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The fleet

Our coaches

Mahalaxmi runs air-conditioned sleeper, seater-sleeper and seater coaches. Here’s what each one is like, and how to choose your berth.

On the road

  • Two lime-green Mahalaxmi sleeper coaches driving one behind the other on an empty divided highway at night, headlights on and blue marker lights along the roof, seen from above.
    Two of our lime-green sleepers on the highway at night.
  • A jade-green and black Mahalaxmi sleeper coach parked on a village road in daylight, with www.mahalaxmibus.in along the upper windows and curtains drawn across the berth windows.
    A jade-green and black sleeper, by daylight.
  • A red and white Mahalaxmi sleeper coach with a black window band, parked at the roadside in daylight, its blue MahaLaxmi name on the side.
    The red and white livery.
  • Two lime-green Mahalaxmi sleeper coaches seen from behind in a lit road tunnel at night, Maha Laxmi written across the rear panel.
    Through a lit tunnel, after dark.

Coach types

You’ll find these in our search results, and every bus there says exactly which coach it is.

A/C sleeper · 2+1

Volvo 9600 multi-axle

Berths only, on two decks: single berths along one side of the aisle, pairs along the other.

A/C seater/sleeper · 2+1

BharatBenz

Berths on both decks. Some coaches also have seats on the lower deck; the seat map shows exactly which.

A/C seater · 2+2

Mercedes-Benz multi-axle

Seats only, on one deck: two on each side of the aisle.

How to read a layout

2+1

FrontAisle
  • Single
  • Pair

Two berths on one side of the aisle, one on the other. The pairs suit two people travelling together.

2+2

FrontAisle

Two seats on each side of the aisle.

Travelling alone?

Choose a berth on the single side of a 2+1 coach. Nobody sleeps beside you.

Lower or upper berth

Fares can differ between lower and upper berths. The live seat map shows the exact fare of every berth.

Lower berth

Near the floor: easy to get in and out of, and close to the aisle.

Upper berth

Above the lower berth: you climb up, and you’re out of the aisle’s way.

Inside

From our own gallery. Fittings vary from coach to coach.

  • The aisle of a sleeper coach: berths with blue woven covers on both sides, padded terracotta walls and lights overhead.
    Berths line both sides of the aisle.
  • A view down a sleeper coach’s aisle: berth fronts printed with white flowers, grab handles, and a lit wood-look floor leading to the back.
    Down the aisle, toward the back of the coach.
  • Inside a sleeper berth: a wood-grain wall with two bottle holders, a maroon curtain over the window, two air vents in the ceiling and a brightly patterned sheet.
    Inside a berth: curtain, bottle holders, air vents.
  • A narrow sleeper-coach aisle under a ceiling of small star lights, with white berth doors, round handles and numbered berth plates.
    Another coach, with a starry ceiling over the aisle.

See a real seat map

Every bus in our search results opens its own live seat map, berth by berth.

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