The Vadodara bus station or Vadodara Central Bus Terminal is the central bus station serving Vadodara city in Gujarat, India.[1]
Vadodara Bus Station | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Vadodara Gujarat India | ||||
Coordinates | 22°18′49″N 73°10′53″E / 22.313531°N 73.181417°E | ||||
Bus operators | GSRTC | ||||
Construction | |||||
Parking | available | ||||
Accessible | available | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 15 February 2014 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2014 | 28,000 – 35,000 per day | ||||
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History
editThe bus station was built under a public-private partnership between the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) and realty firm Cube Construction. The building is known as the Ved Transcube Plaza. Built at a cost of ₹114 crore (US$14 million), the five-storey station is spread over 2.4 lakh square feet. The station handles over 800 buses and as many as 28,000 to 35,000 passengers daily.[2] The commercial complex of the station building has 400 retail shops of an average 250 to 350 square feet each, a flea market, a food court with 22 outlets, a seven-screen multiplex run by PVR Cinemas and a 100-room budget hotel.[2][3]
The design of exterior takes inspiration from the banyan tree which is associated with the name of the city.[1][4]
It was inaugurated by then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on 15 February 2014.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Vadodara bus terminal with airport-likefeel - Modi inaugurates 'airport-like' bus terminal in Vadodara". The Economic Times.
- ^ a b Desai, Darshan (27 April 2014). "Get a glimpse of Vadodara's airport-like bus terminal". India Today. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ a b BS Reporter (15 February 2014). "Vadodara's bus terminal punches above its weight".
- ^ Abhyankar, Shoma (23 June 2019). "The colossal structures of Vadodara". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 December 2023.