Hyderabad has an extensive bus service operated by APSRTC inside the city[2] and to various places across the country. The Mahatma Gandhi bus station or the Imlibun bus station as it is locally known, was once the largest bus station in Asia.[citation needed] It is now the third biggest station in Asia.[citation needed] Other major bus stations include Jubliee bus station (JBS), Dilsukhnagar bus station. The APSRTC operates point to point bus services which connect important places within the city, with a very good frequency. The buses are exceptionally clean and services are very user friendly when compared to other cities in India. There are 4000+ buses in the city running the point to point service.
APSRTC has several kinds of services like
City Seetal (a\c)
Metro Deluxe
Metro Express
Ordinary
City Seetal
an air-conditioned luxury bus where as Metro Deluxe and Metro express are luxury and semi-luxury services respectively, and have fewer stops allowing a faster commute at a marginally higher price.
In addition to APSRTC neary one hundred minibuses are being operated in the twin cities[4] by Setwin.
The SETWIN minibus services were started in Hyderabad in 1979. They were stopped for two and half years for causing pollution and poor safety culture. However in 2006 the services were resumed
MMTS
Hyderabad has a light rail transportation system known as the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS). The MMTS is owned and operated by Indian Railways. The MMTS connects various parts of the city and suburbs of Hyderabad. During Initial phase, The MMTS along with the then planned MRTS was expected to considerably ease the traffic congestion in Hyderabad. But the railway department did not fully develop the MMTS as planned earlier owing to poor initial patronage.
Route Name | MMTS Route |
HL | Hyderabad - Lingampalli |
LH | Lingampalli - Hyderabad |
FL | Falaknuma - Lingampalli |
LF | Lingampalli - Falaknuma |
FH | Falaknuma - Hyderabad |
HF | Hyderabad - Falaknuma |
SF, SU | Secunderabad - Falaknuma |
FS, US | Falaknuma - Secunderabad |
LS | Lingampalli - Secunderabad |
Route Name | Suburban Route |
BS | Bolaram - Secundrabad |
SB | Secundrabad - Bolaram |
FU | Falaknuma - Umdanagar |
UF | Umdanagar - Falaknuma |
MBS | Manoharabad - Secundrabad |
SMB | Secundrabad - Manoharabad |
MJB | Malkajgiri - Bolaram |
MS | Medchal - Secundrabad |
SM | Secundrabad - Medchal |
SH | Secundrabad - Hyderabad |
SMJ | Secundrabad - Malkajgiri |
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