Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station
Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station Imlibun Bus Station Mahaatma Gaandhee Bas Steshan Imaleebun Bas Steshan | |||||
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Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Other names | Central Bus Station Imlibun Bus Station | ||||
| Location | Gowliguda, Hyderabad, Telangana India | ||||
| Coordinates | 17°22′41″N 78°29′02″E / 17.378°N 78.484°E | ||||
| Owned by | TGSRTC | ||||
| Platforms | 79 | ||||
| Connections | Red Line Green Line MG Bus Station | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1930s | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1994 | ||||
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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 in the Imlibun area of southern Hyderabad, India. It is owned by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) and is India's fifth-largest bus station, covering 20 acres (81,000 m2), 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 first built during the Nizam era, and was owned by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway and known as the Central Bus Station.[1] 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.[2]
In 1994, the Central Bus Stand was expanded and the present MGBS was built. The Musi river bed was partially filled for the new facility. 18 acres of Imlibun island was leased by GHMC to APSRTC for 99 years.The original bus stand was built with the "Misssisipi" hangar few metres away from Musi in 1953. After MGBS was built, the Central Bus Station was shifted to the new structure on the Imlibun island. [3] 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.[4]
The bus hangars which were also known as "Mississippi aircraft hangar" built in 1930s during the Nizam era collapsed in 2018. [5]
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 (JBS), is also connected by the Hyderabad Metro's green Line while also connecting Secunderabad and Hyderabad.[6] 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;[6] its corridors – Corridor 2 - Green (JBS to MGBS) and Corridor 1 - Red (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.[6]
Infrastructure
The MGBS covers 20 acres (81,000 m2) of a 8-hectare (80,000 m2) 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-metre shopping complex and a 5,000-square-metre 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
| Platforms | Buses |
|---|---|
| 1–5 | Garuda, Garuda Plus, Vennela, Amaravati, Airavat, Ambaari |
| 6, 7 | Bengaluru (TGSRTC) |
| 8 | Bengaluru (KSRTC) |
| 9 | Anantapur, Dharmavaram, Puttaparthi |
| 10, 11 | Suryapet, Khammam, Bhadrachalam, Manuguru |
| 12 | Sathupally, Rajamahendravaram, Polavaram |
| 13 | Kunta, Bailadilla, Jagdalpur |
| 14, 15 | Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, Kodad |
| 16, 17 | Guntur, Narsaraopeta, Chilakaluripeta |
| 18–22 | Yadagirigutta, Warangal |
| 23 | Srisailam |
| 24, 25 | Achampeta, Kalwakurthy |
| 26 | Raichur |
| 27–31 | Mahboobnagar, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet, Hubli |
| 32–34 | Nagarkurnool, Kollapur, Shadnagar |
| 35, 36 | Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru (TGSRTC) |
| 37, 38 | Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru (APSRTC) |
| 39 | Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram, Amalapuram, Gudivada, Kakinada (TGSRTC) |
| 40 | Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram, Amalapuram, Gudivada, Kakinada (APSRTC) |
| 41, 42 | Gadwal, Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor (TGSRTC) |
| 43–45 | Kurnool, Tirupati, Chittoor (APSRTC) |
| 46, 47 | Medak, Bansuwada, Bodhan |
| 48–52 | Zaheerabad, Narayankhed, Karad, Sholapur, Pune, Mumbai (TGSRTC, MSRTC) |
| 53–55 | Siddipet, Vemulawada, Karimnagar, Mancherial, Asifabad |
| 56–58 | Nizamabad, Adilabad, Nagpur, Amaravati, Nirmal |
| 59–61 | Macherla, Ongole, Nellore, Chennai |
| 62 | Devarakonda |
| 63–65 | Parigi, Vikarabad, Tandur, Yadgir, Sedam |
| 66–75 | Arrivals |
| 76–79 | City buses |
References
- ^ "Gowliguda bus stand: the secular marvel near Musi".
- ^ "The Secret History of Hyderabad State of the Nizam (South India; 1724 – 1948)".
- ^ Reddy, U Sudhakar (29 September 2016). "Imlibun bus stand is threat to Musi river". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ "Traffic goes for a toss at Imlibun station". The Hindu. 26 December 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2007.
- ^ Moses, Ajay (5 July 2018). "Nizam-era Mississippi aircraft hanger comes down crashing in Hyderabad's Gowliguda". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ^ a b c "Hyderabad Metro's Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station-JBS Parade Ground line to be flagged off today". The New Indian Express. The New Indian Express. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
External links
- Media related to Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Hyderabad at Wikimedia Commons