Intercity bus routes open-up for travel: redBus resumes booking in Maharashtra

17000+ daily bus services will now resume between 1100+ cities and towns in the state 

Mumbai, July 01, 2021: redBus, India’s largest online bus ticketing platform announces resumption of the services of 400+ bus operators on its platform in the state of Maharashtra, thus opening up all the major routes connecting cities such as Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Kolhapur. Both the private bus operators as well as the state-owned MSRTC (Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation) have resumed their services and are available for booking on redBus (for both inter and intra state travel). 84% of MSRTC and 55% of Private bus operators' daily bus services (as compared to Feb-21) are now functional and available to book on redBus in Maharashtra.

The resumption of both, intra-state and inter-state bus travel, has effectively ended the long and anxious wait for lakhs of travelers longing for hassle-free travel across cities, within and outside the state, post the lifting of travel restrictions imposed due to the second wave of Covid. Around 17000+ private and MSRTC buses will now ply on 48000+ routes, expecting a high demand for travel to big cities as people hope to return to their cities of work at the earliest.

Some of the routes where an increase in demand has been witnessed post resumption of services, for both Private bus operators and MSRTC, are listed below:

Private Bus Operators	MSRTC
Nagpur-Pune	Pune-Mumbai
Jalgaon-Pune	Kalyan-Pune
Pune-Latur	Pune-Nashik
Mumbai-Pune	Nashik-Mumbai
Pune-Nagpur	Solapur-Pune

Last year, redBus had launched, ‘Safety+’, a unique certification for bus operators who meet the highest standards of safety and sanitization. The redBus ticketing platform indicates operators with this certification with a Safety+ tag next to the bus listing, enabling users to opt for such operators or buses.

The buses listed under ‘Safety+’ will ensure the following:

• Deep cleaning and disinfection of buses before and after every trip
• Masked drivers and helpers
• Thermal screening of the passengers before the trip
• 100% compliance with all government guidelines related to intercity Bus Travel.

About redBus

redBus was founded in 2006 in India and today is the world’s largest online bus ticketing platform. After having solved complex problems of bus customers in India, redBus also launched operations in Singapore and Malaysia in 2015 and acquired a majority stake in Peru based bus ticketing platform Busportal (now

redBus.Pe) in the subsequent year. With this acquisition, redBus successfully launched operations in Latin America markets, Peru & shortly thereafter, Colombia.

redBus has globally sold more than 180 million bus tickets till date and has a customer base of around 20 million users. redBus is now part of the MakeMyTrip group (Nasdaq, MMYT) which is the largest travel aggregator in India with offerings across categories such as Flights, Hotels, Holiday Packages, etc.

The business owns three products - redBus™, redProWin™ and redBus Partner™, which come together to serve and address the fragmented bus industry across geographies.

·   redBus™ is the popular consumer-facing travel brand enabling customers to buy bus tickets online. Consumers, depending on where they live, can access redBus on the web (

redbus.in, redbus.my, redbus.sg, redbus.id, redbus.pe and redbus.co).  They can also download the high rated redBus mobile app from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. We enable a customer to search for bus services on a route of his/her choice, reserve a seat and make a payment to confirm the booking, thus bringing the seller and buyer on a single platform to facilitate easy bus booking.

·   redProWin™ is a cloud-based solution built for bus operators. Approximately 2500+ bus operators in India, SEA and Latin America use this platform for their day to day operations. The revolutionary inventory management software ensures seat realization and resource utilization, thus improving revenue and profitability for bus operators. Over the years, through the use of engineering & data analytics, redBus has offered features such as LIVE bus tracking, dynamic pricing, customer relationship management, etc., which have helped bus operators improve operational efficiency as well as service quality.

·   redBus Partner™ is a GDS for bus inventory distribution and is used by more than 20,000 retail agents and 200+ OTAs to sell bus tickets to their customers.