The best at BEST museum
India, May 18 -- BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) Undertaking's museum in Anik Depot, near Wadala, takes you back to the Bombay of 1874 when trams had wooden benches with moveable back supports, and were pulled by horses. The first one ran from Sassoon Dock to Pydhonie. It couldn't turn and ran on a single track. So, the horses were moved from one end to another. The tram's moving, miniature structure is on display at the museum.
Back in the day, there were single-horse and double-horse trams that ran from 1874 to 1909. It started with approximately 200 horses in what was then called Bombay Tramway Company Ltd. When they were discontinued "because of growing traffic and new technology, there were about 1,360 horses in the fleet," says the BEST spokesperson from the museum.
On display are also the tickets which cost one to six annas. There is also a collection of currency notes of 70-plus countries and coins from 80-plus countries, all dropped by passengers in the trams and buses over the years. Another major draw is the life-size model of the first double-decker bus, from 1937. You can take a selfie sitting in the driver's seat, blowing the hand-held horn....
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