In India, an Inter State Bus Terminal or Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) is a bus terminus that provides bus service to destinations located in other states. An ISBT may also provide bus services to destinations in the same state. Mostly ISBT term is used in the Northern part of India. In the Western part of India, Stand or State Transport term is used.
Andhra Pradesh
Pandit Nehru bus station, Vijayawada APSRTC complex Inter-State Bus Terminus, Visakhapatnam Srihari Inter-State Bus Terminus, Tirupati NTR Inter-State Bus Terminus, Guntur
Assam
Rupnath Brahma Inter State Bus Terminus, Guwahati Inter State Bus Terminus, Jorhat Inter State Bus Terminus, Silchar Inter State Bus Terminus, Khanapara, Guwahati
Bihar Pataliputra Inter State Bus Terminus, Patna
Chandigarh
Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 17 (ISBT-17) Inter State Bus Terminal Sector 43 (ISBT-43)
Chhattisgarh
Sri Balaji Swami Trust Sri Dudhadhari Math Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Raipur Pandri Bus Stand, Raipur Hi-tech Bus Terminus Bilaspur
Delhi
As of November 2024, Delhi has three operational ISBTs managed by the Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC).
Maharana Pratap ISBT (Kashmere Gate)
Veer Hakikat Rai Sarai Kale Khan ISBT (Sarai Kale Khan)
Swami Vivekanand ISBT (Anand Vihar)
Gujarat Ahmedabad Gita Mandir(Ahmedabad) GSRTC Bus Port Ranip(Ahmedabad) GSRTC Bus Port Surat Surat Cantral GSRTC Bus Terminal Adajan(Surat) GSRTC Bus Port Vadodara Vadodara Central Bus Station Makarpura(Vadodara) GSRTC Bus Port Palanpur Palanpur GSRTC Bus Port Mehsana Mehsana GSRTC Bus Port Rajkot Rajkot GSRTC Bus Port Navsari Navsari GSRTC Bus Port
Haryana
Sonipat ISBT, existing: at Sonipat Devilal chowk Sonipat.
Bahadurgarh ISBT, existing: at Bahadurgarh south bypass in the east of Bahadurgarh near Tikri Border, 1.6 km southwest of Pandit Shree Ram Sharma metro station, 4 km southeast of Bahadurgarh Railway Station on Delhi-Hisar rail line, 13 km southeast of Asaudha Railway Station on Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC).
Rajiv Chowk ISBT, planned: next to under-construction metro and under-construction RRTS stations of Delhi-Alwar line at NH-48.Namo Bharat Train Route to Gurugram to Link More Delhi Areas; 5 Interchange Stations Planned: Details, Times Now, 21 Nov 2025.
Kherki Daula Inter State Bus Terminus, planned - announced in 2023 over 15 acres of Sihi village near Kherki Daula toll plaz where Dwarka Expressway meets Delhi-Jaipur Highway NH48.Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023. it is located next to the Delhi-Alwar RRTS - Kherki Daula station and Gurugram Heliport Hub.5 Multimodel Hubs in Gurugram on Delhi-Alwar RRTS, India TImes, 22 Nov 2024.
Panchgaon Inter State Bus Terminus, planned, located next to the Delhi-Alwar RRTS - Panchgaon station, NH-48 and Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE).
