Spread over an area of 8 acres (32,000 m2),[1] it was built to decongest the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Koyambedu.

It will chiefly handle buses to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, including cities such as Chittoor, Tirupati, Nellore, Vijayawada, Kurnool, Puttaparthi, Visakhapatnam, Bhadrachalam, and Hyderabad.

The Tamil Nadu and Andhra governments operate about 315 services daily, with the number increasing during weekends.

[5] The terminus covers an area of 8 acres (32,000 m2) and is built in two levels adjacent to the Madhavaram Truck Terminal.

[1] The terminus constructed in the land which earlier is a part of Madhavaram Truck Terminal which is also owned by the CMDA.