buslove

Live and let die - bus chase

2011-11-10T05:10:00.000-08:00

my favourite bond chase sequence....ever

sorry, you might have to hop over to youtube to watch it.

redbus under bandra skywalk

2011-09-11T09:27:00.001-07:00

angry young man takes the bus

2011-09-11T09:15:00.000-07:00

madh marve road, mith chowki. my rickshaw parallel to Amitabh bacchan's face.

borivali skywalk+janmashthami

2011-08-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

2011-05-12T11:55:00.000-07:00

details

2011-02-20T07:37:00.000-08:00

sewri bus depot

2011-01-14T11:41:00.000-08:00

B.E.S.T. Museum, Anik Depot, Wadala

2011-01-14T02:51:00.000-08:00

A trip to Anik Depot, Wadala, in the June of 2006 revealed these treasures. Models of buses, trams, ferries alongside a collection of motor company signs ever to have been a B.E.S.T.

There is also a huge model of the proposed development of Anik Depot.

Must visit !

double decker bus home

2011-01-09T09:09:00.000-08:00

made in fever and dream in i think 1996
dream of double decker bus with brass bed

apurvas first year bus project: documentation

2011-01-09T01:14:00.000-08:00

all my buslove
and ranjits too
spent clicking photos using my bad cellphone camera and his good one
while somewhere deep in apurvas cupboard probably lay sleeping this labour of love
with the foldout conductor

and the amazing ticket box, the metal one that you dont see these days.
that apu too swears always fascinated him.
all the details lovingly drawn..

the conductor
ticket box
that space near the exit steps with the niches and the pipe handle and gorgeous details..

and for all those like myself who ever wanted to decode the numbers on the ticket....

apurvas first year bus project: busticketbox+seat for conductor

2011-01-08T08:34:00.000-08:00

bus like restaurant above andheri bus depot

2010-08-31T20:44:00.000-07:00

shanti ashram bus depot at night

2010-05-03T07:12:00.000-07:00

these days im discovering places hidden amongst all older familiar places that i used to walk past.
sitting at the bus depot with ranjit because of his tremendous buslove like all the old men chatting into the night
the tarred road ended before this bus depot when i was growing up and it was one end of my world marked by the cotton tree

westside

2009-11-03T02:47:00.000-08:00

dadar

2009-09-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

blur bus

2009-08-05T02:26:00.000-07:00

bengaluru - ladies only.

2009-04-18T11:32:00.001-07:00

Junna Bombay

2009-01-23T11:15:00.000-08:00

B-Warden Road

C- Colaba Bus St.

B-flora fountain/churchgate/queens road/Opera House/gowalia tank

the undertaking

2008-09-04T10:51:00.001-07:00

did you know that......

....there's a night bus?
between colaba and dharavi depot.
starting dharavi depot 11.25 pm
colaba depot 1.15 am
dharavi depot 1.15am
colaba depot 2.15 am

....there's a friendly bus?
(which means hail and board/alight service.)
:)
so sweet na?

....if you're a freedom fighter...(you're probably dead),(too old to ride the bus) (too old to read this), you don't have to pay any bus fare??

....if you're blind(you definitely cant read this)(sorry!), your bus fare is a flat rate of 1 Re

.... that for the benefit of general public, coins in the denominations of Rs. 5/-, in exchange of notes in the denominations of Rs.50/- or Rs.100. are made available by the Undertaking, at all the Depots. The timings for this are 10.00hrs to 15.00 hrs, on all working days.
(lifted directly from website)

also ladies special buses & quick services(point to point)
timings are here.
oh, and the "route search by hospital " facility is pretty cool.
you may now ditch this blog and go to the website...

http://www.bestundertaking.com/transport/index.htm

bus pass

2008-08-05T07:17:00.000-07:00

My dad bought me a bus pass that is quite useless for a girl who travels as irregularly as me on the bus, but it still feels like a magic ticket miraculously renewed on every trip and as if youre not paying anything to ride.

daydream bus
I have been loving traveling by bus because I’m never in a hurry these days to get home. So I spend time waiting at the bus stop, get my time in the bus to read and listen to music and daydream. Also not having to sit face to face with strangers and deal with the complicated chemistries is also nice if you want to be alone.

night ride home
Yesterday I was coming back very late at night from meeting an old and magic friend, traveling back in the soft wet and lovely night in the glowing red bus with the feeling of not belonging and freedom that the red bus can give you.

stranger
Two days ago before that, a big bully of a man sitting beside me, at the feel of the bare flesh of my sleeveless arm against his terry-cot shirt tried to get a little too familiar with me, pushing himself against me as I got off with my bag holding him off, waiting for me to get onto the next bus. And I with my hands folded angrily trying to intimidate him. It worked. Or he just got bored waiting.

NNP scheme

2008-06-05T07:01:00.001-07:00

santacruz bus depot

2008-04-02T06:15:00.000-07:00

saif ride :)

2008-03-24T10:44:00.000-07:00

delhi bus

2008-03-03T04:54:00.000-08:00

my camera has gone mad

andheri station: blackout

2007-12-09T07:44:00.000-08:00

in or bit

2007-11-03T12:30:00.000-07:00

London Bus

2007-10-11T18:13:00.001-07:00

falklands

2007-08-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

charkop bus depot

2007-06-10T17:01:00.001-07:00

lamington road bus

2007-05-14T18:14:00.000-07:00

bus ad 2

2007-05-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

bus ad 1

2007-04-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

Shashi

2007-04-19T10:31:00.000-07:00

This photo chitra sent, shashi took on new years.

bus / sra / link road

2007-03-12T09:38:00.000-07:00

town bus - II

2007-02-24T11:08:00.000-08:00

town bus

2007-02-07T19:05:00.000-08:00

ready steady po.

2006-11-20T11:08:00.000-08:00

workshop note

2006-06-17T22:18:00.000-07:00

the workshop at the beginning of the term this time is about BEST buses and stories about them. shall keep this blog posted about it. meanwhile a few more night photos.

goregaon bus stand

2006-06-05T02:52:00.000-07:00

night bus

2006-05-11T18:36:00.000-07:00

churchgate

2006-04-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

from wikipedia

2006-04-06T17:48:00.000-07:00

Articulated Trailer Bus

2006-03-25T21:01:00.000-08:00

...is the title of pic on the BEST website where i poached this from

2006-03-24T17:49:00.000-08:00

borivali station

catching up

2006-03-13T00:02:00.000-08:00

buildingsandbusescolliding

2006-01-02T08:18:00.000-08:00

ltd

2005-11-08T06:25:00.000-08:00

Double Decker

2005-11-07T07:47:00.000-08:00

Details

2005-10-13T05:08:00.000-07:00

At Breach Candy

2005-10-13T03:50:00.000-07:00

New bus to NCPA

2005-10-13T00:52:00.000-07:00

Red double decker bus at CST

2005-10-13T00:39:00.000-07:00