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{{see also|Chennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminus|Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus<hr />{{small|Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus}}
| type = [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation|TNSTC Bus Terminus]], [[State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu)|SETC Bus Terminus]] and [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|MTC Bus Terminus]]
| style =
| image = Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Main facade of the bus terminus
| address = [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]], [[Koyambedu]], [[Chennai]]
| coordinates = {{coord|13.06745|N|80.20566|E|display=inline,title}}
| line =
| other = [[Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus metro station|Chennai Metro]], [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|MTC]]
| structure =
| platforms = 160
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks =
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = 2002
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA = yes
| code =
| owned = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]]
| zone =
| former = Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus
| passengers = 8,00,000/day
10,00,000/day peak
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
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}}

'''Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus''' ('''CMBT''') (officially '''Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus'''<ref>http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/oct/10/cmbt-renamed-as-puratchi-thalaivar-dr-mgr-bus-stand-1883468.html</ref>) is a [[bus terminus]] located in [[Chennai]], [[India]], providing inter-state bus [[transport]] services. It is located on the {{convert|100|ft|m}} [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|inner-ring road]] (Jawaharlal Nehru Road) in [[Koyambedu]] between SAF Games Village and the [[Koyambedu Vegetable Market]]. It is the largest bus terminus in [[Asia]]. [[Chennai Metro]] Rail operates a coach depot behind the bus terminus since 2015.

==History==
The bus terminus originally functioned at the [[Broadway bus terminus|Broadway terminus]] near [[Madras High Court]] in [[George Town, Chennai|George Town]], in an area covering about {{convert|1.5|acre|m2}}.<ref>{{cite news
| title = கலக்கப் போகுது பிராட்வே பஸ் நிலையம்
| newspaper = Dinamalar
| location = Chennai
| date = 22 July 2012
}}</ref> With the growing population and transportation demand, a new terminus was planned at Koyambedu.

The terminus was planned and construction started by [[M. Karunanidhi]] during [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] regime at a cost of {{INR}} 103 crores<ref name="businessline20021119">{{cite news
|title = Jayalalithaa inaugurates new bus terminus in Chennai
|newspaper = The Hindu Business Line
|location = Chennai
|publisher = The Hindu
|date = 19 November 2002
|url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/11/19/stories/2002111901991700.htm
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211954/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/11/19/stories/2002111901991700.htm
|archive-date = 30 September 2007
|url-status = live
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> and inaugurated on 18 November 2002 by [[J. Jayalalithaa]] during [[AIADMK]] regime.<ref name="Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority">{{cite web
|title = Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminal (CMBT)
|publisher = CMDA
|url = http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/chennai_mufussil_bus_terminus(cmbt).html
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005052213/http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/chennai_mufussil_bus_terminus(cmbt).html
|archive-date = 5 October 2011
|url-status = live
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> On 9 October 2018, It has been renamed by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] as ''Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R Bus Terminus'' to honor the [[AIADMK]] founder and the former [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. G. Ramachandran]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/oct/10/cmbt-renamed-as-puratchi-thalaivar-dr-mgr-bus-stand-1883468.html|title=CMBT renamed as 'Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. MGR Bus Terminus'|date=10 October 2018|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011114651/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/oct/10/cmbt-renamed-as-puratchi-thalaivar-dr-mgr-bus-stand-1883468.html|archive-date=11 October 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Koyambedu bus stand.jpg|right|thumb|240x240px|Busses ariving at the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus]]

==Service==
[[File:Chennai.cmbt1.jpg|thumb|250px|CMBT, the terminus for all intercity [[bus]] services from Chennai]]
[[File:Coiyambedu.jpg|250px|thumb|The entrance and exit for mofussil buses at the terminus]]
The terminus has 6 platforms in 3 bus fingers with 180 bus bays. Spread over an area of {{convert|37|acre|m2}} in [[Koyambedu]], the terminus is accredited with the [[ISO 9001:2000]] quality certification for its quality management and excellence.<ref name="thehindu20051228">{{cite news
|last = Dorairaj
|first = S.
|title = Koyambedu bus terminus gets ISO certification
|location = Chennai
|date = 28 December 2005
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/28/stories/2005122816740400.htm
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111107232736/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/28/stories/2005122816740400.htm
|archive-date = 7 November 2011
|url-status = dead
|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> It also has an idle parking area for 60 buses and can station 270 buses at any given time. Being the most important entry-exit point of the city, the terminus has a capacity to handle over 2,000 buses and 200,000 passengers a day.<ref name= "businessline20021119" /> The terminus currently handles more than 500 buses at a time, and 3,000 buses and 250,000 passengers a day.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Jeeva
|title = Bus terminus chokes under rush
|location = Chennai
|date = 13 January 2010
|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-13/chennai/28123123_1_buses-cmbt-state-express-transport-corporation
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130104010746/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-13/chennai/28123123_1_buses-cmbt-state-express-transport-corporation
|archive-date = 4 January 2013
|url-status = dead
|newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> The {{convert|36.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} bus terminus has an {{convert|17840|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} waiting facility for passengers, a {{convert|25000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} parking space for auto rickshaws, cabs and private cars, and {{convert|16000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} parking space for two-wheelers.<ref name= "businessline20021119" /> The amenities provided in the terminus include 3 hotels and 3 smaller eateries inside the terminus, 3 locker rooms, 10 travel agency offices, shops, supermarkets, ATMs, dorm rooms (A/C and non-A/C) for rent, toilets, round-the-clock security, pure drinking water free of cost facilitated by a [[reverse-osmosis]] treatment plant, a 24-hour Emergency Medical Care Centre, a 24- hour Pharmacy and Free Wi-Fi internet. Wheel chairs are provided for the physically disabled. In 2012, the number of reservation counters was increased from 6 to 16.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Hemalatha
| first = Karthikeyan
| title = No space in Chennai bus terminus for extra buses during Diwali
| location = Chennai
| date = 8 November 2012
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/chennai/34993868_1_special-buses-extra-buses-cmbt
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103174205/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/chennai/34993868_1_special-buses-extra-buses-cmbt
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 3 January 2013
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 9 Nov 2012}}</ref>

