Time to take a teeny weeny break from BEST and look at another transco from the region. This time it’s MSRTC, aka ST. The MSRTC has five depots in the Mumbai Division of which three – Parel, Mumbai Central and Kurla Nehru Nagar – are located in Mumbai City limits while the remaining two – Uran and Panvel – are located in Navi Mumbai. Among the first three, the Parel Depot is home to the Shivneri and Ashwamedh fleet. I have posted about them back in 2016; you can check it out here: [Photos] Depots of Luxury.
Essentially the Parel Depot is home to the Volvo and Scania fleet along with the Swargate Depot in Pune.
Here is a video (and a photograph) of the depot from August last year, during the rains.
You can also see the Elphinstone/Prabhadevi flyover behind on Senapati Bapat Marg/Tulsi Pipe Road.
Click on the arrow on the edge of the video to see a photograph in the next frame.
Pretty cool no? The video and photo were shot by Lakshman Aroskar. Do follow Lakshman on Instagram here: @laxmanaroskar .
That’s all from me this time. Till the next time, enjoy the view of the Volvo and Scania fleet.
Featured image: Parel ST Depot by Sameer Shigvan/Google Maps
