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Overview
The distance between Mumbai and Pune is about 148 kilometres. Driving this distance can take around 2 hours and 30 minutes, more when you take public transportation such as a bus or a train. By bus, journey duration would be around 3 hours, more or less. Fortunately, there are plenty of both government-operated and privately-operated buses plying this route. Below, we would highlight the different buses plying between Mumbai and Pune.
Buses from Mumbai to Pune
1. Government-Operated Buses - The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) operates plenty of buses plying between Mumbai and Pune. The
MSRTC has day ordinary, night ordinary and semi-luxury buses. Fares are on the mid-range, from Rs. 231 up to Rs. 446 per passenger. Journey duration is around 3 hours and 15 minutes up to 3 hours and 30 minutes. Below is the time table of the MSRTC buses, for the day ordinary, night ordinary and semi-luxury ones.
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Estimated Arrival Time |
| Bus No. 1 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 5:00 | 8:15 |
| Bus No. 3 | Borivali Nancy Colony - 5:30 | 8:45 |
| Bus No. 4 | Parel - 5:45 | 9:00 |
| Bus No. 5 | Parel - 6:00 | 9:15 |
| Bus No. 6 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 6:00 | 9:15 |
| Bus No. 7 | Mumbai Central - 6:00 | 9:15 |
| Bus No. 12 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 6:30 | 9:45 |
| Bus No. 13 | Parel - 6:45 | 10:00 |
| Bus No. 14 | Parel - 7:00 | 10:15 |
| Bus No. 15 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 7:30 | 10:45 |
| Bus No. 17 | Parel - 8:00 | 11:15 |
| Bus No. 18 | Dadar East - 8:00 | 11:15 |
| Bus No. 19 | Borivali Nancy Colony - 8:00 | 11:15 |
| Bus No. 20 | Dadar East - 10:00 | 13:15 |
| Bus No. 21 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 10:00 | 13:15 |
| Bus No. 22 | Dadar East - 10:00 | 13:15 |
| Bus No. 25 | Dadar East - 11:00 | 14:15 |
| Bus No. 26 | Parel - 11:15 | 14:30 |
| Bus No. 27 | Parel - 11:16 | 14:31 |
| Bus No. 29 | Mumbai - 11:30 | 14:45 |
| Bus No. 32 | Mumbai Central - 15:00 | 18:15 |
| Bus No. 33 | Mumbai Central - 15:00 | 18:15 |
| Bus No. 35 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 17:00 | 20:15 |
| Bus No. 43 | Parel - 21:30 | 00:45 |
| Bus No. 49 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 23:00 | 2:15 |
These are all the day ordinary buses operated by the MSRTC. As you can see, they have different boarding points, namely: Kurla Nehru Nagar, Borivali Nancy Colon, Parel, Mumbai Central and Dadar East. Some of these buses have other destinations though so make sure that you ask the driver to drop you off at Pune.
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Estimated Arrival Time |
| Bus No. 2 | Dadar - 5:00 | 8:15 |
| Bus No. 34 | Borivali Nancy Colony - 15:30 | 18:45 |
| Bus No. 36 | Borivali Nancy Colony - 18:00 | 21:15 |
| Bus No. 37 | Parel - 18:00 | 21:15 |
| Bus No. 38 | Kurla Nehru Nagar - 18:01 | 21:16 |
| Bus No. 39 | Parel - 18:30 | 21:45 |
| Bus No. 40 | Parel - 20:00 | 23:15 |
| Bus No. 41 | Parel - 20:15 | 23:30 |
| Bus No. 42 | Parel - 20:30 | 23:45 |
| Bus No. 45 | Parel - 21:45 | 01:00 |
| Bus No. 46 | Parel - 22:15 | 01:30 |
| Bus No. 47 | Parel - 22:30 | 01:45 |
| Bus No. 48 | Parel - 22:30 | 01:45 |
These are all the night ordinary buses plying from Mumbai to Pune, operated by the MSRTC. They also have different boarding points in Mumbai, namely, Dadar, Borivali Nancy Colony and Kurla Nehru Nagar. There are buses operating as early as 5:00 and as late as 22:30.
