A three per cent rise in passengers and three new air-conditioned bus routes is what the BEST undertaking did on day two of its fare cut with monetary losses running in lakhs of rupees.

"The BEST Undertaking started three new hybrid AC bus routes in the island city- AS1 between CSMT station and NCPA, AS-8 between World Trade Centre and Churchgate Station and AS 172= PK Kurne Chowk (Doordarshan Worli) to Plaza Cinema, Dadar, with a very good response," a BEST official said.