The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS), also known as the Imlibun Bus Station (Imlibun means "grove of

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trees"), is a bus station on the Musi River in the Imlibun area of southern

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. 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 and Delhi's

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History

The bus station was built during the

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era, and was owned by the

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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

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es. 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

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and

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, and has daily service to Chhattisgarh,

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, Maharashtra and

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Hyderabad Metro connectivity

The MGBS,

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(JBS), and the

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'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. 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 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 ...

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

External links

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