company operating in India from 1879 to 1950. It was owned by the Nizams of Hyderabad State, and its full name was ''His Exalted Highness, The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway''. The company ...

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 had been accessible by two major and two minor road bridges, it is presently accessible by one bridge.

Service

MGBS primarily serves

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

and

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

, and has daily service to

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, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,

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, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

Hyderabad Metro connectivity

The MGBS, Jubilee Bus Station (JBS), and the

Hyderabad Metro The Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, serving the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the second longest operational metro network in India after the Delhi Metro (285 stations) with 57 stations and the lines are arranged in a ...

's Green Line is connecting Secunderabad and Hyderabad. Travel time between the cities will be 16 minutes, compared to 45 minutes by road. The Green Line has two connecting bus stations: the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station and the JBS Parade Ground. The MGBS station is India's largest metro station and Hyderabad's tallest; its corridorsCorridor 2 (JBS to MGBS) and Corridor 1 (Miyapur to LB Nagar)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

MGBS covers of a complex, and was completed at a cost of 13

crore A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is ...

. 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 TSRTC 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

References

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