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Home / Mumbai / Mumbai News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Farewell to Mumbai`s iconic BEST double-decker buses

IN PHOTOS: Farewell to Mumbai`s iconic BEST double-decker buses

Updated On: 15 September, 2023 01:46 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande

It`s a bittersweet farewell for many Mumbaikars as they bid adieu to the iconic red double-decker buses that have been party to city`s developing public transport for over eight decades. Pic/Satyajit Desai

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It`s a bittersweet farewell for many Mumbaikars as they bid adieu to the iconic red double-decker buses that have been party to city`s developing public transport for over eight decades. Pic/Satyajit Desai

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It`s a bittersweet farewell for many Mumbaikars as they bid adieu to the iconic red double-decker buses that have been party to city`s developing public transport for over eight decades. Pic/Satyajit Desai
<p>The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, on Tuesday, said the buses will go off-road to make way for the electric double-decker buses. Pic/Atul Kamble</p>

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The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, on Tuesday, said the buses will go off-road to make way for the electric double-decker buses. Pic/Atul Kamble

<p>The BEST undertaking said that the open-deck double-decker buses, used as tourist sight-seeing buses since the 1990s, will disappear from the city`s streets in October. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar</p>

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The BEST undertaking said that the open-deck double-decker buses, used as tourist sight-seeing buses since the 1990s, will disappear from the city`s streets in October. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar

<p>The iconic double-deckers were first introduced in public transport system in 1937. The buses since became symbolic of Mumbai itself and has featured in many movies and songs set in `Bambai` (as pronounced in yesteryear films) of Hindi cinema industry. Pic/Rajendra Aklekar</p>

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The iconic double-deckers were first introduced in public transport system in 1937. The buses since became symbolic of Mumbai itself and has featured in many movies and songs set in `Bambai` (as pronounced in yesteryear films) of Hindi cinema industry. Pic/Rajendra Aklekar

<p>BEST, at the onset of 1990s, had a fleet of 900 double-decker buses which gradually declined. The administration stopped inducting these iconic buses after 2008 citing high operational costs. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar</p>

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BEST, at the onset of 1990s, had a fleet of 900 double-decker buses which gradually declined. The administration stopped inducting these iconic buses after 2008 citing high operational costs. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar

<p>While the buses are going off road, Mumbaikars aren`t prepared to part ways with them. A commuters` body `Aapli BEST Aaplyasathi` has asked the government and undertaking administration to preserve the bus in museum so it does not meet the same fate as trams. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar</p>

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While the buses are going off road, Mumbaikars aren`t prepared to part ways with them. A commuters` body `Aapli BEST Aaplyasathi` has asked the government and undertaking administration to preserve the bus in museum so it does not meet the same fate as trams. Pic/Aishwarya Deodhar

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