Overview

• BEST will implement a major network revamp on June 1 affecting 30 routes through renumbering, timetable revisions, and service alterations.
• Existing lines such as routes 8, 44, 125, and 241 will be upgraded to air-conditioned services and rebranded with 'A' prefixes.
• Two new air-conditioned corridors – A-175 linking Pratiksha Nagar Depot to Prabodhankar Thackeray Udyan and A-490 connecting Mantralaya to Balkum (Thane) – will begin peak-hour operations.
• Reroutings for routes including 10, 11 Ltd. and 212 are designed to enhance feeder connectivity to metro corridors and avoid congested clusters.
• Some commuters have voiced frustration over lost direct dockyard links on AC10 even as BEST pledges improved efficiency and finances after a fare increase in early May.