A few weeks ago I had posted a photograph of a fabulous view of the Oshiwara depot with Mini-Buses parked there. A day later, I shared another visual treat of BEST Midi-Buses snapped on the Sea Link, both sourced from Instagram.
Today, I’m sharing yet another fantastic image, this time of BEST’s Electric House at Colaba. Nearly a century and a half old, Electric House is the headquarters of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking and is located on the Colaba Causeway. It is located next to the Parsi Colony and apart from housing the offices of BEST, also houses the Colaba Depot.
Until BEST was taken over by the Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1947, Colaba Depot remained the only facility for maintenance and repair of buses.
So, without further ado, here is the image of the Colaba Depot! The picture was clicked by Ujwal Puri and shared on Twitter by Sahil Pednekar. Do click on the picture to see the full image.
The depot and Electric House are located to the right hand side with half the depot being populated by BEST’s regular, full-length buses with the other half being populated by the mini-bus fleet. These mini-buses are owned by PNM Transport and Mobility Limited, identified by PNM on the body of the bus.
Electric House and Colaba Depot look fantastic from above, don’t they?
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Please consider putting up a post of beautiful pics of all depots!
Will do. As and when I get them.