Four new non-subsidised bus routes launched in Da Nang
The Da Nang Department of Transport launched four new non-subsidised bus routes in the city on Saturday. These newly designed bus routes, numbered 03, 09, 13 and 14, operate in the non-subsidised form.
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| A ribbon cutting ceremony to launch 4 non-subsidized bus routes in Da Nang. Photo: THANH LAN |
In the next 5 years, these non-subsidised bus routes will be operated by the Phuong Trang FutaBuslines Passenger Car JSC. This is also the unit operating 5 subsidised bus routes in the city.
The 4 non-subsidised bus routes have the following starting and ending points: Da Nang International Airport - Sun World Ba Na Hills tourist area (route No.03); the Cancer Hospital - Pham Hung (route No.04); the Cancer Hospital - the Viet Nam - Korea University of Information and Communications Technology (route No.13); and the Han River Port - Da Nang High-Tech Park (route No.14).
Ticket prices for bus routes are not subsidised, and the operating unit declares prices based on distance and on each different route.
Accordingly, the highest price is VND30,000 (Da Nang International Airport - Sun World Ba Na Hills), and the lowest is VND8,000 - the price is applied for pupils and students on all routes.
In particular, monthly tickets apply according to the Danabus bus ticket structure.
Pupils and students of universities, colleges, and intermediate schools (excluding work-study training systems); workers working in industrial parks; elderly people aged 60 and above; and some social policy beneficiaries will get a 50% discount on bus fares.
The detailed routes of the four non-subsidized bus routes are as follows:
Route No. 03 with a distance of 25km: Airport bus station - Man Thien - Nguyen Van Linh - Da Nang International Airport - Duy Tan - Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Tri Phuong - Dien Bien Phu - Hue T-junction (3rd floor) - Ton Duc Thang - Hoang Van Thai - Ba Na - Suoi Mo - parking lot of Ba Na Hills tourist area.
Route No. 09 with a distance of 16km: Da Nang Cancer Hospital - Hoang Thi Loan - Nguyen Sinh Sac - Ton Duc Thang - Hoang Van Thai - Hoang Minh Thao - Le Sao - Bui Tan Dien - Le Dinh Ky - Le Trong Tan - Ton Dan - Vu Lang - Truong Chinh - Le Dai Hanh - Ong Ich Duong - Cam Le bridge - Pham Hung - Pham Hung Bus Station.
Route No. 13 with a distance of 19km: the Da Nang Cancer Hospital - Hoang Thi Loan - Nam Tran - Ton Duc Thang - Hue T-junction (2nd floor) - Truong Chinh - Le Dai Hanh - Nguyen Huu Tho - Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge - Vo Chi Cong - Tran Dai Nghia - the Viet Nam - Korea University of Information and Communications Technology.
Route No. 14 with a distance of 26.1km: Han River Port - Dong Da - Tran Phu - Le Duan - March 29 Park - Dien Bien Phu - Hue T-junction (2nd floor) - Hoang Thi Loan - Nguyen Sinh Sac - Ton Duc Thang - Nguyen Luong Bang - Au Co - DT602 Street - DT601 Street - Nguyen Tat Thanh - road connecting Centralised IT Center - road number 5 (connecting to Da Nang High-Tech Park) - Street No. 14 - Street No. 9 - Central Street - Street No. 12 - Da Nang High-Tech Park bus station.
GAZelle B26 brand buses, meeting Euro 5 emission standards and Viet Nam’s registration regulations, are used on the routes. The routes will run every 10-30 minutes depending on the route from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm every day.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Transport Dang Nam Son said that in 2023, the Department directed the local Traffic Lights and Public Transport Management Centre to conduct surveys about people's travel needs, build roadmaps and activity charts, and invite bids for the operation of four new non-subsidised bus routes in the city.
He also highlighted that the launching of the non-subsidised bus routes was a premise for the local transport sector to continue researching and proposing to open new bus routes and other types of public transport from now until 2030 in order to meet people's travel needs.
Reporting by THANH LAN - Translating by M.DUNG