PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION -

LOCATION :NH65, KRISHNALANKA, VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH

OWNED BY: ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION

OPEN 24 HOURS

PLATFORMS IN USE : 62

Revenue : ₹51 billion PER ANNUM(5,100 CRORES)

INTRODUCTION
•THE VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION IS CALLED AS THE
PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION (PNBS).

•THIS STATION IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE MAIN

CITY AND IT IS ALSO LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE KRISHNARIVER.

•THIS IS A STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION OWNED BUS

STATION AND IT WAS OPENED ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER 1990.

•INAUGRATED BY NANDHAMURI TARAKA RAMA RAO GARU

•VIJAYAWADA BUS STAND IS NAMED AS "TELUGU SATAVAHANA
PRAYANA PRANGANAM", IT IS INAGURATED IN 1986.
 KANKADURGA AMMA TEMPLE TO BUS STA N
LAND USE MAP 1.1 KM -14 M WALK
WATER BODY

GOVT GENERAL HOSPITAL 500 M

COMMERCIAL
RAJIV GANDI PARK TO BUS STAND 700 M RESIDENTIAL& INSTITUTIONA
LAND USE MAP PNBS

INSTITUTIONAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL

MIXED RESIDENTIAL
RAILWAY STATION TO BUS TERMINAS 800 M -4 MIN COMMERCIAL COMPLEX 3 KM -9 MIN
NRS GOVERNMENT COLLEGE 700 M -8 MIN BY WALK BRICK INDUSTRY 600 M -7 MIN
 WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS BUS STATION?
•INDIA’S BIGGEST AND ASIA’S SECOND LARGEST BUS TERMINAL. ALSO THE
BUSIEST BUS TERMINAL OF INDIA, FOLLOWED BY STATIONS IN DELHI, CHENNAI
AND HYDERABAD.

•MANY BUSES FROM DIFFERENT STATES LIKE TELANGANA, TAMILNADU,

KARNATAKA, ORISSA AND CHHATTISGARH REACH THIS STATION ON A DAILY
BASIS.

•THIS STATION ACTS AS THE BEST ROAD TRANSPORT CONNECTOR WITH EACH
AND EVERY TOWN AND CITY IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

•THIS STATION IS SPREAD OVER AN AREA OF 28 ACRES OF LAND AND THERE ARE
62 PLATFORMS WITH TWO TERMINALS.

•THE VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION HAS A DEPARTURE TERMINAL WITH 48

PLATFORMS AND ALSO HAS ARRIVAL TERMINAL WITH 14 PLATFORMS.
•TO ENSURE A COMFORTABLE WAITING TIME FOR THE PASSENGERS, A
WAITING HALL FOR PASSENGERS, WHO HAVE RESERVED THEIR TICKETS IS
PRESENT IN THIS BUS STATION

•EVEN, FOR PASSENGERS, WHO HAVE RESERVED FOR AC BUSES, THERE IS

AN AIR-CONDITIONED WAITING HALL.

•EVEN, THERE ARE FOOD SERVICES LOCATED IN THE STATION AND THERE IS
ENOUGH SPACE FOR CAR, TWO-WHEELER AND OF COURSE FOR PARKING
BUSES.
 EXPANSION PLANS
•APSRTC HAS ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS FOR
EXPANSION OF THE VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION. ACCORDINGLY,
ADDITIONALLY 20 PLATFORMS ARE PLANNED TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
EVEN, PLANS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE METRO AC BUSES
TO GET LED SCREENS.

•AS THE CITY OF VIJAYAWADA WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AS ONE

OF THE CAPITAL CITIES OF THE STATE, MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS
ARE E X P EC TE DT OB E ON T H E C AR D S WH EN IT CO M E ST O TH E
24H R S-MINIP LEX -G ET T IN G-R EAD Y -A T-
VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION
VIJAYAWADA-BUS-STATION

•IN THE PART OF MODERNISATION OF PANDIT NEHRU BUS STATION

(PNBS), A MINIPLEX IS DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN PASSENGERS AT
THE ARRIVAL BLOCK OF THE TERMINAL.

•NOW PASSENGERS, WHO HAVE TIME TO CATCH THEIR BUS, CAN

COME AND ENJOY A CINEMA IN THE BUS STAND
• ON AN AVERAGE, 2700 BUSES ARRIVE AND DEPOT FROM PNBS
VIJAYAWADA.
• IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT TWO LAKH PEOPLE USE THIS
TERMINAL DAILY

STRUCTURES AND SERVICES

•THE DECCAN QUEEN BUS AT VIJAYAWADA BUS STATION

•THE DECCAN QUEEN OF THE NIZAM STATE RAILWAYS - ROAD

TRANSPORT DIVISION IS ONE OF THE NOTABLE STRUCTURE AT THE
BUS STATION.

