{"id":39891,"date":"2020-02-19T19:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=39891"},"modified":"2020-02-19T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:31:44","slug":"india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=39891","title":{"rendered":"India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Return to index page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/56.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39892\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/56.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39892\" class=\"wp-image-39892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/56.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/56-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/56-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/56-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Himachal Roadways bus on the outskirts of Shimla. \u00a9 <em>Simon Brown<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/64.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39893\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/64.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39893\" class=\"wp-image-39893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/64.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/64-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/64-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/64-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> ypical of Indian double-deckers is this Ashok Leyland pictured in Delhi in 1994  \u00a9 <em>Dale Tringham<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/66.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39894\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/66.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39894\" class=\"wp-image-39894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/66.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/66-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/66-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/66-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A brand new Delhi Transport Commission TATA at Sri Niwas Puri Depot in Delhi.  \u00a9 <em>Simon Brown<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/276.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39895\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/276.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39895\" class=\"wp-image-39895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/276.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/276-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/276-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/276-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  Ashok Leyland &#8211; IND &#8211; RJ 34 F 8079  Agra-Jaipur route, India  Date: 17 Mar 2007 \u00a9 <em>Marek Maslowiec<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/277.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39896\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/277.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39896\" class=\"wp-image-39896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/277.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/277-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/277-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/277-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Windsor Amar &#8211; IND &#8211; DL 1P B6319    New Delhi, India  Date: 04 Mar 2007  \u00a9 <em>Marek Maslowiec<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39897\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39897\" class=\"wp-image-39897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/442-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Tata Marcopolo   Auto Expo, Delhi \u00a9 <em>Steve Fermie<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39898\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39898\" class=\"wp-image-39898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/443-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> TATA 1313   \u00a9 <em>Steve Fermie<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/564.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39899\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/564.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39899\" class=\"wp-image-39899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/564.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/564-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/564-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/564-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A privately owned Tata bus in Pune. Most Tata built state buses in  India\\&#8217;s Maharashtra state were till recently of identical appearance. \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/575.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39900\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/575.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39900\" class=\"wp-image-39900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/575.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/575-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/575-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/575-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A sturdy Maharashtra State rural Tata bus goes about its duties in lush  green rain soaked rural countryside near the Western Indian city of  Pune.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39901\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/576.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39901\" class=\"wp-image-39901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/576.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/576-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/576-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/576-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Since 2007, the PMPML municipal bus authority in Pune has been putting  into service some semi low floor Ashok Leyland buses, of which this one  rests between duties outside a depot. Newer versions of these buses are  CNG driven and are painted half green.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/578.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39902\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/578.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39902\" class=\"wp-image-39902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/578.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/578-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/578-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/578-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Tata city bus in Pune   A local PMPML Pune Muncipal Tata 1510 city bus with a modified front end  awaits its duties in the congested old part of the city.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/585.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39903\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/585.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39903\" class=\"wp-image-39903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/585.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/585-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/585-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/585-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Long distance overnight bus services are big business in India. Here a  modified Tata bus prepares to leave Pune for a destination in Western  India.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/609.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39904\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/609.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39904\" class=\"wp-image-39904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/609.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/609-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/609-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/609-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The PMPML Pune Municipality transport authority has been running Pune  city tour buses for some time now. Here is a head on view of one of  these tour buses, Tata built, about to leave the Deccan Gymkhana bus  terminal in Pune in 2007.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/728.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39905\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/728.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39905\" class=\"wp-image-39905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/728.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/728-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/728-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/728-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A complimentary coach for the Kingfisher\/ Simplifly Deccan airline in  India. This is an Eicher built bus pictured at the Bangalore airport in  2008. Eicher was until very recently a bulder of LCVs and light buses,  but is now taking its act more seriously and is building heavy duty  trucks and full sized buses, including an Isuzu rear engine bus.