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Written By ss87 - 25 January, 2010
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There has been a lot of topics going on regarding the disconnected Ring Road routes of Bangalore and problem in changing buses. But it is not the ordinary bus users but generally Volvo bus users who face this problem.
Ring Road is not actually disconnected. Following routes imply it:
Banashankari-->Silk Boad-->Marathalli-->Hebbal connected by 500A and C-1 variant frequently
Marathalli-->Hebbal-->BELCircle-->Gorguntepalya-->Nagarbhavi-->Kengeri by 502A frequently
Hebbal-->Kengeri-->Banashankari by 501A and C-2 frequently
Kengeri-->Banashankari-->Marathalli by 502 frequently.
Now where is Ring Road disconnected. A person from Silk board going to other side of Hebbal would obviously go via City centre and not on ring road wasting his time. The 35kms strech is connected very well by frequent buses operating from 4 different points.
Now if the above routes only run the crowd will definitely be very high. Hence we have the small routes like 500D(silk board to Hebbal),500T(Marathalli to Hebbal),500C(Silk board to K.R.Puram),500N(Banashankari to Tin factory) etc to minimize the crowd on buses.
COMMENTS
prabha - 4 February, 2010 - 06:04
hi,
iam regular bus commuter from AECS layout to Manyata tech park in Hebbal, all the buses mentioned here all ply on the ring road, so in the morn..esp ..u have to take some bus which ply to marathahalli and walk up to 1 km either side of the bridge to take these buses.. it is actually tiring to carry laptops and walk 1-2 kms.. to catch a bus like 500A/500D..that is why most of my colleagues and me do not take these buses in the morn..
now BMTC has introduced 500DB volvo buses from hopefarm to Hebbal thro' AECS layout ..but the catch is frequency is low and the same issue discussed here many times.. we dont know what are the timings..BMTC website and call center have no clue on the timings..when i called up they asked me to call up the depot..
murali772 - 11 August, 2010 - 04:58
@ss87
Now if the above routes only run the crowd will definitely be very high. Hence we have the small routes like 500D(silk board to Hebbal),500T(Marathalli to Hebbal),500C(Silk board to K.R.Puram), 500N (Banashankari to Tin factory) etc to minimize the crowd on buses.
So, are you suggesting that BMTC is deliberately doing it? Or, are you being sarcastic?
practical problems with BMTC services
rameshk - 10 August, 2010 - 09:33
Bus services with unpredicatble timings (which sometimes means waiting more than an hour for the goddamn bus), buses which do not stop at designated spots, roads filled with construction debris (esp. for flyover/underpass construction) which make reaching to/from bus stops including crossing roads very painful/dangerous, rash drivers of public and private vehicles who make roads unsafe for pedestrians are only some problems which I can remember off-hand. Even the lure of the air-con comfort of the volvo buses (at the cost of a big hole in the pocket) does not help when you don't know when (whether) you will get a bus and if you do, whether you will find a seat (why else do we pay the volvo fares?).
I tried passionately with an open mindeset to travel only in BMTC buses for a couple of months and my experience (major part of it being on the ORR between silkborad and Hebbal) was not very promising. After losing several hours of time, getting drained physically and emotionally, and no perceptibel economic benefits (last mile more than makes up for the gains made by travelling in "cheap" buses). Forcefully, I had to start using my private transport again.
idontspam - 10 August, 2010 - 10:09
Forcefully, I had to start using my private transport again.
I guess the resounding refrain time & again is timetable, timetable, timetable. It is the hallmark of any reliable transport service, woefully absent in BMTC.
ss87 - 7 February, 2010 - 12:28
@prabha
Why dont u get down on the next stop on the ring road(Multiplex) cross the road and take the next bus i.e 500K to Multiplex stop cross the road and 500A or C-1 from there. Or take a 502A ,500T or 500B starting from Marathalli bridge towards Hebbal
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