Transport in Nagpur is important due to Nagpur's strategic location in central India. Though city lacks any major mass transit system.its road network is maintained in good condition to avoid congestion. Nagpur is well connected with four major metros of India namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta and Chennai by all three modes - road, rail and air. Auto rickshaws operate in most parts of Nagpur and are the main form of hired transport.
Nagpur is the divisional headquarters of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and also holds one of the three bus work-shops in the state. MSRTC runs cheaper transport service for intercity, interstate, interstate travel. It has two bus stations in Nagpur viz. Nagpur Bus Sthanak (CBS-1) at Ganeshpeth and MorBhawan (CBS-2) at Jhansi Rani Square, Sitabuldi. It operates 1600 daily services from CBS-1 to long and short distances within state and to places in other surrounding states. It also operates 750 daily services from CBS-2 to short distances within Vidarbha. Its services include semiluxury 2+2 NEEM AARAAM, Parivartan 2+2, Asiad 2+2, and ordinary ST 2+3.Bus services are available for big cities in and around the states like Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur, Satna, Rewa, Raipur, Panna, Amravati, Raipur, Jagdalpur, Bilaspur, Mandla, Katni, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik, Mumbai, Nanded, Akola, Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Rajnandgaon and Parbhani.
Nagpur Mahanagar Parivahan Ltd (NMPL) is the company formed with elected municipal corporators on board that caters to the city public transport. It has contracted Vansh Nimay Infraprojects (VNIL) to run city buses. It has a fleet of 470 Low-floor StarBuses that serve around 2.5Lakh citizens daily in the urban, suburban, metro areas. Of the total fleet 88 are low floor MiniBuses, and 382 are low floor 50 seater StarBuses as shown in pic. 240 buses are acquired under JNNURM and 230 are acquired under purchase-run-transfer basis by VNIL.
Nagpur Bus schedules and Bus timings
Place | KM | Departure Time | Arrival Time | Leave | Reach | Via |
Chandrapur | 152.4 | 03:30 | 07:05 | 20:30 | 23:50 | Varora |
Gondia | 157.1 | 04:00 | 08:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 | Sakoli |
Umrer | 297.0 | 04:00 | 11:20 | 16:00 | 23:20 | Yavatmal |
Umrer | 293.8 | 05:00 | 13:20 | 12:30 | 19:50 | Yavatmal |
Raipur | 287.6 | 05:15 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 22:45 | Sakoli |
Aheri | 279.6 | 05:30 | 12:20 | 12:30 | 19:20 | Jam * |
Indore | 584.2 | 05:30 | 21:00 | 05:30 | 21:00 | Amravati |
Paratwada | 205.4 | 05:45 | 10.30 | 17:45 | 22:15 | Amravati |
Digras | 221.0 | 05:45 | 11:00 | 10.45 | 20:00 | Wardha |
Paratwada | 206.0 | 06:00 | 10.00 | 14:00 | 18:15 | Katol |
Hyderabad | 536.4 | 06:00 | 19:30 | 06:45 | 20:15 | Nizamabad * |
Lalbarra | 243.3 | 06:00 | 15:00 | 07:00 | 16:00 | Gondia |
Aurangabad | 532.3 | 06:00 | 19:30 | 05:55 | 19:00 | Washim |
Buldhana | 385.7 | 06:00 | 15:10 | 09:00 | 18:10 | Akola |
Gadhchiroli | 201.1 | 06:00 | 10.45 | 13:30 | 19:10 | Mal |
Rajura | 179.7 | 06:00 | 10.45 | 12:30 | 18:05 | Jam |
Jalgaon | 448.1 | 06:10 | 17:40 | 06:00 | 17:55 | Akola |
Amravati | 156.1 | 06:15 | 10.00 | 13:45 | 19:45 | Warud |
Kamthashram | 187.5 | 06:15 | 12:00 | 13:35 | 19:30 | Tumsar |
Daryapur | 210.8 | 06:20 | 11:20 | 15:00 | 20:30 | Amravati |
Gadhchiroli | 172.9 | 06:30 | 10.30 | 17:30 | 21:30 | Bramapuri |
Akot | 250.0 | 09:30 | 15:45 | 09:00 | 15:15 | Paratwada |
Aheri | 279.6 | 09:20 | 16:15 | 15:15 | 22:05 | Jam |
Chandrapur | 152.4 | 09:30 | 12:50 | 13:00 | 16:50 | Varora |
Gondia | 165.8 | 09:30 | 13:45 | 14:45 | 18:45 | Sakoli |
Badnera | 166.1 | 09:45 | 13:30 | 06:00 | 09:45 | Amravati |
Kandhar | 422.0 | 10.00 | 21:45 | 09:15 | 20:00 | Pusad |
Akola | 254.4 | 10.00 | 15:30 | 18:30 | 00.00 | Amravati |
Dharmapuri | 346.4 | 10.00 | 20:00 | 08:00 | 18:00 | Rajura |
Pandharkavda | 151.4 | 10.00 | 13:30 | 06:00 | 09:30 | Jam |
Bhandara | 62.0 | 10.00 | 11:20 | 08:00 | 09:20 | - * |
Buldhana | 358.7 | 10.15 | 19:25 | 13:30 | 22:20 | Akola |
Gadhchiroli | 172.9 | 10.15 | 14:15 | 12:00 | 16:00 | Bramhapuri |
Bhandara | 62.4 | 10.15 | 11:35 | 08:30 | 09:50 | - * |
Amravati | 156.1 | 10.30 | 13:45 | 06:45 | 10.00 | Karanja |
Chandrapur | 152.4 | 10.30 | 13:50 | 06:00 | 09:30 | Varora* |
Sakoli | 120.6 | 10.30 | 12:50 | 07:10 | 09:30 | Bhandara* |
Amravati | 156.1 | 10.45 | 14:15 | 07:00 | 10.15 | Karanja |
Gondia | 165.7 | 11:00 | 15:15 | 16:45 | 21:00 | Sakoli |
Chandrapur | 159.7 | 11:00 | 14:45 | 05:30 | 09:15 | Jam |
Gondia | 165.8 | 11:00 | 15:00 | 15:45 | 19:45 | Sakoli |
Jabalpur | 205.5 | 11:00 | 18:45 | 11:00 | 18:45 | Sivni |
Amravati | 156.1 | 11:15 | 14:30 | 07:15 | 10.45 | Karanja |
Bhandara | 62.4 | 11:15 | 12:35 | 09:00 | 10.20 | -* |
Rajura | 179.7 | 11:30 | 15:50 | 06:00 | 10.20 | Chandrapur |
Tumsar | 94.5 | 11:30 | 13:50 | 08:30Â | 10.50Â | Bhandara* |
Mancherial | 312.7 | 11:30 | 20:30 | 07:00 | 15:15 | Rajura |
Babera | 117.9 | 11:45 | 14:05 | 07:00 | 10.10 | Bhandara |
Chandrapur | 152.4 | 12:00 | 15:20 | 16:30 | 19:50 | Jam* |