Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus

Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus Mātavaram Puṟanakar Pēruntu Muṉaiyam
TNSTC, SETC, APSRTC, TSRTC and MTC Bus Terminus
Facade of Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus
General information
Other names	Madhavaram Bus Stand, Madhavaram Bus Terminus
Location	J Garden, Inner Ring Road, Madhavaram, Chennai 600060 Tamil Nadu India
Owned by	CMDA
Operated by	CMDA
Platforms	92
Bus routes	Andhra Pradesh Telangana Chennai Metropolitan Area
Bus operators	Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Telangana State Road Transport Corporation Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)
Connections	MTC, Madhavaram Bus Terminus metro station
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2018

Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus is a bus terminus in Chennai, India, located in the neighbourhood of Madhavaram, providing outstation/inter-state transport services. Spread over an area of 8 acres (32,000 m²),^[1] it was built to decongest the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Koyambedu. It will chiefly handle buses to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, including cities such as Chittoor, Tirupati, Nellore, Vijayawada, Kurnool, Puttaparthi, Visakhapatnam, Bhadrachalam, and Hyderabad.^[2] As of 2018, the number of passengers travelling from Chennai to these two states daily average 12,500. The Tamil Nadu and Andhra governments operate about 315 services daily, with the number increasing during weekends.^[3]

History

The terminus was built in 2018 at a cost of ₹ 950 million^[1] by BNR Infrastructure Projects, Chennai.^{[citation needed]} It was inaugurated on 10 October 2018 by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.^[4] The MTC runs 77 trips every day.^[5]

The terminus

The terminus covers an area of 8 acres (32,000 m²) and is built in two levels adjacent to the Madhavaram Truck Terminal. The level at grade can accommodate 42 buses and the upper level can accommodate 50 buses. There are nine slots meant for city buses. The parking space can hold 1,700 two-wheelers and 72 cars.^[1]

There are six staircases, three elevators, two ATM counters, two ticket counters, and an information office in the terminus. It additionally has provisions for eight shops, a restaurant, an infant-feeding room, a family waiting hall, crew rest room, health clinic, pharmacy and a dormitory.^[1]

The terminus is served by a 40,000-litre overhead tank, a 500,000-litre underground sump for water, and a 200,000-litre sewage treatment plant. The premises is lit by five high-mast lights.^[1]

The terminus constructed in the land which earlier is a part of Madhavaram Truck Terminal which is also owned by the CMDA.

See also

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