Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station Imlibun Bus Station Mahātmā Gāndhī Bas Sṭēṣan Imlibun Bas Sṭēṣan Mahaatma Gaandhee Bas Steshan Imaleebun Bas Steshan
Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station
General information
Other names	Imlibun Bus Station
Location	Gowliguda,Hyderabad, Telangana India
Coordinates	17°22′41″N78°29′02″E / 17.378°N 78.484°E /17.378; 78.484
Owned by	TGSRTC
Platforms	79
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	yes
Location

TheMahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS), also known as theImlibun Bus Station (Imlibun means "grove oftamarind trees"), is a bus station on theMusi River in the Imlibun area of southernHyderabad,India. It is owned by theTelangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) and is India's fifth-largest bus station, covering 20 acres (81,000 m²), behindChennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, Bengaluru'sKempegowda Bus Station, Vijayawada'sPandit Nehru Bus Station and Delhi'sMillennium Park Bus Depot.

The bus station was built during theNizam era, and was owned by theNizam's Guaranteed State Railway and known as the Central Bus Station.^[1] It was built in the shape of adome 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- anddouble-decker buses.^[2] When the bus station was later expanded, the Musi River bed was partially filled for the new facility. 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.^[3]

MGBS primarily servesTelangana andAndhra Pradesh, and has daily service toChhattisgarh,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Odisha,Maharashtra andTamil Nadu.

The MGBS is connected to the city by theHyderabad 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 theHyderabad Metro's green Line while also connectingSecunderabad and Hyderabad.^[4] 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;^[4] 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.^[4]

The MGBS covers 20 acres (81,000 m²) of a 8-hectare (80,000 m²) complex, and was completed at a cost of₹13crore. 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.

ManyTGSRTC 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.

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