The district of Palitana in association with city administration and GSRTC council has started new bus services between Palitana and Ahmedabad on daily basis. You can now check the revised timetable timings of buses between Palitana ST Bus Depot to Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand for travel planning purposes. You can now book tickets online and get your seats reserved for a specific date of journey on GSRTC app or phone booking number. We have also covered the list of bus stoppages, route and halts between the two stations. The ticket price fare and seat availability status is also displayed for all buses.
Due to recent resurgence in the number of cases, the Government of Gujarat has decided to stop all bus operations effectively in the cities of Ahmedabad, Baroda (Vadodara), Surat and Rajkot from 12 AM midnight till 6 AM in the morning. This will continue to move forward until further notice received from GSRTC officials about the start of operations.
Sometimes due to excessive traffic between entry points between two cities and along the highway as well, there can be a delay of 20 to 25 minutes in reaching the destination on either sides. It is therefore advised to leave early to catch the early morning bus or afternoon bus from Palitana to avoid evening traffic at Ahmedabad.
The below subsequent sections discuss the details of bus stations and timings.
Palitana to Ahmedabad Bus Stoppages Route and Stations
In this section, we will be discussion the availability of buses along different bus stations enroute so as to plan your journey accordingly. You can consider boarding and de-boarding and book your tickets in the same way. Recently GSRTC has introduced discounted booking scheme online wherein passengers are entitled to receive cashbacks, vouchers or discounts upon ticket booking.
According to the above notification, there can be a discount of 28% OFF on all group booking and family travel opted for four or more passengers. You can avail 15% OFF for solo travel when booked for round-trip travel and 8% OFF for solo one-way travel between two destinations.
The list of bus stops are:
- Palitana GSRTC ST Stand
- Amargadh Bus Stand
- Vallabhipur ST Stand
- Barwala
- Polarpur
- Limbdi
- Bagodara
- Dhandhuka ST Stand
- Bavla
- Dholka
- Sarkhej Cross Roads
- Iskcon Cross roads
- Nehrunagar BRTS Stand
- Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand
The above list of stations are dynamic and can change depending upon the specific route followed by bus during journey.
List of Bus services available
The approximate distance between Palitana and Ahmedabad Gitamandir ST Stand is around 225 KM in length and it takes about 5 hours 30 minutes for buses to reach the destination on either ends. Currently there are three categories of buses available – Express, Gurjarnagri and Volvo AC Seater.
Sometimes, if you don’t get a direct bus connectivity from Palitana, then you can come by bus till Surendranagar or Dhandhuka or Limbdi and then take the direct bus to Ahmedabad. Let us look at the list of available buses:
Express Bus Timetable
These are generally fast moving and day running buses operating in the hours from 5 AM in the morning till 10 PM in the night. Most local passengers opt for these buses as they are relatively fast and quick moving to reach Palitana.
The ticket price stand at Rs.134/- per head. The list of buses are:
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Gitamandir ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 06:15 AM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 11:15 AM)
- Bagdana ST Bus Stand – Khedbrahma Bus Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 06:30 AM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 12:00 PM)
- Savarkundla Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Krishnanagar ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 07:00 AM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 12:30 PM)
- Rajkot ST Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Gitamandir ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 11:00 AM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 16:15 PM)
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Gitamandir ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 12:15 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 17:25 PM)
- Jesar Bus Stand – Baroda Central ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 15:30 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 21:00 PM)
Gurjarnagri Bus Schedule
These are generally long distance travel buses operated by inter-district transport of GSRTC buses. The people travelling in these buses are coming from other districts, therefore plan your ticket booking in these buses as per needed.
The ticket price fare for these buses stand at Rs.147/- per head. The list of buses are:
- Savarkundla Bus Stand – Khedbrahma ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 08:00 AM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 12:30 PM)
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Ambaji ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 09:15 AM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 13:30 PM)
- Savarkundla Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Krishnanagar ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 13:00 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 18:15 PM)
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Krishnanagar ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 15:15 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 20:15 PM)
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Gitamandir ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 16:15 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 21:00 PM)
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Maninagar ST Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 17:30 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 22:15 PM)
Volvo Bus Timings
These are comfortable buses introduced for passenger comfort and safety along the route. It is an AC Seater luxury bus and available only once in a day. The ticket fare price for these buses stand at Rs.276/- per head.
The list of buses are:
- Palitana Taleti Bus Stand – Ahmedabad Nehrunagar BRTS Stand (Palitana Departure Time: 14:10 PM and arriving at Ahmedabad Gitamandir Bus Stand: 19:15 PM)
Please drop in your comments below if you have any questions regarding the buses and we shall resolve them at the earliest.