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39906\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39906\" class=\"wp-image-39906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/789-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Mumbai BEST local buses   Ashok Leyland buses plying Mumbai(Bombay) roads \u00a9 <em>BEST<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/883.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39907\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/883.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39907\" class=\"wp-image-39907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/883.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/883-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/883-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/883-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A well worn Tata bus leaves the Esplanade bus terminus in Calcutta  (Kolkata) for its destination. (May 2009). The city still uses rather  primitive body design for its city buses. Note the decorative but  dimunitive windows, flat window bar (most have two, this one has only  one, allowing for some visibility) and holes on and around the grille of  the vehicle. Most of the buses have wooden bodywork on the inside, and  parallel to the wall bench type seating.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/884.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39908\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/884.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39908\" class=\"wp-image-39908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/884.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/884-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/884-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/884-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A thoroughly battered Tata bus that has seen better days arrives at the  Esplanade bus station in Calcutta (Kolkata) in May 2009. Note the CTC  letters on the bus, meaning that this bus is operated by the Calcutta  Tramways Corporation. Consequent to curtailment of tram services in some  of the most heavily congested areas in the city, the CTC operates an  alternate bus service in place of the displaced trams. Good move, if  only the buses were not as battered as the elderly trams!    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/885.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39909\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/885.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39909\" class=\"wp-image-39909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/885.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/885-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/885-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/885-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> An Ashok Leyland bus operated by the Calcutta Tramways Corporation (CTC)  near the Birla Planetarium in Calcutta (Kolkata) in May 2009. This bus  is in a much better condition than the battered Tata bus uploaded  earlier. It is very rare to see Ashok Leyland buses on the city network  in Calcutta, which is almost exclusively Tata territory. These CTC  operated buses run on former tram routes when the lines were taken off  in some of the most heavily congested ares of the city.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/886.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39910\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/886.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39910\" class=\"wp-image-39910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/886.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/886-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/886-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/886-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of Calcutta (Koklata)\\&#8217;s ubiqitous maroon\/ yellow \\&#8217;mini\\&#8217; buses.  These operated a intra-city local service parallel to the regular  service by the blue-yellow buses. Though a tad faster than the regular  city buses, mini bus drivers are known for their suicidal tendencies.  Many of the buses are battered tin cans, as is the case with a majority  of buses in Calcutta. (May 2009).  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/887.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39911\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/887.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39911\" class=\"wp-image-39911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/887.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/887-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/887-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/887-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Another of the suicidal &#8216;mini&#8217; buses in Calcutta (Kolkata) speeds over  tram tracks near Esplanade. (May 2009). The fuzzy image is due to  motion blur (and not camera shake) as the bloke was doing much more than  the 40kmph advertises on his front bumper.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/890.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39912\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/890.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39912\" class=\"wp-image-39912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/890.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/890-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/890-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/890-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Another rare Ashok Leyland city bus in Calcutta (Kolkata), May 2009.  This one is running past the Birla Planetarium to the distant suburb of  Santragachi. Taken on contract from the private company Whiteliners, the  service is operated by the West Bengal State Transport Corporation  (WBSTC).   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/891.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39913\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/891.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39913\" class=\"wp-image-39913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/891.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/891-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/891-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/891-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The British era building of the Calcutta (Kolkata) Municipal Corporation  looms large as two city buses rumble past. (May 2009). Note primitive  style body work of the buses. Tiny side windows with palace window  styling apart, the interiors feature wood work and bench type parallel  to the wall seats. Many of the buses have extended rear bumpers, some  even with spare wheel fitted on the rear face.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/892.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39914\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/892.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39914\" class=\"wp-image-39914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/892.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/892-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/892-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/892-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Calcutta (Kolkata)city bus skows down to pick up passengers at the  Birla Planetarium stop. (May 2009). Primitive body work aside, the city  has a comprehensive, extensive and very frequent bus service.  Overcrowding is not as rampant as in other Indian cities due to the  availability of other modes of transit like the metro, suburban trains,  mini buses and trams. The fuzzy facade is more due to a large aperture  due to the fading evening light and motion blur rather than due to  camera shake.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/893.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39915\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/893.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39915\" class=\"wp-image-39915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/893.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/893-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/893-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/893-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The 10 seater Tata Winger is a new product from the Indian builder Tata  Motors. It is gaining popularity in, among other versions, this micro  bus version, used by private operators all over India. Tata Wingers are  also used as public transport in the extremely hilly areas in Eastern  India. This specimen, shot in May 2009, is taking a breather at a pit  stop at Lonavla, near Pune (Poona) in Western India.