As reported in TOI by Roana Maria Costa, on 4 October 2009
Bus journeys to Alibaug just got a little more comfortable. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has deployed seven new semi-luxury (Asiad) buses on the Mumbai Central-Alibaug route and nearly doubled its daily services a week ago. What’s more is that the three-seaters have been replaced by two-seaters, making the 109-km trip that takes 2 hour 45 minutes less crammed. The changes have been made at no extra cost to passengers.
“Looking at the demand, we have not only increased services from 18 to 31 per day, but have also replaced 90% of the semi-luxury fleet in the sector with two-by-two seaters,” said MSRTC PRO Mukund Dhus.
The buses would leave from both Mumbai and Alibaug every half an hour between 5 am and 8.30 pm. The buses will run via Dadar-Nehru Nagar, Kurla-Maitri Park, Chembur-Vashi Phata-Konkan Bhuvan-Panvel-Ramwadi, Pen-Vadkhal Naka-Poinad.
MSRTC has added 340 semi-luxury buses to its fleet, strengthening it to 700.