It has been estimated that over 500,000 footfalls per day is being recorded at the terminus and over 4,800 buses, including intra-city and mofussil buses, ply in and out of the terminus. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

==Parking==
There are provisions for parking 1,500 to 2,000 two-wheelers and 60 cars on the premises of the bus terminus.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Jeeva
|title = Underground parking at CMBT by March
|location = Chennai
|date = 19 January 2010
|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-19/chennai/28120994_1_underground-parking-parking-facility-wheelers
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103070615/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-19/chennai/28120994_1_underground-parking-parking-facility-wheelers
|archive-date = 3 January 2013
|url-status = dead
|newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> A two-level underground two-wheeler parking lot was mooted in 2008 to decongest the entrance for the buses, which jostle for space with two-wheelers and cars. Initially, the project cost was estimated at {{INR}} 90 million. The underground parking project was taken up based on a study that estimated that the number of motorcycles parked there would be increased to 3,000 a day in the future. Work on the 6,000-sq.m project began in January 2009 and was completed in August 2010 at a cost of {{INR}} 170 million. The parking facility was inaugurated on 26 December 2010, by the then Deputy Chief Minister [[M.K.Stalin]].<ref>{{cite news
| title = Underground parking inaugurated
| location = Chennai
| date = 27 December 2010
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/chennai/28231241_1_underground-parking-parking-levels-wheelers
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104075716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/chennai/28231241_1_underground-parking-parking-levels-wheelers
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 4 November 2012
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 16 Oct 2011}}</ref> This is the first-of-its-kind facility in the city, built by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority on a vacant land on the premises of the bus terminus abutting the Inner Ring Road, and the two parking levels, each measuring 3,000 sq.m and with a capacity of 1,500 vehicles, can accommodate a total of 3,000 two-wheelers at depths of {{convert|10|ft|m}} and {{convert|20|ft|m}}. It has two ramps and three staircases. A fire-fighting system and surveillance cameras have been installed. The roof of the parking lot has been developed as a garden and has been provided with a sprinkler irrigation system, a pedestrian pathway, and a fountain.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Jeeva
| title = Underground parking facility at Koyambedu awaits inauguration
| location = Chennai
| date = 8 December 2010
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-08/chennai/28259820_1_underground-parking-parking-facility-koyambedu
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104035115/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-08/chennai/28259820_1_underground-parking-parking-facility-koyambedu
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 4 November 2012
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 16 Oct 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last = Sujatha
|first = R.
|title = Two-wheeler parking lot opened at Koyambedu bus terminus
|location = Chennai
|date = 27 December 2010
|url = http://hindu.com/2010/12/27/stories/2010122760120200.htm
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111214184034/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/27/stories/2010122760120200.htm
|archive-date = 14 December 2011
|url-status = dead
|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

In March 2013, CMDA started constructing a new two-tier basement parking facility in the terminus, adjacent to the existing lot. The new parking lot would accommodate about 2,500 vehicles, chiefly two wheelers, with a separate floor earmarked for cars.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Sasidharan
| first = S.
| title = Two-tier parking facility at CMBT terminus soon
| newspaper = The Deccan Chronicle
| location = Chennai
| date = 15 March 2013
| url = http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130315/news-current-affairs/article/two-tier-parking-facility-cmbt-terminus-soon
| access-date = 24 Mar 2013}}</ref>

==Connections==
[[Chennai Metro Rail]] has opened<ref>{{cite web|title=News report on the opening function which appeared in the newspaper "THE HINDU"|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-rail-inauguration/article7366598.ece|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803103004/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-rail-inauguration/article7366598.ece|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> an [[Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT metro station|elevated Metro railway station]] inside the bus terminus.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Elevated metro stations to come up at 10 places
|location = Chennai
|date = 29 June 2010
|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-29/chennai/28292533_1_chennai-metro-rail-underground-stations-and-tunnels-washermanpet
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120715190935/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-29/chennai/28292533_1_chennai-metro-rail-underground-stations-and-tunnels-washermanpet
|archive-date = 15 July 2012
|url-status = dead
|newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

==Other facilities==
[[File:Bus terminal-koyambedu-chennai.jpg|right|thumb|220x220px|[[Chennai Metro|Chennai Metro track]] above the station ]]
In June 2009, the Chennai City Police opened a "child-friendly centre" at the bus terminus to serve as a help booth for lost and wandering children and victims of child abuse.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Child help centre at Koyambedu bus terminus
|location = Chennai
|date = 29 June 2007
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/29/stories/2007062958310300.htm
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121110154516/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/29/stories/2007062958310300.htm
|archive-date = 10 November 2012
|url-status = dead
|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

There are 64 closed-circuit camera (CCTV) installed in the terminus.