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/894.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39916\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/894.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39916\" class=\"wp-image-39916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/894.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/894-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/894-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/894-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The scope for operating full sized buses is extremely limited in the  Eastern Indian state of Sikkim, thanks to the Himalayan mountain terrain  and narrow roads. The micro bus or \\&#8217;Jeep\\&#8217; is king here. Nonetheless,  the state bus company, Sikkim Nationalized Transport, runs a limited  fleet of small sized buses wherever possible under the catch name \\&#8217;Red  Panda Express\\&#8217;. This Eicher bus is bound for the Sikkimese capital of  Gangtok from the West Bengal- Sikkim border. (May 2009). Tata and Eicher  are the two most popular and almost ubiquitous makes of bus in Sikkim,  with Ashok Leyland being almost non existant.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/895.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39917\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/895.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39917\" class=\"wp-image-39917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/895.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/895-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/895-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/895-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Tata 709 bus with a modified front end run as part of the Red Panda  Express service of the Sikkim Nationalized Transport readies to leave  the West Bengal- Sikkim border for the Sikkimese capital Gangtok. (May  2009). With the might Himalayan terrain and narrow roads, the scope for  running buses in Sikkim is very limited indeed.     \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/896.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39918\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/896.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39918\" class=\"wp-image-39918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/896.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/896-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/896-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> With the scope for running full sized buses being very limited in the  Eastern Indian state of Sikkim, thanks to the mighty Himalayan terrain  coupled with narrow, winding roads, the Mahindra \\&#8217;Jeep\\&#8217; is king there.  This unit, which regularly runs a Pelling to Siliguri service has been  chartered by a hotel to pick up some guests. (May 2009). Note  destination board fitted behind the windshields. These vehicles seat  about 12 passengers in a tight squeeze. Other popular makes of vehicle  there are Tata Sumo and Chevrolet Travera. Although these buses run a  comprehensive local service between towns in the area, some bear the  \\&#8217;Taxi\\&#8217; sign on the roof. Thankfully, this Mahindra unit does not.  <br>  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/897.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39919\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/897.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39919\" class=\"wp-image-39919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/897.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/897-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/897-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/897-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The local \\&#8217;bus station\\&#8217; in Gangtok, in Sikkim, Eastern India. Most of  the \\&#8217;buses\\&#8217; are actually SUV style vehicles, each carrying about 12  passengers or more, in a fairly tight squeeze. Mahindra is king, though  one can also find a sprinkling of Tata Sumo, Tata Winger and Chevrolet  Travera vehicles. (May 2009). Mahindras with more basic styling (canvas  top, swinging half doors on the sides etc.) provide a comprehensive  local bus service as well.    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/898.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39920\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/898.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39920\" class=\"wp-image-39920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/898.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/898-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/898-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/898-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> An old Tata bus dating back from the late 1970s is now used as a school  bus in Durgapur, near Calcutta, India. It is extremely rare to find such  elderly vehicles elsewhere in India, thanks to the Government\\&#8217;s  drastic drive to reduce air pollution levels by doing away with vehicles  over 25 years old. I was quite lucky to spot this specimen in May 2009.    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/899.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39921\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/899.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39921\" class=\"wp-image-39921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/899.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/899-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/899-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/899-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Eicher bus run by the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC)  coasts past the Durgapur City Centre in Durgapur (near Calcutta) in  Eastern India.    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>        <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/900.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39922\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/900.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39922\" class=\"wp-image-39922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/900-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/900-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/900-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A rather battered privately owned Mahindra Tourister mini bus forms the  Prantika to Durgapur local service in Durgapur, near Calcutta, Eastern  India (May 2009). The \\&#8217;Shatabdi\\&#8217; on the side of the bus is named after  a series of what is considered the fastest day trains in India. True to  their name, many of these mini bus drivers tend to hae suicidal  tendencies, though this particular fellow was coasting at a fairly  leisurely pace!   <br>\u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>        <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/901.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39923\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/901.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39923\" class=\"wp-image-39923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/901.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/901-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/901-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/901-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Two Tata 709 buses await their passengers at Durgapur railway station.  They are bound for the shoppping street of Benachity in the city. (May  2009). Both buses are privately owned. Durgapur is a small town near  Calcutta in Eastern India and is known for its massive steel works.  <br>\u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1017.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39924\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1017.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39924\" class=\"wp-image-39924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1017.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1017-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1017-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1017-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Seen here are two buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transp. Corpn.  outside the depot in the western Indian city of Pune. (Poona). The  red-cream on on the left is one of the rather rough and ready rural  buses. The white and green one behind is is termed as \\&#8217;semi luxury\\&#8217;  with 2&#215;2 non-reclining seats, used for intercity express traffic.  Although this concept was introduced in 1982 during the 9th Asiad games,  these buses are still referred to as \\&#8217;Asiad\\&#8217; by the local populace  after all these 27 years.