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Estimated Arrival Time |
| Bus No. 11 | Mumbai Central - 6:30 | 9:45 |
| Bus No. 16 | Mumbai Central - 8:00 | 11:15 |
| Bus No. 23 | Dadar East - 10:30 | 13:45 |
| Bus No. 24 | Parel - 10:30 | 13:45 |
| Bus No. 28 | Parel - 11:30 | 14:45 |
| Bus No. 30 | Parel - 12:30 | 15:45 |
| Bus No. 31 | Parel - 13:30 | 16:45 |
| Bus No. 44 | Mumbai Central - 21:30 | 00:45 |
Lastly, these are the semi-luxury buses plying from Mumbai to Pune. They are quite few as compared to the other types of buses. There are buses plying as early as 6:30 and as late as 21:30. Boarding points are only in Mumbai Central, Dadar East and Parel.
2. Privately-Operated Buses - There are also different private buses plying from Mumbai to Pune. Rates are a bit higher though with these buses as compared to the government-operated ones. Journey duration is on the higher side too, at about 4 hours or more.
| Anand Travel Non AC Buses |
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Arrival Time | Fare |
| Bus No. 1 | Bhayandar East - 10:15 | 16:00 | Rs. 1,000 |
| Bus No. 2 | Mumbai Central - 11:30 | 15:45 | Rs. 1,000 |
| City Link AC Sleeper Buses |
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Arrival Time | Fare |
| Bus No. 1 | Mumbai Central - 20:00 | 1:30 | Rs. 550 |
| Bus No. 2 | Crawford Market - 20:45 | 00:30 | Rs. 550 |
| Chintamani Travels Non AC Sleeper Buses |
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Arrival Time | Fare |
| Bus No. 1 | Crawford Market - 15:15 | 19:15 | Rs. 570 |
| Bus No. 2 | Crowford Market - 18:00 | 23:00 | Rs. 570 |
| Dolphin Travel House Non AC Sleeper and AC Sleeper Buses |
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Arrival Time | Fare |
| Bus No. 1 (AC Sleeper) | Dadar East - 14:00 | 19:15 | Rs. 475 |
| Bus No. 2 (AC Sleeper) | Dadar East - 16:30 | 21:30 | Rs. 570 |
| Bus No. 3 (AC Sleeper) | Dadar East - 23:15 | 19:15 | Rs. 570 |
| Bus No. 4 (Non AC Sleeper) | Borivali West - 15:30 | 20:30 | Rs. 570 |
| Bus No. 5 (Non AC Sleeper) | Borivali West - 15:30 | 21:55 | Rs. 665 |
| Gujarat Travels AC Sleeper and AC Volvo Buses |
| Bus Number | Departure Station - Time | Arrival Time | Fare |
| Bus No. 1 (AC Sleeper) | Borivali East - 4:10 | 7:25 | Rs. 310 to Rs. 410 |
| Bus No. 2 (AC Sleeper) | Borivali East - 7:35 | 11:45 | Rs. 310 to Rs. 410 |
| Bus No. 3 (AC Sleeper) | Borivali East - 18:05 | 21:30 | Rs. 310 to Rs. 410 |
| Bus No. 4 (Volvo AC) | Borivali East - 4:10 | 7:05 | Rs. 410 to Rs. 1,210 |
| Bus No. 5 (Volvo AC) | Borivali East - 6:30 | 10:05 | Rs. 410 to Rs. 1,210 |
| Bus No. 6 (Volvo AC) | Borivali East - 8:30 | 12:40 | Rs. 410 to Rs. 1,210 |
These are just some of the private buses plying from Mumbai to Pune. You can book these buses via RedBus or Via, which both has booking facilities for buses. Or you can directly reach the bus stations mentioned above and book the bus from there.
Conclusion
There are many buses plying from Mumbai to Pune so riding one won't be an issue at all. You have the option of ordinary buses, semi-luxury buses, night buses, AC sleeper buses, non AC sleeper buses and even Volvo buses. Journey isn't too tiring as well since it's just under 4 hours, at the most. I hope this helps you.
