BUSES' RENTAL PROSPECTS * Thailand - Cabinet okay sought for new bus fleet
6,000 NGV buses to replace old diesels
Bangkok,Thailand -The Bangkok Post, by AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK -10 June 2008: -- The Transport Ministry will today seek cabinet approval for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority's (BMTA) 110-billion-baht plan to lease 6,000 new gas-fuelled, air-conditioned buses for 10 years to replace its 3,100 old diesel-fueled ordinary buses... Deputy Transport Minister Songsak Thongsri said yesterday the leasing plan was part of a project to rehabilitate the loss-ridden city bus organisation... The new gas-fuelled buses will be introduced next May together with electronic ticketing, a GPS-based bus-locating system and a new fare rate that is expected to finally free the state enterprise of its heavy debt burden... With the cabinet's approval, the BMTA will call bids and select a single bus lessor to supply 6,000 buses, he said. The lessor will also be contracted to maintain the buses and to install an electronic ticket system, a surveillance camera system, and 22 new bus depots with NGV filling stations... Mr Songsak insisted that the rental would cost the BMTA less than buying new buses. The total rent is estimated at 110.16 billion baht for 10 years...
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