From April 1, 16 bus routes in Ho Chi Minh City will use new vehicles.

On the afternoon of March 31, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Center announced that it will replace the entire fleet of 16 high-quality bus routes.

According to this unit, through the bidding process for the operation of subsidized bus routes in the city, the Public Transport Management Center has selected the unit to operate 16 bus routes and put them into operation from April 1, 2024.

Từ 1/4, 16 tuyến buýt ở TP.HCM sử dụng phương tiện mới - Ảnh 1. — High quality B55 Golden Dragon bus fleet is ready for operation

A representative of Phuong Trang Passenger Transport Joint Stock Company - FUTA Bus Lines said that the company's vehicles put into operation on 11 routes are 100% new B55 Golden Dragon models, ensuring comfort and safety. In addition, Saigon Passenger Transport Joint Stock Company operates 5 bus routes with numbers 6, 10, 50, 52, 91.

Passengers will have more choices of high-quality buses to travel within the city. This contributes to improving service convenience, bringing a new look to public transport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Thereby contributing to creating the habit of using public transport among people, reducing personal vehicles, solving traffic congestion and minimizing environmental pollution.

Also according to Phuong Trang Passenger Transport Joint Stock Company - FUTA Bus Lines, 11 bus routes operated by the company are free of charge for children 1.3m or taller; war invalids and sick soldiers (present war invalids and sick soldiers card).

At the same time, free tickets are provided for people with disabilities (presenting a free bus pass), the elderly (presenting documents proving they are 70 years of age or older) and people with a free bus pass issued by a competent authority.

It is known that Phuong Trang - FUTA Bus Lines is currently operating a total of 102 city bus routes and 64 inter-provincial routes nationwide.

Từ 1/4, 16 tuyến buýt ở TP.HCM sử dụng phương tiện mới - Ảnh 2. — The new batch of buses is fully equipped with cameras, ticket machines... ready to go into operation.

Previously, many bus passengers expressed their wish that Ho Chi Minh City replace many bus routes with new buses, because the old and degraded buses on some routes lead to lack of safety, environmental impact and reduced attractiveness to people.

16 bus routes with a total of 239 new buses put into operation in the city from April 1 are expected to contribute to improving service quality and meeting people's travel needs.

The fare for the route remains unchanged from the present, 6,000 VND per passenger, 135,000 VND/30 tickets. The fare for students is 5,000 VND.

Ho Chi Minh City currently has about 90 subsidized bus routes. Recently, the authorities have bid to operate the routes according to new criteria, and so far, more than 20 routes have been selected for operation, with a term of 5 years.

The bidding mechanism for operating routes helps create competition, select qualified units, improve service quality, and attract more bus passengers. The 5-year contract also helps businesses proactively develop plans, calculate revenue and profits to implement customer attraction plans.

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