Charminar bus station to shut down

The Charminar Bus Station will no more be in use now. The station that has served hundreds of people for several years, will now be razed to ground to construct a multi-level parking facility in that place.

TSRTC has stopped the movement of buses into the existing station from January 24. Most of the buses moving from Charminar bus station have already been diverted from Shah Ali Banda few years ago.

Falaknuma Depot Manager Sameera Afreen informed that mini buses and other buses will not be available at Charminar bus station for commuters from January 24 and will run from the other spots.The basic exercise of alternative arrangements has already been done. Buses running from Charminar



station belonging to Maheshwaram, 

Falaknuma, Mehdipatnam, Midhani, Kukatpally, Rani Gunj and others will be diverted, she said.

As part of the diversions, 30 mini buses that travel towards Charminar bus station, would now turn back from Nayab Function Hall. Buses of the Charminar embarkation point towards different other locations in city would be diverted from Shah Ali Band, Khilwat, Moti Galli, Musa Bowli, Petla Burj, Darushifa, Purani Haveli, Mughalpura and further.

Buses going towards Maheshwaram would now run from Afzal Gunj and MGBS. On the other hand, the bus pass counter of Charminar Bus Station is tentatively shifted to Himmatpura Bus Shelter.