Date of journey : 5th November 2009
Bus route : Mumbai to Bangalore
My route : Boarding at Pune, dropping at Davanagere.
I took the 7pm Pune VRL bus. I had booked the ticket via redbus.in and though the site mentioned the pickup point as Laxmi Narayan Theatre, the actual boarding point was Katraj. The bus came 15min late but the worse part was that the bus left at 7:45pm. The reason being that VRL guys were busy loading parcel (courier bags) in the belly of the bus. Unlike other operators like KSRTC / Sharma, VRL is still using the old Volvo B7Rs and not the new 9400 series one. The bus did seem old - lot of suspension and engine noise. I had seat no 2 and used my GPS speedometer (in the phone) to the max. The driver was fast, keeping around 105-110 on the speedo (my GPS showed around 95-98 most of the times).
We had dinner after Satara (45min break) after which it was a nonstop drive to Davanagere. Surprisingly, we reached Davangere bypass at 4:15am - 565km in 8.5 hrs including a dinner break. This has to be one of the fastest Volvo journeys till date for me.
I paid Rs 950 for the journey. Overall good but VRL should pull up its socks with better boarding time and also newer buses.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
VRL Volvo : Mumbai to Bangalore route experience
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VRL is not co-operating with the passengers who travel with them.I was travelling from Belgaum to Banglore and the dropping point was Jaynagar 4th block but at the last moment they dropped us at AnandRao circle only.It was very much difficult for me to reach my home from there and i was also late to my office.This was the worst part n VRL and i will never book this bus again.
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