Editing Calicut (section)

====Buses====
Buses, predominantly run by individual owners, ply on the routes within the city and to nearby locations. City buses are painted green. [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation]] (KSRTC) runs regular services to many destinations in the state and to the neighboring states. The city has three bus stands. All private buses to the suburban and nearby towns ply from the Palayam Bus Stand. Private buses to adjoining districts start from the Mofussil Bus Stand on Indira Gandhi Road (Mavoor Road). Buses operated by the KSRTC drive from the KSRTC bus stand on Indira Gandhi Road. KSRTC Bus Stand Kozhikode is the largest bus stand in Kerala having a size of 36,036.47 meter square.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kozhikode.cyberparktoday.com/business/kozhikode/public-centre/kozhikode-bus-stand-ksrtc-bus-station-and-shopping-complex-calicut/ |title=Kozhikode Bus Stand : KSRTC Bus Station and Shopping Complex Calicut &#124; Kozhikode |access-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075532/https://kozhikode.cyberparktoday.com/business/kozhikode/public-centre/kozhikode-bus-stand-ksrtc-bus-station-and-shopping-complex-calicut/ |archive-date=18 June 2018 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> There are also KSRTC depots in [[Thamarassery]], [[Thottilpalam]], [[Thiruvambady]] and [[Vatakara]].
There are three routes available to Bangalore. Kozhikode–[[Sultan Bathery|Sulthan Bathery]]-[[Gundlupet]]–[[Mysore]]–[[Bangalore]] is the preferred one and is very busy. Another route, is Kozhikode-[[Mananthavady|Manathavady]]-[[Kutta]]-[[Mysore]]-[[Bangalore]]. The third one, less used, is Kozhikode–[[Gundlupet]]–[[Chamarajanagar]]–[[Kollegal]]–[[Bangalore]].

Private tour operators maintain regular luxury bus services to [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Chennai]], [[Vellore]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Trivandrum]], [[Ooty]], [[Mysore]], etc. and mainly operate from the Palayam area. These are usually night services.