Amidst the ongoing Wuhan Virus pandemic, BEST’s buses have been spotted heading for Badlapur.
While BEST has in the past run a few buses outside of its current jurisdiction (Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayendar), the farthest route it ran was C-43, an express route from Kurla to Mumbra Station. Other transcos in the neighbourhood such as NMMT, TMT, VVMT have run their buses farther, with VVMT running a bus from Vasai to Mulund in the past.
A BEST bus belonging to the Bandra Depot was recently spotted by Tyronne D’Souza at Santacruz headed for Badlapur. While the route number said 00, the destination had बदलापुर written on the LED display.
Great job of BEST to extend its services this far out in the current situation. One hopes BEST might consider running this service full time once the lock down ends.
Here is a picture of the bus.
I guess that’s all from me right now. Stay home, stay safe.
Featured image: A-249 at Indian Oil Nagar during the lockdown.
P.SL Let’s hope BEST isn’t playing the Badlapur title track in these buses.
