|
Year |
Landmarks |
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1873 |
Bombay Tramway Co. Ltd. Started.
|
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1874 |
Horse-Drawn Trams Introduced.
|
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1905 |
Bombay Electric Supply & Tramway Co. Ltd. Started.
|
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1907 |
First Tram ran on Electricity. |
|
1909 |
Beaver Single Decker Cars Started.
|
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1912 |
S.T.T. Cars Started.
|
|
1920 |
Double-Decker Tram Introduced.
|
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1926 |
Single Deck Bus Services Started.
|
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1934 |
Bus Services extended to the northern part of the City.
|
|
1937 |
Double Decker Bus Services Introduced. |
|
1940 |
First Limited bus between Colaba
and Mahim introduced. |
|
1947 |
B.E.S. & T. Co. Limited
Municipalised.
|
|
1949 |
Bus services extended to Western suburbs.
American Cars were introduced. |
|
1955 |
Bus services extended to Eastern Suburbs.
Luxury Coach services introduced. |
|
1962 |
Trolley Bus Services introduced. |
|
1964 |
Free Travel facility extended to Police Personnel.
Tram services abolished. |
|
1966 |
Tata
Mercedes Benz Buses
introduced. |
|
1967 |
Articulated (Trailer) buses came into operation.
|
|
1968 |
Facility of Concessional fare
to totally blind person introduced.
Beaver Double-Decker buses introduced. |
|
1970 |
Cometiesed
Titan Buses
Introduced.
Cheetah Single Decker buses introduced. |
|
1971 |
Trolley Bus services abolished.
Seats reserved for Ladies in buses.
Bangla Desh
Relief fund Started.
|
|
1972 |
Silver Jubilee of Municipalisation.
Tata Single Decker buses introduced. |
|
1976 |
Bombay Suburban Transport Project Commissioned.
|
|
1981 |
Ferry Services started from Marve
To Manori. |
|
1984 |
Bus Coupons Introduced.
Operation extended to Navi Mumbai with Route
501Ltd.
|
|
1985 |
Articulated Buses withdrawn from operation.
Bus Coupons Discontinued
|
|
1986 |
Printing of "MARATHI" tickets started.
|
|
1990 |
Free Travel facility to freedom fighters residing in
Mumbai, introduced. |
|
1992 |
Automatic Bus Washing machines installed at Depots.
|
|
1994 |
Concessional
ticket
facility extended to student studying in Junior Colleges. Operation
extended to Thane by extending Route 30Ltd.
|
|
1996 |
Single Decker Articulated Vestibule Buses Introduced.
|
|
1997 |
Environment Friendly Buses fitted with Compressed Natural
Gas Engine introduced.
Open Deck Bus introduced for site seeing of illuminated heritage
buildings in collaboration with Maharashtra
Tourism Development Corporation.
Introduction
of Monthly Bus Pass
scheme of selected routes.
Luxury Bus
services introduced.
|
|
1998 |
Air Conditioned Bus service introduced.
New "Shivaji Nagar"
Bus Depot commissioned.
Automatic Fare Collection with help of contactless
cards (SMART CARD) introduced. |
1999
2000 |
New Mulund Bus Depot
Commissioned.
Monthly Bus Pass
Scheme Discontinued
All Luxury Buses Discontinued w.e. from 1/12/2000
|
2003
2004
2010
2011 |
Low Floor Bus
Introduced, as a Pilot Project
Exclusive Bus Lane for BEST Buses from
Mumbai-C.S.T to Mantralaya (approx 3.5 Kms)
Bus Pass Scheme with RF-ID based
SMART CARDs is introduced.
Electronic Ticket Issuing Machines (ETIM) introduced on all the buses. |
