A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it can also refer to a bus garage . A bus station is larger than a bus stop , which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop. It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.
18-534: Bus station platforms may be assigned to fixed bus lines, or variable in combination with a dynamic passenger information system. The latter requires fewer platforms, but does not provide consistent locations for passengers. Kilambakkam bus terminus in Chennai is spread over an area of 358,200 square metres (88.52 acres), making it the largest bus station in the world. The Woodlands Bus Interchange in Singapore
36-414: A commercial complex which hosts restaurants and retail stores. The bus terminus is constructed to be transgender and disabled friendly. Last mile connectivity is provided by Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses. Concerns have been raised regarding the last mile connectivity to the bus terminus as the bus station was located away from the city and there was no existing suburban railway link to
54-669: A statutory body in 1974. It is headed by minister for housing as its chairman. In January 2013, CMDA was recognised as a research centre by the Centre for Research, Anna University . The CMA falls in five Districts of the Tamil Nadu State viz. Chennai District, Tiruvallur District (except Pallipattu, RK Pet & parts of Tiruttani Taluks), Kancheepuram District (except Uthiramerur Taluk), Chengalpattu District (except Madurantakam & Cheyyur Taluks) & Ranipet District (parts of Arakkonam Taluk). New construction in areas under
72-679: Is a bus terminus in Kilambakkam , a southern suburb of Chennai , India. Situated along the GST Road , it became operational on 30 December 2023. Spread over an area of 88.52 acres (358,200 m ), it was built to decongest the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Koyambedu . It is an integrated bus terminus for mofussil buses operated by TNSTC , SETC , KSRTC , KSRTC SWIFT and contract carriage buses. The terminus
90-420: Is also the 2nd busiest in the world, serving about 90,000 people per weekday in 300 bus lines on its 89 platforms (72 for boarding and 17 for deboarding), with services to over 1,000 cities over the country and South America . The terminal is also linked to Portuguesa-Tietê , an adjacent metro station. Kilambakkam bus terminus Kilambakkam Bus Terminus , officially Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus,
108-627: Is connected to other parts of the Chennai Metropolitan Area and suburbs by MTC buses. In 2016, Government of Tamil Nadu planned to construct a new bus terminus at Kilambakkam near Vandalur in South Chennai as a part of a plan to de-congest the existing bus terminus at Koyambedu . The area earmarked for the construction of the bus terminus was within a protected zone declared by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as it contained megalithic sites. According to
126-591: Is one of the busiest bus interchanges in the world, handling up to 400,000 passengers daily across 42 bus services. Other Singaporean bus interchanges such as Bedok Bus Interchange , Tampines Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange handle similar number of passengers daily. The largest underground bus station in Europe is Kamppi Centre in Helsinki, Finland completed in 2006. The terminal cost 100 million Euro to complete and took 3 years to design and build. Today,
144-469: The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR), all constructions are banned within 100 meters of ASI protected areas and any construction of a building with 200 meters of such areas requires permission from National Monument Authority (NMA). Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) commissioned Reach Foundation to undertake a heritage impact assessment study on
162-681: The Madras Metropolitan Development Authority ( MMDA ), is the nodal planning agency of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The CMDA administers the Chennai Metropolitan Region , spread over an area of 5,904 km (2,280 sq mi) and covers the districts of Chennai , Thiruvallur , Chengalpattu , Ranipet and Kancheepuram . It was set up for the purposes of planning, co-ordination, supervising, promoting and securing
180-523: The bus terminal, which covers 25,000 square meters, is the busiest bus terminal in Finland. Every day, the terminal has around 700 bus departures, transporting approximately 170,000 passengers. Preston Bus Station in Preston, England, built in 1969 and later heritage-listed , was described in 2014 as "depending on how you measure it, the largest bus station in the world, the second-biggest in Europe, and
198-487: The development of the terminus. The works were ceased as clearance was pending from the National Monument Authority. In February 2019, clearance was given for the construction of bus terminus with specific conditions including no further development in the 100 meter prohibited area except greenery and the involvement of archaeologists at the time of excavation and mitigation measures to be taken at
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#1732780893786216-800: The longest in Europe". It was fully refurbished in 2018. The largest bus terminal in North America is the Port Authority Bus Terminal located in New York City. The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of the Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square . The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in
234-405: The main terminal buildings. The operational expenditure was estimated at ₹ 660 crore (US$ 79 million) per year with projected revenues of ₹ 1,020 crore (US$ 120 million). The projected ended up costing ₹ 393.74 crore (US$ 47 million) . The bus terminus is built on a land area of 88.52 acres (35.82 ha) with a total built-up area of 640,000 sq ft (59,000 m ). It
252-470: The planned development of the Chennai Metropolitan Area . It coordinates the development activities of the municipal corporations, municipalities and other local authorities. The CMDA was constituted as an ad hoc body in 1972 under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971. It was formed as the nodal Town planning authority for the city of Madras (now Chennai ) and its suburbs and became
270-783: The station. While the bus terminus is located along the South line of Chennai Suburban Railway , there is no railway station near the bus terminus. It is planned to build a new railway station near the bus station which will be connected by a skyway . An extension of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro from the Chennai International Airport to the bus terminus has been announced, with a feasibility study completed and land surveys in progress. Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority ( CMDA ), formerly known as
288-401: The time of construction if artifacts are found. The foundation stone for the project was laid on 22 February 2019 by then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu . The bus terminus was officially rechristened as Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus and was inaugurated on 30 December 2023. The project was projected to cost ₹ 325 crore (US$ 39 million) including ₹ 175 crore (US$ 21 million) for
306-679: The world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year. It has 223 gates. It operates intercity bus routes all over the United States and some routes with international destinations, mostly in Canada, and mostly operated by Greyhound Lines. The largest bus terminal in the southern hemisphere is the Tietê Bus Terminal located in São Paulo, Brazil. It
324-592: Was done on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model. The terminus consists of 215 bus bays including 130 bays for government buses and 85 bays for private contract carriages, situated across 14 platforms in 8 bus fingers. It has a 3.99 acres (1.61 ha) lay-off area for buses and a parking area that can accommodate 324 cars and 2,769 two-wheeler. The bus station is equipped with ticket counters, information centers and other essential facilities like toilets , drinking water , dormitories , feeding rooms, police station , pharmacy , fire station , ATMs . The bus station has
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