New buses № 65 came on the route in Almaty

According to Kanat Nurlybekov, deputy general director of "AvtoAlma Trans" LLP, 26 buses on the route No.65 were replaced first of all, since it was the most complaints from the population on it.

"To date, our fleet consists of 150 units of rolling stock, serving 10 routes. By the end of the year, we will put out 44 new buses and in the first quarter of 2018 we will bring the total number of new buses to 112. Total investments will amount to about 4 billion tenge," K. Nurlybekov said.

The carrier purchased buses of ecological class Euro-5 of the brand Yutong with a total capacity of up to 70 people. According to the representative of the car park, thanks to the introduction of the ONAY electronic ticketing system and the differentiated tariff, the carriers see real passenger traffic and revenues for each route, which together with the support from the executive committee in the form of subsidies allows them to update the buses.

As a part of the transport reform and the establishment of a sustainable public transport system in Almaty, the rolling stock is being updated.

According to the Office of Passenger Transport and Highways of the city, last week's route No. 103, which was visited by 20 new buses, was transacted for seven days at 1.8 millions KZT, passenger traffic increased 3-fold compared to previous indicators , 100% regularity is provided.

Besides 20 buses out of 297 bought by Almatytelektrotrans LLP this year, the remaining buses will arrive within two months.

Private carriers also purchase 254 new buses. Buses of the companies-carriers "BaTu Travel" LLP, "AvtoAlma-Trans" LLP, "Madina" LLP, "TalapT" LLP, "Samat Trans" LLP, "Green bus company" LLP began to arrive on schedule.

Earlier, LLP "Green bus company" acquired 50 new buses of Yutong brand, which were aimed at high-quality service of the sought-after routes № 50,112,126. For a week of work of new buses on the route number 112 passenger traffic has doubled.