After 8 long years...
No, this is not one of those nostalgic posts about finding old friends or bumping into your college crush like some of you might have thought...so much for you and your thoughts...that doesnt happen so easily in real life... This is a post about a very nice ride I had, the other day, in good old BMTC.
I was forced to take take the BMTC the other day from the airport to Majestic , hamstrung as I was by lack of any other means of transport and more so because, for some strange reason, I thought it might be a nice idea to travel by a local bus for a change. This was my first trip by public transport in over 8 years and I dont remember the last time I took one. I had to wait for over half an hour at the airport road bus stand, but it was well worth the effort. I had heard a lot about the BMTC Volvo service from my brother, and decided that I would give it a try when I saw one (Route No. 333 E ) approaching.
Neat, comfortable and spacious, this is a wonderful paisa-vasool travel option, if you have the time. The conductor is neatly dressed and is nice to you while issuing tickets. There is FM radio which is constantly playing in the background and an enterprising business house has put up a LCD TV screen that keeps screening ads and other tidbits. Apparently the plan is to ensure live news coverage in these buses in the coming months.
For a meagre 20 bucks, I travelled welll over half the distance to my house. A rick from airport to my house typically costs me about 130 bucks, but I managed the distance in less than 50 bucks and even that was only because I was too tired to take another bus from Majestic to my house and ended up taking a rick.
All in all, kudos to the BMTC. Now if only they could ensure enough numbers of such buses plying and maybe get a bus-hostess or two around (not a bad idea :) ), we would all be more than willing to ditch our cars and bikes, wouldnt we?? :)
I was forced to take take the BMTC the other day from the airport to Majestic , hamstrung as I was by lack of any other means of transport and more so because, for some strange reason, I thought it might be a nice idea to travel by a local bus for a change. This was my first trip by public transport in over 8 years and I dont remember the last time I took one. I had to wait for over half an hour at the airport road bus stand, but it was well worth the effort. I had heard a lot about the BMTC Volvo service from my brother, and decided that I would give it a try when I saw one (Route No. 333 E ) approaching.
Neat, comfortable and spacious, this is a wonderful paisa-vasool travel option, if you have the time. The conductor is neatly dressed and is nice to you while issuing tickets. There is FM radio which is constantly playing in the background and an enterprising business house has put up a LCD TV screen that keeps screening ads and other tidbits. Apparently the plan is to ensure live news coverage in these buses in the coming months.
For a meagre 20 bucks, I travelled welll over half the distance to my house. A rick from airport to my house typically costs me about 130 bucks, but I managed the distance in less than 50 bucks and even that was only because I was too tired to take another bus from Majestic to my house and ended up taking a rick.
All in all, kudos to the BMTC. Now if only they could ensure enough numbers of such buses plying and maybe get a bus-hostess or two around (not a bad idea :) ), we would all be more than willing to ditch our cars and bikes, wouldnt we?? :)
posted by Shree at
5:56 PM
11 Comments:
That's great...I've been wanting to travel by Volvo for sometime now..i'm motivated to try it out now....:)
On a lighter note : The girl that you have captured in your snap didnt give you a dirty look ;) ?
No she didn't... actually she wanted to pose for me, but you know me..naah, I said:) you have keen eyes, dont you? I thought nobody would notice:)
On a serious note, there is no Volvo service to B'warnagar...how bad is that?
Thanks for the compliment!!! I have an eye for detail :) So much for modesty.
hey shree
i also went in tht volvo bus and it was too much.....was so happy had a dumb smile stuck on my face throughout.
but my fav is tht pink ladies special bus...it absolutely rocks!!!its pink and has blue seats , even has a mirror, and the only man si the driver. am looking forward to the day when the driver will also be a woman!!
but seriously i think we shud write to the bmtc and tell them tht they r doing a great job with these two buses....when u write will u plz tell them tht the pink bus is fantastic?
Pink bus, with mirrors??!! I thought it might have raised your heckles. Isnt is an irritating stereotype and such an ol' fashioned way of treating ladies? Btw, the driver's probably the envy of all his mates..why do you want to rid the poor fellow of his status?? Let him be!
lol ys maybe its old fashioned but its kind of cute!really!when u sit in that bus u feel special!:)
u spk of tht driver as though u secretly envy him urself...when u write to the bmtc do apply for the job also....who knows maybe they'd give it u!
Naah..dont need to drive a bus to meet ladies!! Anyway, whats the point? All the good ones have bikes and cars these days..:)
well so you still havent forgotten your college crush.... LOL.... its a shame that you havent been able to trace her.... I only realised how much you want to meet her... ok ok... will use my contacts and try to source the information... but she probably has 2 kids by now...
Janani
See, I dont look a gift horse in the mouth..so please go ahead...and may you succeed in your efforts...btw..that should have been school, not college..;)2 kids..yeah right..pessimist..
bus hostess??? Nice Idea..must try this bus out some time
I have travelled to wor in that bus. Thats realy comfortable,and thankfuly there are many in the hosur road/bannerghata road junctions to head to Majestic. Hows life at Mallya Land?
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