BEST double deckers get automatic doors

MUMBAI, May 6: The Bombay Electricity and Suburban Transport BEST introduced automatic electro-pneumatic doors in double-decker buses on Tuesday.

To start with, they have been installed in two buses operating on the CST-NCPA route. By the first week of July, the undertaking proposes to have them in 50 buses. Additional general manager of BEST A N Shanbhag said automatic doors became necessary in double-decker buses as it was found that most accidents take place when a passenger tries to board or jump off when the bus is in motion.

quot;We decided to have such doors on our buses so that this is prevented. It will reduce the accident rate and passengers can travel comfortably,quot; he said.