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39925\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1018.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39925\" class=\"wp-image-39925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1018.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1018-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1018-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1018-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A line of Maharashtra State long distance buses in varying stages of  readiness for departure at the bus station in the western Indian city of  Pune (Poona) in 2007. A mix of Tata and Ashok Leyland, all these  vehicles are of the rough and ready rural bus variety.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39926\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1019.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39926\" class=\"wp-image-39926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1019.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1019-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1019-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1019-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Maharashtra State bus rather garishly decorated for a local festival,  seen here readying for departure in a bus station in the western Indian  city of Pune (Poona). Although State owned, the crew in some of the  smaller outstation depots bestow a lot of love and care for the buses  under their care. This bus is hence not from the Pune division, but  rather has come in from one of the smaller depots.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1020.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39927\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1020.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39927\" class=\"wp-image-39927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1020.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1020-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1020-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1020-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A slice of history preserved: this is one of the first city buses to run  in the Southern Indian metropolis Bangalore. This is a tractor- trailer  version with a Ford haulage unit. (dated in the 1940s, shot in 2005).  This unit is preserved outside the Majestic bus station in Bangalore,  though the livery has changed over the years. Its current livery is  blood red. The livery this unit actually bore while in service is not  known.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1034.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39928\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1034.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39928\" class=\"wp-image-39928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1034.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1034-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1034-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1034-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A well loaded Tata passes through Connaught Circus in New Delhi. \u00a9 <em>Alan E Moore<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1089.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39929\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1089.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39929\" class=\"wp-image-39929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1089.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1089-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1089-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1089-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A CNG driven Ashok Leyland bus of the municipal PMPML bus authority  leaves the depot to commence its duties for the day in the Western  Indian city of Pune (Poona, Oct.2009).  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1090.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39930\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1090.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39930\" class=\"wp-image-39930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1090.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1090-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1090-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1090-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Some of the newer CNG buses in the western Indian city of Pune (Poona)  sport a snazzy white- green livery. One such Ashok Leyland unit  negotiates a street intersection in Oct. 2009.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1091.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39931\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1091.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39931\" class=\"wp-image-39931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1091.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1091-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1091-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of the rare Tata buses of the municipalized BEST authority of Mumbai  (Bombay) in Western India, Oct. 2009. This Tata unit is CNG driven,  denoted by the green patch below the windshield, and is on its routine  run outside Chembur suburban train station.     \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1092.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39932\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1092.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39932\" class=\"wp-image-39932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1092.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1092-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1092-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1092-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A green air con Volvo bus side by side with a conventional non air con  Tata take a breather at a pit stop between the Western Indian  megapolises of Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona), Oct. 2009. Volvos have  caught on in a big way on long distance bus travel in India. Both these  units are operated by the Maharashtra State Transport authority. The  dusty rose colour of the Tata unit denotes that it is CNG driven.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1093.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39933\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1093.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39933\" class=\"wp-image-39933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1093.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1093-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1093-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1093-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A privately operated Tata bus makes a pit stop between the Western  Indian megapolises of Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona) while passengers  tuck in on refreshments bought at the nearby food mall. In the  background is a conventional Tata semi luxury bus in the typical green  white livery of the Maharashtra State Transport authority, also making a  pit stop at this spot.    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1094.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39934\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1094.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39934\" class=\"wp-image-39934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1094.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1094-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1094-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1094-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A privately owned Ashok Leyland tries to pass off for a Volvo (note  slash logo on the front grille) in the Western Indian city of Pune  (Poona), Oct. 2009. Volvos have revolutionalized inter city express buss  travel in India, so much so that smaller operators build Volvo- like  bus bodies on traditional Tata or Ashok Leyland chassis and try to pass  them off as Volvos to gullible passengers. This unit has just returned  from an overnight trip and will probably rest till the evening before  its return trip.    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39935\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39935\" class=\"wp-image-39935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1225-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> KOLKATA\\&#8217;S NEW SEMI LOW FLOOR CITY BUS.  \u00a9<em>RIK  CHATTERJEE<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1226.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39936\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1226.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39936\" class=\"wp-image-39936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1226.