Nah.Took a KSRTC while going..
3pm : Start from Mumbai Central
3:45pm : Vashi
7pm : Pune Station
7:20pm : Swargate
7:45pm : Started from Swargate (Pune)
8:10pm : Dinner stop, around 18-20km from Pune
9pm : Started. Here, Kolhapur was 205km. We did around 175km in the next 2.5hrs non stop when i saw the 30km sign to Kolhapur. I always book the seat behind the driver, and the speedo's reflection can be seen in the window at night. He was always between 95-105.
5:45am : Reached Davanagere, 745km from Mumbai central.
14hrs 45min for a 745km trip. Includes 50min dinner stop, 30odd mins in Pune, 20min fuel stop somewhere on the highway. Avg speed without stops:57km/h. The roads are bad somewhere after Hubli!
Ticket cost: 755 (booked online from ksrtc.in)
Return was on a VRL volvo, 1000bucks for a 1020km trip (Bangalore to Mumbai, but i got down at Vashi, around 990km). |