Jharkhand
Birsa Munda Bus Terminal, Ranchi ITI Bus Stand, Ranchi Government Bus Stand, Ranchi Dhanbad Bus Stand, Dhanbad Mango Bus Stand, Jamshedpur Naya More Bus Stand, Bokaro Inter State Bus Terminal, Deoghar
Karnataka
Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic Bus Station) Karnataka (except Mysuru district & Kodagu district services) Andhra Pradesh Telangana Maharashtra Goa Mysuru Road Bus Station Karnataka (only Mysuru district & Kodagu district services) Tamil Nadu (except Luxury Express services and Hosur services) Kerala Puducherry (except Luxury Express services) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Traffic and Transit Management Center (Shantinagara Traffic and Transit Management Center) Tamil Nadu (only Luxury Express services) Andhra Pradesh (only services via Old Madras Road) Puducherry (only Luxury Express services) Krishna Rajendra Market Bus Station (Kalasipalya Bus Station) Karnataka (only Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural District, Chikkaballapura district, Kolar district) Tamil Nadu (Hosur services) Basaveshwara Bus Station (Tumakuru Road Bus Station) Current Defunct Mysuru Mysuru Central Bus Station Mangaluru Managaluru Central Bus Station Hubballi Hubballi Central Bus Station Dharwad Dharwad Bus Terminal Belagavi Belagavi Central Bus Station Kalaburagi Kalaburagi Central Bus Station Ballari Ballari Central Bus Station Hosapete Vijayanagara Hosapete Vijayanagara Central Bus Station Yadagiri Yadagiri Bus Station Bidar Bidar New Bus Station Gadaga Gadaga New Bus Station Udupi Udupi New Bus Station Koppala Koppala New Bus Station Karwar Karwar Bus Station Shivamogga Shivamogga Central Bus Terminal Ranebennuru Ranebennuru Bus Station Bagalakote Bagalakote Navanagara Bus Station Vijayapura Vijayapura Central Bus Station Kolar Kolar Bus Station Chikkaballapura Chikkaballapura New Bus Station Pavagada Pavagada Bus Station Chikkodi Chikkodi Bus Station Gokak Gokak Bus Station Indi Indi Bus Station Jamakhandi Jamakhandi Bus Station Humnabad Humnabad Bus Station Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram Thampanoor Central Bus Station KSRTC SWIFT Bus Terminal, Anayara Ernakulam Vyttila Mobility Hub Ernakulam Bus Station Kannur Thavakkara Bus Terminal Kannur Bus Station Kollam Bus Station Kottarakkara Bus Station Pathanamthitta Bus Station Thiruvalla Bus Terminal Alappuzha Bus Station Kottayam Bus Station Pala Bus Station Thrissur Bus Station Palakkad Bus Terminal Kozhikode Bus Terminal Sulthan Bathery Bus Station
Madhya Pradesh
Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal, Bhopal Nadra Bus Stand, Bhopal ISBT, Jabalpur, Jabalpur Gwalior Bus Stand, Gwalior Nana Kheda Inter State Bus Terminal, Ujjain Shaheed Raja Bhau Mahakal Bus Stand, Ujjain Inter-State Bus Terminus, Indore Sarwate Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore AICTSL Bus Stand, Indore Navlakha Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore Gangwal Inter State Bus Terminal, Indore Teen Imli Bus Stand, Indore Nayta Mundla Bus Stand, Indore Atal bihari vajpayee ISBT,Satna
Maharashtra
Pune Pune Station Bus Stand, Pune Shivajinagar Bus Station Swargate Bus Station Pimpri-Chinchwad Pimpri-Chinchwad Bus Stand Nashik Nashik C.B.S (Central Bus Stand) Mahamarga Bus Stand New C.B.S (Thakker's Buzzer) Mela Bus Stanak Ozar Bus Stand, Sinnar Bus Stand Mumbai Mumbai Central ST Bus Stand Jogeshwari Bus Stand Parel ST Bus Stand Dadar ST Bus Stand Kurla ST Bus Stand Boriwali ST Bus Stand Nagpur Nagpur Bus Stand, Ganeshpeth Imamwada Bus Stand Wardhmann Nagar Bus Stand Thane Vandana Bus Stand Thane C.B.S (Central Bus Stand), Khopat Kalyan Kalyan ST Bus Stand CIDCO ST Bus Stand Aurangabad Aurangabad C.B.S. (Central Bus Stand) Kolhapur Kolhapur C.B.S (Central Bus Stand) Sambhaji Nagar Bus Stand Solapur Solapur C.B.S (Central Bus Stand) Jalgaon Jalgaon Bus Stand Ahmednagar Tarakpur ST Bus Stand Pune Bus Stand Malikwada Bus Stand Navi Mumbai Panvel ST Bus Stand Amravati Amravati ST Bus Stand Rajapeth ST Bus Stand Badnera ST Bus Stand
Odisha Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal, Bhubaneswar Cuttack Netaji Bus Terminal Angul Bus Terminal Bhawanipatna Bus Terminal Jharsuguda Bus Terminal Puri (Malatipatpur Bus Stand, Puri Bus Stand) Sambalpur Bus Terminal
Punjab
Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Inter State Bus Terminal, Amritsar Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Inter State Bus Terminal, Jalandhar Bhagwan Valmiki Inter State Bus Terminal, Hushiarpur Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Inter State Bus Terminal, Ludhiana Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Mohali Maharana Partap Inter State Bus Terminal, Pathankot Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Inter State Bus Terminal, Gurdaspur Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Ji Interstate Bus Terminal, Sangrur
Rajasthan
Hindaun City Bus Depot, Hindaun Sikar Bus Depot, Sikar Sindhi Camp, Jaipur Jodhpur Bus Stand, Jodhpur Udaipur City Bus Depot, Udaipur
Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus (Towards coastal districts via ECR) At , the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus in Chennai, India, is the second largest bus station in Asia. As of 2010, the terminus handled more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.