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1226-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1226-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1226-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> SEMI LOW FLOOR CITY BUS WITH FRONT ENGINE, MADE BY TATA MOTORS OPERATING IN KOLKATA  \u00a9<em>RIK  CHATTERJEE<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1248.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39937\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1248.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39937\" class=\"wp-image-39937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1248.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1248-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1248-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1248-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A VOLVO PUBLIC BUS IN KOLKATA AT ESPLANADE BUS STAND.  \u00a9<em>RIK  CHATTERJEE<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1388.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39938\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1388.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39938\" class=\"wp-image-39938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1388.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1388-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1388-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1388-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> TATA Marcopolo on a road in New Delhi \u00a9 <em>Uthpala Dilhan<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1389.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39939\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1389.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39939\" class=\"wp-image-39939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1389.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1389-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1389-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1389-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The Front view of TATA Marcopolo AC Bus    \u00a9 <em>Uthpala Dilhan<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1463.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39940\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1463.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39940\" class=\"wp-image-39940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1463.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1463-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1463-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1463-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Passengers rush to clamber onto a well worn Ashok Leyland bus bound for  the Southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras) from Puducherry  (Pondicherry): May 2010. The \\&#8217;ECR\\&#8217; on the destination board indicates  that the bus will take the East Coast Route.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1464.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39941\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1464.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39941\" class=\"wp-image-39941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1464.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1464-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1464-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1464-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Back in the 1980s, four major LCV manufacturers from Japan (Mazda,  Mistubishi, Toyota and Nissan) collaborated with four different Indian  companies to build light trucks in India. After the agreement ended, the  counterparts of Toyota and Nissan stopped building mini trucks, but  Mazda and Mitsubishi\\&#8217;s ex-partners still continue to build vehicles.  (the latter under the \\&#8217;Eicher\\&#8217; badge). Swaraj Mazda stopped building  trucks, but still builds light buses. This is one of their vehicles,  configured as a school bus, in the Western Indian megapolis of Pune  (Poona), in May 2010.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1465.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39942\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1465.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39942\" class=\"wp-image-39942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1465.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1465-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1465-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1465-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A smartly turned out and pristine Eicher tourist bus is parked in the  premises of a wayside motel near Puducherry (Pondicherry) in Southern  India, May 2010. Owned by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development  Corporation, the bodywork is by Sutlej, a famous company that builds  luxury bus bodies in Northern India.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1466.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39943\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1466.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39943\" class=\"wp-image-39943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1466.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1466-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1466-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1466-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The Indian company Bajaj Tempo (now Force Motors) has long been building  knock-off Mercedes buses under the \\&#8217;Tempo Traveler\\&#8217; badge. Here is  one of these buses, configured as a school bus, in the Western Indian  megapolis of Pune  (Poona), May 2010.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>        <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1467.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39944\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1467.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39944\" class=\"wp-image-39944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1467.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1467-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1467-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1467-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Just before Mercedes set up their own truck building business near Pune  (Poona) in Western India, Bajaj Tempo (now Force Motors) later  re-designed the frontage of their Traveller, and this is the result.  This new &#8216;Force&#8217; Traveller is seen here in Pune (Poona), Western  India, May 2010.  <br> \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1468.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39945\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1468.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39945\" class=\"wp-image-39945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1468.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1468-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1468-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1468-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Mahindra is an Indian company long known for its line of sturdy \\&#8217;Jeep\\&#8217;  style SUVs. The company has recently diversified into building cars and  light buses, which is the fairly popular Mahindra Tourister range. One  of these is pictured here in the Western Indian megapolis of Pune  (Poona), May 2010.   \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1469.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39946\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1469.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39946\" class=\"wp-image-39946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1469.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1469-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1469-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1469-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> In order to offset a shortage in the fleet, the Western Indian city of  Pune (Poona)\\&#8217;s municipalized city transport utility, the PMPML has  started hiring buses from private companies. This is a hired Tata bus  with a snazzy front end, doing a fairly good speed, in May 2010.  (softness due to motion blur, exposure problem due to the use of a very  basic camera).    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1470.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39947\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1470.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39947\" class=\"wp-image-39947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1470.