Mission Begin Again: Here Are BEST’s Bus Operations From 8 June 2020

With parts of the country returning to normalcy from tomorrow (8 June 2020), BEST buses too are slowly returning to normalcy. As part of the state government’s Mission Begin Again, BEST has announced that it will start ferrying office-goers and regular commuters from the eight.

As per a report by the Hindustan Times, only 30 passengers will be permitted in a bus with a maximum of five standees as against the normal capacity of 54. Of these 30, 25 will be seated passengers. A passenger will be allowed to sit on the left and the right side of the buses with the adjacent seat remaining vacant.

BEST administration has said that 2,000 buses will initially be pulled into service and based on the passenger flow, 300 buses will be added every week.

While BEST has not announced anything about is mini-bus/midi-bus fleet, these buses have been doing the rounds over the last three months, ferrying passengers across the city, mostly for essential services.

BEST has however, announced the operation of major bus routes from the suburbs to South Bombay, as well as from the city to regions beyond the MCGM limits.

Of these, five bus routes, designated as Corridor services will go beyond MCGM limits.

Corridor 1 will connect Virar to Malvani Depot via Gorai Depot and Borivali Station.

Corridor 2 will connect Nallasopara to Goregaon Depot via SV Road till Kora Kendra and then along the Western Express Highway.

Corridor 3 will connect Badlapur to Rani Laxmi Chowk (Sion) via Airoli and Shil Phata.

Corridor 4 will connect Kalyan to Rani Laxmi Chowk via Mumbra and Kharigaon.

Corridor 5 will connect Panvel to Rani Laxmi Chowk.

Here is the entire list of routes:

Stay safe folks, be careful and don’t forget to wear your masks and maintain distance.

Featured Image: Juhu Vile Parle (JVPD) Bus Station clicked by me on 29 April 2020.

A special thanks to Pranav Curumsey for helping me out with this post.

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