Sleeper coach - Not in train; in BUSES

Surprise · 2nd August 2005, 17:34

http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/07/23/s...2300050100.htm

Expereince the new sleeper coach buses that ply between Pondichery & Bangalore. Not sure how many passengers it can accomodate.

artofzen · 2nd August 2005, 17:43

Its been there for a long time atleast between cochin and bangalore(also b/w BLR & goa).There is even a volvo sleeper ,its a surprise as volvo B7R comes factory fitted with seats.

RX135 · 2nd August 2005, 17:43

I am not sure about there, but such buses are plying in Maharashtra for long time. (At least last 5 years or even more). Have travelled a few times in such buses and I must say, they are absolutely comfortable. One should try to avoid upper birth though. With body roll at high speeds, it becomes particularly uncomfortable.

Surprise · 2nd August 2005, 17:57

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Originally Posted by RX135

Have travelled a few times in such buses and I must say, they are absolutely comfortable.

How many passengers it can accomodate?

RX135 · 2nd August 2005, 18:02

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Originally Posted by Surprise

How many passengers it can accomodate?

I am not exactly sure how many, but it certainly varies with models. Some of them have sleeper births along length, while some have along width. Second type will also have some regular seats.

I guess, they would have a capcity of around 28-36.

haryan · 2nd August 2005, 18:51

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Originally Posted by Surprise

How many passengers it can accomodate?

these kind of buses are very popular in AP ...
we have around 80 sleeper coaches in HYD based travel companies itself
around 20 go to Shirdi , around 20 leave for Mumbai n around 10 leave for Bangalore , around 5 leave for Tirupathi and Visakhapatnam each and others go on other routes ...
they accomodate around 20 passengers ... i did travel in them twice to Shirdi ...

speedsatya · 2nd August 2005, 21:01

yeah,

the sleeper buses have become very common.

but the first buses that i did see was on the maharshtra-rajasthan/gujarat route.but its really frightening to travel in them with their high CG's

now have been seeing a lot ofsleeper coach b7r's from pune to rajasthan

tsk1979 · 3rd August 2005, 07:51

Bangalore Calicut run had this since past 5 years or so.

CaliforniaKnight · 3rd August 2005, 10:43

yeah the sleeper buses are a very common sight these days and all the major private bus groups have some of the sleeper additions onto their stable including their volvo buses.

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Surprise Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 2,523 Thanked: 454 Times	Sleeper coach - Not in train; in BUSES http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/07/23/s...2300050100.htm Expereince the new sleeper coach buses that ply between Pondichery & Bangalore. Not sure how many passengers it can accomodate.
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artofzen BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: VOCI-LHR Posts: 735 Thanked: 68 Times View My Garage	Its been there for a long time atleast between cochin and bangalore(also b/w BLR & goa).There is even a volvo sleeper ,its a surprise as volvo B7R comes factory fitted with seats.
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2nd August 2005, 17:43	#3
RX135 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: pune Posts: 2,106 Thanked: 75 Times	I am not sure about there, but such buses are plying in Maharashtra for long time. (At least last 5 years or even more). Have travelled a few times in such buses and I must say, they are absolutely comfortable. One should try to avoid upper birth though. With body roll at high speeds, it becomes particularly uncomfortable.
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2nd August 2005, 21:01	#7
speedsatya Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: bangalore/manga Posts: 3,169 Thanked: 738 Times View My Garage	yeah, the sleeper buses have become very common. but the first buses that i did see was on the maharshtra-rajasthan/gujarat route.but its really frightening to travel in them with their high CG's now have been seeing a lot ofsleeper coach b7r's from pune to rajasthan
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3rd August 2005, 07:51	#8
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Bangalore Calicut run had this since past 5 years or so.
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CaliforniaKnight BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: IND + DXB Posts: 980 Thanked: 141 Times View My Garage	yeah the sleeper buses are a very common sight these days and all the major private bus groups have some of the sleeper additions onto their stable including their volvo buses.
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