B.E.S.T CNG Bus

13th November 2007, 12:07

Hi All....well this is my first thread...
I have been a BEST fan all my life because they have been diff and pioneers in Indian Transport Buses

I have observed something about the CNG buses in Mumbai.

They have 2 variants TATA and Leyland.

What i have observed is all CNG buses coming out of Anik Bus depot have been TATA(that is the new ones)
All CNG buses that have been coming out from Santacruz depot have been Leyland.

I dunno whts the logic or if there is any logic as i stated before just an bservation.
Also any one had a chance to see the new KingLong buses to ply between dadar and thane.

Rehaan · 8th December 2007, 03:56

Hi Santosh,

Do a search for kinglong and you will find a lot of threads.

cya
R

directinjection · 11th December 2007, 11:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by santoshnair

What i have observed is all CNG buses coming out of Anik Bus depot have been TATA(that is the new ones)
All CNG buses that have been coming out from Santacruz depot have been Leyland.

I dunno whts the logic or if there is any logic as i stated before just an bservation.

STU bus depot organisation is usually done manufacturer-wise, in order to make logistics easy. One depot usually has buses from one manufacturer only.

fx45 · 11th December 2007, 22:02

this is not true as

ANIK, PRATEEKSHA NGR AND S'CRUS all have buses from both manufactures.. ie.

tata and leyland.

hvkumar · 11th December 2007, 22:23

BEST has gone through a radical transormation in the last 2 years - from a 100% Leyland fleet, it has switched over to a majority CNG fleet using Tatas, low-floor Starbuses and the Euro 3 Leylands. But did I hear someone mention that Anik is an all-Tata and Santa Cruz all-Leyland depot?

fx45 · 12th December 2007, 17:39

i can confirm that anik has tata as wel as AL cng fleet
prateeksha nagar also has same as above
santacruz has a an all AL cng fleet.

AkMar · 14th December 2007, 18:12

Hello,

Prateeksha Nagar, Anik & Santacruz, all have Tata as well as Leyland CNG buses.

17th December 2007, 13:36

the leyland buses initially with PN was of L series.
last couple of days i have seen the new MH01-LAXXX series too with PN.

Also on my visit to Ahmedabad i saw the starbus there tho could not take a pic.
Last cpl of weeks hv been hectic travelling and in midst of that i hv been taking Indigo airlines. The new star buses thay have really vibrate a lot in teh back set and also the pulling power is very less.
It really grunts to pull say 35 passengers and as indigo flights r kept quite a distance apart from the airport its alomost 2 kms of good travel to the tarmac and i noticredit really pulls tho the machine looks good i hv my reservations on its power and vibration

13th November 2007, 12:07	#1
santoshnair Posts: n/a	B.E.S.T CNG Bus Hi All....well this is my first thread... I have been a BEST fan all my life because they have been diff and pioneers in Indian Transport Buses I have observed something about the CNG buses in Mumbai. They have 2 variants TATA and Leyland. What i have observed is all CNG buses coming out of Anik Bus depot have been TATA(that is the new ones) All CNG buses that have been coming out from Santacruz depot have been Leyland. I dunno whts the logic or if there is any logic as i stated before just an bservation. Also any one had a chance to see the new KingLong buses to ply between dadar and thane.
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8th December 2007, 03:56	#2
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,039 Thanked: 34,069 Times	Hi Santosh, Do a search for kinglong and you will find a lot of threads. cya R
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11th December 2007, 22:02	#4
fx45 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 1,823 Thanked: 384 Times	this is not true as ANIK, PRATEEKSHA NGR AND S'CRUS all have buses from both manufactures.. ie. tata and leyland.
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11th December 2007, 22:23	#5
hvkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 7,369 Thanked: 3,454 Times	BEST has gone through a radical transormation in the last 2 years - from a 100% Leyland fleet, it has switched over to a majority CNG fleet using Tatas, low-floor Starbuses and the Euro 3 Leylands. But did I hear someone mention that Anik is an all-Tata and Santa Cruz all-Leyland depot?
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12th December 2007, 17:39	#6
fx45 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 1,823 Thanked: 384 Times	i can confirm that anik has tata as wel as AL cng fleet prateeksha nagar also has same as above santacruz has a an all AL cng fleet.
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14th December 2007, 18:12	#7
AkMar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,183 Thanked: 2,604 Times	Hello, Prateeksha Nagar, Anik & Santacruz, all have Tata as well as Leyland CNG buses.
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17th December 2007, 13:36	#8
santoshnair Posts: n/a	the leyland buses initially with PN was of L series. last couple of days i have seen the new MH01-LAXXX series too with PN. Also on my visit to Ahmedabad i saw the starbus there tho could not take a pic. Last cpl of weeks hv been hectic travelling and in midst of that i hv been taking Indigo airlines. The new star buses thay have really vibrate a lot in teh back set and also the pulling power is very less. It really grunts to pull say 35 passengers and as indigo flights r kept quite a distance apart from the airport its alomost 2 kms of good travel to the tarmac and i noticredit really pulls tho the machine looks good i hv my reservations on its power and vibration
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