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Jubilee Bus Station

Jubilee Bus Station (JBS)
View of the Jubilee Bus Station
General information
LocationSecunderabad, Telangana
Coordinates17°26′53″N 78°29′53″E / 17.447932°N 78.498153°E / 17.447932; 78.498153
Owned byTelangana State Road Transport Corporation
Platforms23
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (Paid)
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
Services
Inter-city public buses, inter-state public buses

Jubilee Bus Station popularly known as JBS is a bus station located in Secunderabad, Telangana, India.[1] It is one of the two main bus stations for buses leaving Hyderabad city, the other being MGBS. It is owned by the state-run bus transport corporation, TGSRTC.[2] JBS is located about 2 km from Secunderabad Railway Station and 800m distance from JBS Parade Ground Station.

Picquet Tank at Secunderabad in 1890s

The bus station is built on an area where once Picket Lake was located. The lake which was once connected to Hussain Sagar lake gradually got encroached. By 2008 various encroachments were demolished to develop the bus station. [3] [4]

Services

About 540 bus services operate daily from JBS to various parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and other neighbouring states.

References

  1. ^ Today, Telangana (28 September 2024). "TGRTC to launch electric buses on Karimnagar-JBS route on Sunday". Telangana Today. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (10 October 2024). "TGSRTC operates 5,051 buses during Dasara season". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 October 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Akbar, Syed (14 November 2019). "Picket lake consigned to history: Now, Jubilee bus station stands in its place". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ U, Mahesh (23 August 2018). "10 years on, families that lost houses to Hyderabad's Jubilee Bus station struggle". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 October 2024.