DAPOLI TO MUMBAI : FULL JOURNEY : MSRTC SEMI LUXURY HIRKANI ST BUS CABIN RIDE

DAPOLI TO MUMBAI : FULL BUS JOURNEY : DAPOLI - MUMBAI CENTRAL MSRTC SEMI LUXURY HIRKANI ST BUS CABIN RIDE : MUMBAI - GOA HIGHWAY.

Dapoli is a Coastal Hillstation as well as a City in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. It lies 215 km (134 mi) south of the state capital of Mumbai. Dapoli is also known as Camp Dapoli as British set their camps in Dapoli. Many high-ranking British officers' graves are found in this town. The city also has an abandoned church from the time of the British Raj. Dapoli is home to one of the biggest Agricultural Universities in India, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeet. Dapoli is administered by the Dapoli Municipal Council.
Dapoli is considered the birthplace of Dhondo Keshav Karve , whose native village of Murud is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Dapoli.
Pandurang Vaman Kane (the recipient of BharatRatna) was a resident of Dapoli.
Dapoli is separated from the Sahyadri range by the Khed taluka. Dapoli has a seaboard of 50 km (31 mi) which stretches from Velas, Maharashtra Velas - Kelshi in the North to Dabhol in the South. The coastline differs little in its general characteristics from that of other parts of Konkan. It is densely covered by coconut farms. The principal rivers are Bharja in the north and Vashishthi in the south. A small river called Jog flows through Bandhativare, Sarang and Tadil into the Arabian Sea.
The city is located at an altitude of 800 ft (240 m). It is also called "Mini Mahabaleshwar" because of its year-round cool weather. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Arabian Sea and acts as the Main City (Taluka headquarters) for several small surrounding villages such as Agarvayangani, kelashi, Anjarle, Mandivali, Sarang, Bandhativare, Pangari, Dabhil, Sakhaloli, Bhopan, Harnai, Dabhol, Onanavse, Unhavare, Jalgaon, Devke, Gavhe, [NIGADE ]Gimhavane, Asud, Vanand, Kherdi, Karde (beach), Phansu, Pichdoli, Visapur, [[Murud, Chandranagar, Ratnagiri|Murud]] and Umberghar.

Mumbai formerly known as Bombay , the official name until 1995. Mumbai is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in the country after Delhi and the seventh-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million. As per Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million living under Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India. Mumbai is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, and the city's distinctive ensemble of Victorian and Art Deco buildings.
A resident of Mumbai is called Mumbaikar in Marathi, in which the suffix kar means a resident of. The term had been in use for quite some time but it gained popularity after the official name change to Mumbai. Older terms such as Bombayite are also in use.
(MSRTC, also known as ST) buses provide intercity transport connecting Mumbai with other towns and cities of Maharashtra and nearby states.

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation abbreviated as (MSRTC, or simply ST), is the state run bus service of Maharashtra, India which serves routes to towns and cities within Maharashtra as well as to its adjoining states. It has a fleet strength of 18449 buses. It also offers a facility for online booking of tickets for all buses. Recently From 21 may 2020 Corporation Started Goods Transportation, Private Bus Body Building, Private Vehicle Tyre Remoulding.I n Future Corporation will start Petrol Pump for Private Vehicles all over the Maharashtra.
MSRTC is operating a fleet of approximately 18,449 buses that ferry 6.7 million passengers daily.
The Ordinary, Parivartan, Asiad and City Buses are built at MSRTC's in-house workshops at Dapodi, Aurangabad, and Nagpur on Ashok Leyland and TATA chassis. These workshops produce as many as 20,000 buses per year on average. The corporation has nine tyre retreading plants along with 32 divisional workshops. The Shivneri air conditioned bus service consists of Volvo 9400R buses and Scania Metrolink buses. The Shivshahi buses are air-conditioned luxury buses which are operated by MSRTC and some private contractors.
In 2018, MSRTC added approximately a 1,000 special non-AC Vithai buses, which were introduced to ferry passengers to the pilgrim town of Pandharpur in Solapur district. They have a seating capacity of 45 seats and a similar design to that of 'Parivartan' buses.