Am really impressed with this Raj Travels guys. Last week I came from chennai by this bus only. The bus covers the distance of bangalore to chennai in 4.5 to 5 hrs.
But the things I liked are
1. Customer service. They sent a sms last week at around 6.30 PM saying the bus will be delayed by 15 minutes. The bus was at 11.30 PM, and got delayed by 15 minutes. And the bus was late by 15 minutes as they mentioned. Not earlier, not later. The driver/attendants were very polite during the journey.
2. They dont allow people to take heavy bags inside the bus. They put a baggage tag, similar to the ones in flights and give you the counterfoil. The bags are placed at the luggage storage section of the bus. In the morning, the attendant verifies your counterfoil and only then hands over the bag. And there is a baggage limit of 35 kgs as well.
3. Water bottle, and clean blankets. The blankets dont stink.
4. e-check in. You can check in through the web 
5. Unlike KPN, you dont need to register in their site for booking the tickets. You can just enter your details, take a print out of the ticket and thats about it. (The user interface is similar to that of Kingfisher airlines)
6. The arm rest in between the sits are really wide. Two people can comfortably place their hands on the arm rest. You dont need to fight with the co passenger over the arm rest 
Needless to say the journey was very comfortable. Check it out sometime. And do have a look at the 360 degree view of the bus in their site.
on 10 Oct 2006 at 2:27 pm # vatsan
ticket price?
on 10 Oct 2006 at 4:55 pm # pricemaster
Rs.561 from Chennai to Bangalore. I have travelled by this earlier. It is comfortable and service is good. As mentioned the bus is fast.
on 10 Oct 2006 at 4:57 pm # pricemaster
Link was wrong. Try again
http://www.rajnationalexpress.in
on 10 Oct 2006 at 5:28 pm # :-) smiley
service is gud…..
he offers tickets at differrent rates during the week and at the weekend… check out the prices durin diwali…675 to chennai..
buisness tactics…
on 11 Oct 2006 at 9:39 am # Whoosh
Well, too costly man!
I’ll stick with the KSRTC Volvo for the time being! 
on 11 Oct 2006 at 10:33 am # Bala.G
Have you travelled in KSRTC Volvo bus..thats also very nice
on 11 Oct 2006 at 11:47 am # F e r r a r i
Vatsan,
It depends on time of travel. Between 560 to 640
pricemaster,
yep. And I have mentioned the link in my post
If you see travels like sharma, this is far better!
Whoosh and Bala.G,
KSRTC is good too, but availability of tickets and ease of booking is a problem
on 03 Dec 2006 at 1:36 am # raj travels :: Newstack
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