•THE BUS STATION OPERATES BUSES TO MAJOR DESTINATIONS OF

THE STATE AND ALSO TO THE NEIGHBOURING STATES AS WELL.
AMARAVATI, DELUXE, EXPRESS, GARUDA, GARUDA PLUS, INDRA,
SUPER LUXURY AND VENNELA ARE THE FLEET OF BUSES
OPERATED FROM THE STATION BY THE APSRTC.
•THE BUS STATION PROVIDES AMENITIES SUCH AS, MINIPLEX,
TICKET-VENDING AND KIOSKS FOR THE PASSENGERS AND ALSO
HAS A CITY BUS PORT FOR THE LOCALPASSENGERS.
TRAFFIC PATTERN

CITY TERMINAL-1276 SQ M

ARRIVAL BLOCK -8224 SQ M

DEPARTURE BLOCK-7666 SQ M

OPEN PARKING FOR BUSES-10823 SQ M

CYCLE/SCOOTER STAND-2875 SQ M

CAR PARKING – 2085 SQ M

AUTO PARKING-933 SQ M

BUS DEPOT – 9610 SQ M

LANDSCAPE- 8000 SQ M
 EXITS

ENTRY
EXITS

AREIAL VIEW OF PNBS -VIJAYAWADA

PLAN

ARRIVAL BLOCK

DEPARTURE BLO

LANDSCAPE

BUS PARKING

AUTO PARKING

CITY BUS TERMIN

MAINTNANCE

SUBWAY
ARRIVAL BLOCK

DORMITORY

LANDSCAPE

OFFICE

DIGITAL THEATERS AREA

GODOWNS

ANL PARCEL OFFICE

TOILETS

ROAD(RAMP)

STAFF TOILETS

FOOT OVER BRIDGE

GROUND FLOOR ZONING
 PEDESTRIAN
LAWN

WAITING
DORMITORY

OFFICE
WASHROOMS

STAFF WASH ROOM

PEDESTRAIN
CIRCULATION
IN ARRIVAL BLOCK
 WORK STATION
DINNING
CONFERENCE
WORKSTATIONS

ARRIVAL BLOCK FIRST FLOOR ZONING

 DEPARTURE BLOCK

WAITNG AREA

ENQUIRY AND OFFICE

TICKET COUNTERS

SHOPS

ELECTRICAL ROOM

ATM’S and clinics

VOLVO BOOKING

SEATING CAPACITY 600

NO.OF CIRCULAR COLUMNS IN ATRIUM 36
PEDESTRAIN CIRCULATION
IN DEPARTURE BLOCK
INTERIOR VIEW OF DEPARTURE BLOCK
COMMUTER CONGESTION
AT
MORNING
6 AM – 1 PM
IN ARRIVAL BLOCK
COMMUTER CONGESTION
AT
EVENING
4 PM – 11 PM
IN DEPARTURE BLOCK
BUS ROTATIONS
FOOT OVER BRIDGE
CONNECTING TWO BLOCKS
ATRIUM OF 20’ WITH SKY LIGHTS CONNECTING WITH STAIRCASE
CITY BUS TERMINAL
PLAY ZONE IN ARRIVAL BLOCK FOR PASSANGERS
LANDSCAPE BEHIND RTC HOUSE
MINI THEATER OF 4364 SQ M IN ARRIVAL BLOCK- Y SCREENS

NO . SCREENS IN THEATER – 4
NO OF PLASMA TV SCREENS
IN CORRIDORS -6
DRINKING WATER FACILITIES

PAY PHONE
ENQUIRY COUNTER AND
TICKET RESERVATION COUNTERS
 4 TOILET UNITS

NO.OF PUBLIC TOILETS

-20 FOR MALE AND 20 FOR FEMALE
CONFERENCE HALL AND
OFFICE SPACES
500 SQ- (4 )
 BARRIER FREE ASPECTS

• separate parking facility for disabled.

• Pedestrain paths are provided.
• separate toilets for the wheelchair users.
• Proper signages are provided everywhere to
avoid confusion.
 OBSERVATIONS
• ADEQUATE SPACE FOR PUBLIC PARKING, SEPARATE SPACE
FOR STAFF PARKING
• REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER
• RAIN WATER HARVESTING USED TO FLUSH TOILETS
• AMPLE VENTILATION
• MULTIPLE ENTRIES FOR COMMUTERS.
• SEPARATE WAY FOR BUSES.
• ENORMOUS SPACE FOR WAITING.
• SEPARATE CREW REST ROOMS ON THE TOP LEVEL
• NO CONFUSION FOR THE COMMUTERS, PROPER SIGNAGE.
• WHEELCHAIRS FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED IN THE TERMINUS
• PEDESTRIAN PATH PROVIDED.
BEZAWADA BUS TERMINAS
NEW PROPOSAL BY ANDHARAPRADESH ROAD TRANSPORT
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
DESIGNED BY.CHEIF ARCHITECT VARADHARAJU GARU
Refrence ; jbr college of architecture,hydrabad (student case study)