The Coimbatore Corporation Town bus stand, commonly known as the Gandhipuram Town BusTerminus, is a hub in

Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...

for serves intracity buses within the

Coimbatore metropolitan area The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area, or Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration, is the sixteenth-most populous metropolitan area in India, the second most populous metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu next only to Chennai. The Coimbatore Metropoli ...

History

In Coimbatore, town buses started operating in 1921 to serve most parts of the city, as well as other towns and villages in the district. A town bus terminus was started in 1974 in Gandhipuram.

Operations

Gandhipuram Town Bus Stand serves as the terminus for intra-city buses and operates buses to other major bus termini like the

Singanallur Bus Terminus Singanallur Bus Terminus is one of the seven bus terminus in the Coimbatore City. It predominantly serves Mofussil buses, although it also serves a few terminating intracity buses. History The bus stand was constructed to ease congestion in t ...

, Ukkadam Bus Terminus, and New Bus stand. Inter-city and intra-city buses that connect Coimbatore operate from various bus stands: the bus stand also operates town buses on 257 intra-city routes.

Connections

The terminus is connected to the Saibaba Colony Bus Terminus, which is about 3.5 kilometres away; the Ukkadam Bus Terminus, which is about 4.5 kilometres away; and the

, which is about 10 kilometres away. The Coimbatore Junction railway station is about 3.0 kilometres away and the

Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore International Airport is an international airport and the primary airport serving the Coimbatore Metropolitan Area in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the neighborhood of Peelamedu, about from the center of the city. It is the ...

is about 9.2 kilometers away.

References

{{Reflist Bus stations in Coimbatore Transport in Coimbatore