==Future==

A 1-km long and 11-m wide flyover with three lanes in the Kaliamman Koil Street-Jawaharlal Nehru Salai junction is under consideration at an estimated cost of {{INR}} 500 million. The junction near Kaliamman Koil Street, which links [[Koyambedu]] with [[Virugambakkam]], witnesses a traffic volume of 18,000 passenger car units per hour.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Lakshmi
|first = K.
|title = Flyover near Koyambedu bus terminus proposed
|newspaper = The Hindu
|location = Chennai
|date = 21 July 2011
|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2279229.ece
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723221104/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2279229.ece
|archive-date = 23 July 2011
|url-status = live
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

Satellite mofussil bus termini will be set up in [[Velachery]] and [[Madhavaram]] at a total cost of {{INR}} 800 million<ref name="VelacheryTerminusOnHold"/> to ease traffic congestion in the city. Over 300 mofussil buses passing through [[East Coast Road]] and Rajiv Gandhi Salai, including those to [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]], are likely to be accommodated in the [[Velachery]] facility. Buses passing through the [[Grand Northern Trunk Road]] are likely to be accommodated in the [[Madhavaram Inter-city Bus Terminus|terminus]] at Madhavaram. Andhra-bound buses would be operated from the Madhavaram terminus. The satellite mofussil bus termini would have facilities similar to that of the CMBT. A terminal hall, bus bays, large office space, shops, crew rest rooms and other incidental structures would be constructed. The Madhavaram terminus would cover about 8 acres and could handle 200 buses per day. The Velachery terminus, being built at a cost of {{INR}} 480 million,<ref name="VelacheryTerminusOnHold">{{cite news
|last = Lopez
|first = Aloysius Xavier
|title = Velachery terminus plan put on hold
|newspaper = The Hindu
|location = Chennai
|date = 29 December 2011
|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article2755633.ece
|access-date = 29 Dec 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120111110400/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article2755633.ece
|archive-date = 11 January 2012
|url-status = live
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> would cover about 12 acres and could handle over 300 buses a day.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Lopez
|first = Aloysius Xavier
|title = Two satellite mofussil bus termini planned
|newspaper = The Hindu
|location = Chennai
|date = 6 August 2011
|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2328730.ece
|access-date = 16 Oct 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110901000246/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2328730.ece
|archive-date = 1 September 2011
|url-status = live
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> However, the satellite bus terminus proposal in Velachery has been put on hold in view of monorail project.<ref name="VelacheryTerminusOnHold"/>

An integrated multi-storeyed parking facility with two basements and above-ground floors that will house omnibuses and idle parking for buses of various state transport corporations in a 4-acre vacant site opposite the existing omnibus terminus for private buses. The top floor of the basement will be allotted for parking of four wheelers with a maximum capacity of 400 vehicles, while the floor underneath will house a two-wheeler parking facility that would accommodate 1,000 two-wheelers. The first floor will serve as idle parking for STC buses. The omnibus terminus near the vegetable market will be shifted to the ground floor of the new parking lot.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Sasidharan
|first = S.
|title = CMBT to get multi-storey parking lot
|newspaper = Deccan Chronicle
|location = Chennai
|date = 6 April 2012
|url = http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/cmbt-get-multi-storey-parking-lot-986
|access-date = 8 Apr 2012
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120407113414/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/cmbt-get-multi-storey-parking-lot-986
|archive-date = 7 April 2012
|url-status = live
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

In 2013, a multi-level parking terminal for buses and private omnibuses was proposed in an 8.75-acre plot adjoining the omnibus terminal.<ref name="BusStandToBeModernised">{{cite news
| title = Koyambedu Central Bus Stand to be Modernised
| newspaper = Live Chennai.com
| location = Chennai
| publisher = livechennai.com
| date = 12 August 2010
| url = http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=1418
| access-date = 24 Nov 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{commons category}}
* [[Chennai Central Railway Station]]
* [[Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus metro station]]
* [[Chennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminus]]
* [[Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus]]
* [[Kilambakkam bus terminus]]
* [[Transport in Chennai]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030702030529/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/13/stories/2003011300090200.htm Chennai CMBT article from ''The Hindu'']
*[http://touristinindia.com/blog/2013/04/28/chennai-cmbt-busterminus/ Information on CMBT Bus Station, Facilities available, Ticketing booking, bus routes, Nearby Hotels, Restaurants, Malls, Cinemas theaters, Theme Parks. ]
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