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'''K. Appavu Pillai Memorial Bus Terminus''' is located on [[National Highway 44]], [[Hosur]], [[India]]. The integrated bus terminus which operates both City and Moffusil Bus Terminus.

== History ==
In the early 1980s, the bus station was built and named after former MLA and Hosur town ''panchayat'' president Mr. [[K. Appavoo Pillai|K. Appavu Pillai]]. In 2007 due to the National Highway road expansion, the bus terminus was reconstructed, costing 6.80-10.5&nbsp;crores. The new terminus was again named after Pillai and inaugurated by [[M. K. Stalin]] on 18 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/10/stories/2010071054840300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714165025/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/10/stories/2010071054840300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 July 2010 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=New bus stand in Hosur to be named after Appavu Pillai | date=10 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/stalin-to-commission-new-bus-stand-in-hosur-today/article520797.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Stalin to commission new bus stand in Hosur today | date=17 July 2010}}</ref> 

== Facilities ==
The terminus has 53 bus bays with modern amenities. The associated shopping complex ks named after Former Chief Minister [[C. N. Annadurai|Mr. C. N. Annadurai]]. It offers 48 shops on the ground floor and 28 shops on the first floor.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

The terminus is managed by the municipality of Hosur. Some 2,000 buses operate there daily.<ref name="dailyhunt">{{cite web|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/tamil/dinamani-epaper-dinamani/osoor+berunthu+nilaiyathil+kudineerth+tattuppadu-newsid-51259285|title=ஒசூர் பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் குடிநீர்த் தட்டுப்பாடு - Dinamani|website=DailyHunt|accessdate=2019-11-12}}</ref>

== Services ==
Local and long-distance buses stop there. Bangalore is the most frequent long-distance service. Bengaluru buses have a semi-detached area at the front of the bus stand for easy access to the passengers. Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh State Transport Corporation buses operate there.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

== See also ==

* Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation

== References ==
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[[Category:Bus stations in Tamil Nadu]]