Kilambakkam K.C.B.T Bus Terminus (Towards Southern Districts and operates TNSTC and SETC) Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus (Towards Andhra and some TNSTC buses are operated to Salem, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Puducherry, Kumbakonam and Trichy). Kuthambakkam Bus Terminus (Towards western parts and Bengaluru) Panjappur Integrated Bus Terminus, Tiruchirapalli.
Telangana
Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station, Hyderabad Jubilee Bus Station, Secunderabad Nizamabad bus station, Nizamabad
Uttarakhand
Inter-State Bus Terminal, Almora Almora Inter-State Bus Terminal, Dehradun (Hill Bus Depot), Dehradun Inter-State Bus Terminal, Haldwani Haldwani Inter-State Bus Terminal, Haridwar, Haridwar Inter-State Bus Terminal, Rishikesh, Rishikesh Inter-State Bus Terminal, Rudrapur Rudrapur
Uttar Pradesh
Agra Idgah Bus Stand Inter State Bus Terminal (Agra ISBT), Agra
Ayodhya Faizabad Bus Depot
Azamgarh Inter State Bus Terminal Azamgarh (Azamgarh ISBT), Azamgarh
Gautam Buddh Nagar district Noida ISBT Sector 82 Greater Noida ISBT Bodaki Jewar Airport ISBT
Kanpur Amar Shaheed Major Salman Khan Inter State Bus Terminal Kanpur (Jhakarkatti ISBT), Kanpur
Lucknow Alambagh ISBT Kaisarbagh Bus Stand Gomti Nagar City Bus Terminal Awadh Bus Stand Charbagh Bus Stand
Mathura Mathura ISBT
Prayagraj Zero Road ISBT
Varanasi Chaudhary Charan Singh Bus Depot
West Bengal
International Bus Terminus, Kolkata Karunamoyee Bus Terminal, Kolkata Babughat Bus Stand, Kolkata Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus, Siliguri
State government bus Many Indian state governments have their own fleet of buses which are run under their state transport department. As per statistics, the State Road Transport Undertakings (STUs) altogether operates 1,50,000 buses. State-wise bus fleet is as follows Sr. No.State / UTBuses of all STU's1Karnataka22343 2Tamil Nadu19989 3Maharashtra15512 4Uttar Pradesh14110 5Gujarat11653 6Andhra Pradesh11193 7Telangana9375 8Delhi 6297 9Kerala6241 10Haryana4005 11Himachal Pradesh3302 12Rajasthan2981 13Punjab2818 14West Bengal2232 15Uttarakhand1247 16Chandigarh642 17Goa520 18Odisha437 19Assam405 20Andaman and Nicobar Islands268 21Bihar223 22Jammu and Kashmir221 23Nagaland185 24Arunachal Pradesh164 25Puducherry141 26Sikkim75 27Meghalaya58 28Mizoram49 29Tripura48 30 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu25 31Ladakh20 32Madhya PradeshNil 33JharkhandNil 34ManipurNil 35ChhattisgarhNil 36LakshadweepNil
Government city buses Many Indian cities have local public city bus services. Here is a list of fleet of government city buses operated as of now in India cities (million plus population).
Sr. No.City / Urban AreaCity bus fleet of all STU's1Delhi (NCR)6592 2Mumbai (MMR)3928 3Kolkata (KMA)1377 4Chennai3476 5Bangalore5587 6Hyderabad3101 7Ahmedabad1477 8Pune1650 9Surat1136 10Jaipur100 11Kanpur98 12Lucknow115 13Nagpur730 14Indore188 15Coimbatore815 16Kochi20 17Patna131 18Bhopal120 19Vadodara200 20Agra40 21Visakhapatnam615 22LudhianaNil 23Nashik250 24Vijayawada410 25Madurai460 26Varanasi30 27Meerut30 28Rajkot110 29JamshedpurNil 30SrinagarNil 31Jabalpur40 32AsansolNil 33Allahabad30 34DhanbadNil 35Aurangabad135 36AmritsarNil 37JodhpurNil 38Raipur67 39Ranchi30 40Gwalior16 41Thiruvananthapuram132 42Bhilai50 43Kozhikode100 44Chandigarh (CCR)464 45 Tiruchirapalli350 46KotaNil
References
Chris Devonshire-Ellis. Doing Business in India. Springer, Apr 12, 2012 pg. 127