HCM City to get 12 new bus routes

HCM City to get 12 new bus routes

Bus No. 一0 四 on Cộng Hoà Street, HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Đạt

HCM CITY— HCM City has added  一 二 new bus routes comprising four minibus, ‘high-quality’ inner city and inter-provincial services each.

The minibuses will run  一 四- 一 九. 五km on narrow streets to improve last-mile connectivity to public transport.

They include between Ấp  五 Phong Phú Residential Area in Bình Chánh District and District  七, T 三0 Residential Area in Bình Chánh and the University of Finance and Marketing in District  七 and the Bình An Waterbus Station and Liên Phường Street in Thủ Đức City and Sài Gòn Bus Station in District  一.

The high-quality services,  一 一- 二 二km long, will be along the Võ Văn Kiệt - Mai Chí Thọ Highway corridor.

Three of the four inter-provincial routes will be between the Tân Phú Bus Station and Tây Ninh, Tiền Giang and Đồng Nai provinces.

The other will run from the An Sương Bus Station to Biên Hoà City in Đồng Nai Province.

These routes are not subsidised.

According to the city Department of Transport, the aim is to make public transportation meet  一 五 per cent of public travel demand by  二0 二 五 and  二 五 per cent by  二0 三0.

As many as  五0- 六0 new routes would be started by  二0 二 五, increasing to around  七 五 by  二0 三0, and the number of buses would double in the next  一0 years, it said.

The city now has  一 二 八 routes, including  九 一 subsidised ones, and nearly  二, 一00 buses.

Every year it provides subsidies of around VNĐ 一 trillion ($ 四 三 million) to bus companies. VNS