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1470-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1470-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1470-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Back in 2007, the western Indian city Pune (Poona)\\&#8217;s municipalized city  transport utility, the PMPML had introduced CNG driven buses as a  \\&#8217;going green\\&#8217; venture. These buses wore a snazzy white livery then.  Two of these buses are pictured here, in May 2010, well worn, but still  maintaining the white livery. These buses are awaiting duties outside  the bus depot.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1471.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39955\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1471.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39955\" class=\"wp-image-39955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1471.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1471-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1471-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1471-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Ashok Leyland near Pondicherry.   Bearing typical bodywork of Southern India, this Ashok Leyland is seen  here in May 2010 on a run between the Southern Indian cities of  Cuddalore and Chennai (Madras).    \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1472.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39956\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1472.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39956\" class=\"wp-image-39956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1472.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1472-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1472-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1472-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  Chennai &#8211; Transport Bus    Long Distance luxury transport bus.   \u00a9 <em>Volvo<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1473.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39957\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1473.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39957\" class=\"wp-image-39957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1473.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1473-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1473-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1473-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation   TNSTC operates Volvo air conditioned buses \u00a9 <em>TNSTC<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1636.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39958\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1636.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39958\" class=\"wp-image-39958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1636.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1636-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1636-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1636-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Here is a Matador mini school bus parked on the roadside while the  driver has probably gone off to fetch some breakfast. Based on an old  German Tempo Matador design, these poorly engineered, positively rickety  vehicles ruled the roost on Indian roads, thanks to their low cost and  non availability of alternatives. The model has mercifully now been  discontinued, but you do see a handful of such vehicles (also avaialble  then in a short wheelbase version and in other forms like pick up,  delivery van etc.) Location: the Western Indian city of Pune (Poona),  India, July 2011. <br> \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1637.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39959\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1637.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39959\" class=\"wp-image-39959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1637.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1637-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1637-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1637-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Tata Marcopolo (Tata bus with bodywork by Marcopolo) followed by  another one on the Pune- Mumbai (Poona- Bombay) road at Pune (Poona) in  Western India. These white-baby pink buses are rather controversial. The  PMPML local bus authorities in Pune are in the process of installing  several BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) dedicated bus corridors in the  Western Indian city of Pune. Due to the haphazard, erratic and sloppy  implementation, there is much opposition, but the project is going ahead  anyway. These buses are supposed to be first in a series of many to  have entrance doors on both sides, as all stops come to the left while  going and to the right while coming. Mired in controversy, the first  batch of 25 buses finally arrived, of which these two are part. They are  not running on the BRTS route though, as it is not yet ready. Simi low  floor and with LED distination display, the LED displays have are not is  use here, as long as the buses are serving non BRTS routes. Pune  (Poona), India, July 2011.  \u00a9 <em>s. shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1935.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39960\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1935.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39960\" class=\"wp-image-39960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1935.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1935-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1935-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1935-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Mercedes Benz make, intercity coach Prasanna Travels Nagpur  \u00a9 <em>Prasanna<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2235.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39961\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2235.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39961\" class=\"wp-image-39961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2235.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2235-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2235-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2235-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Tata Marcopolo Starbus ultra of Kadamba Goa  \u00a9<em>Mackvin Fernandes<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2289.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39962\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2289.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39962\" class=\"wp-image-39962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2289.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2289-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2289-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2289-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> school bus for ferrying children in dt. kangra himachal \u00a9 <em>ashwini kumar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39963\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39963\" class=\"wp-image-39963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2349-375x210.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Techno Astro   Kerala stage carriers manufactured by Techno Automotives, Chennai  \u00a9<em>Aydin<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2350.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39964\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2350.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39964\" class=\"wp-image-39964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2350-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2350-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2350-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Techno Astro   Built by Techno Automotive Engineers, chennai \u00a9 <em>Harisree logistics<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2488-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39965\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2488.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39965\" class=\"wp-image-39965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2488-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2488-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2488-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2488.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Old CWN make MSRTC bus  repainted  original was with HVPS Amravati Maharashtra  \u00a9<em>Satish Madiwale<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2489.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39966\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2489.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39966\" class=\"wp-image-39966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2489.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2489-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2489-150x107.jpg 150w, 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