Mumbai: Mumbaikars has a new gift from BEST. The country’s first air-conditioned double-decker electric bus service starts in Mumbai. The first new double-decker bus was said to travel from the Bandra-Kurla complex to Bandra station from Tuesday.
To make travel more convenient for Mumbaikars, BEST is introducing an AC electric double-decker bus for the first time in its fleet. These buses will run on CSMT routes to Nariman Point, Colaba to Worli and Kurla to Santacruz in South Mumbai.
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The minimum fare for this bus has been kept at Rs.6. The special feature of this double decker bus is that these buses have air conditioning, more seats, CCTV, they can travel 120 km on a single charge for three hours. At the end of March, 50 AC electric double-decker buses from BEST will enter service.
It is yet another milestone for us as today we delivered the first set of SWITCH EiV 22 to BEST. This is India’s first air-conditioned electric double-decker bus. These carbon neutral buses are equipped with the latest technology, the highest safety and best-in-class features. pic.twitter.com/jeQaPiwets
— Dheeraj Hinduja (@hinduja_dheeraj) February 13, 2023
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900 AC double decker
BEST plans to introduce air-conditioned double-decker electric buses to reduce pollution on Mumbai’s roads. A total of 900 AC double-decker buses will run in Mumbai in the next two years. In the first phase, 200 double-decker buses will be incorporated into the fleet.
BEST has 3,680 buses in its fleet
BEST has a fleet of more than 3,680 buses, which includes 2,440 ordinary AC and non-AC CNG buses, 396 AC electric buses and 25 AC hybrid buses. According to BEST, taking into account the increasing number of passengers, new buses with and without air conditioning will be added to the service.