Ulaanbaatar
Eighty Percent of Public Transport Fleet to be Renovated This Year
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Ulaanbaatar Public Transportation will be upgraded with the addition of 384 new buses this year.
The Spokesperson of the Office of the Governor of the Capital City, N. Sugar, said, "224 buses will be purchased initially. Right now 100 of them are at the border checkpoint of Erlian city of China and they will arrive in Ulaanbaatar on January 10, which is going to be in service on January 15. The remaining 124 buses will be brought to Ulaanbaatar in February".
Over
MNT 340 billion is planned in this year’s state budget to renovate the public
transport fleet. In 2022-2023, over 856 buses and trolleybuses will be out of
service. Therefore, the Citizens’ Representative Khural of the capital city is
aiming to complete 80 percent of the public transport renovation with the
support of the government, and the works are underway.
100 buses were brought last year and 50 of them are in school services.
According to the experts, about 1432 buses are needed to improve the quality and accessibility of public transport. There are 1240 public buses and trolleybuses of 19 companies’ are registered on 134 routes. But only 985 buses are operated.
