There was a time when BEST travel was the best in the country. The last-mile connections from the local station to home, or the other way around, were excellent and on time.
I used to take a bus from Evershine Nagar in Malad West to Andheri station every morning, and I never missed a single train. It would leave at the same time every day, exactly as per the timetable. Not a minute late. Never more than a minute late. We would queue for it, forming a proper line. I have even skipped the train and taken the No. 4 from S.V. Road to travel south.
Later I used to take it from Navi Mumbai to all over Mumbai 0 The 500 series. Again, on time.
Coming from Bangalore, I was in awe of the professionalism of the drivers and conductors of BEST. It was the BEST.
I hope they don't destroy the local train system the way they did BEST.
Wow such a sweet experience. Although I haven't relied on BEST that much, it's still very thrilling when buses keep coming at quick intervals.
I use Route 231 (from Santacruz W to Juhu Depot) to go to beach every now and then. It still works like you mentioned. Hardly any crowding. Gets filled quickly and leaves. The first pic in fact is from Juhu depot.
There was a time when BEST travel was the best in the country. The last-mile connections from the local station to home, or the other way around, were excellent and on time.
I used to take a bus from Evershine Nagar in Malad West to Andheri station every morning, and I never missed a single train. It would leave at the same time every day, exactly as per the timetable. Not a minute late. Never more than a minute late. We would queue for it, forming a proper line. I have even skipped the train and taken the No. 4 from S.V. Road to travel south.
Later I used to take it from Navi Mumbai to all over Mumbai 0 The 500 series. Again, on time.
Coming from Bangalore, I was in awe of the professionalism of the drivers and conductors of BEST. It was the BEST.
I hope they don't destroy the local train system the way they did BEST.
Wow such a sweet experience. Although I haven't relied on BEST that much, it's still very thrilling when buses keep coming at quick intervals.
I use Route 231 (from Santacruz W to Juhu Depot) to go to beach every now and then. It still works like you mentioned. Hardly any crowding. Gets filled quickly and leaves. The first pic in fact is from Juhu depot.
Bengaluru fleet is larger now, I think.
That’s a route I have taken too. It is widely used. :) Hyderabad used to be good once upon a time.
Nicely written, hollowing out of public infrastructure is straight out of US playbook and is doomed to fail with India’s population density.