Transjakarta Will Operate 24 Hours Non-Stop

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Moda mass transit bus type Transjakarta Capital continues to be strengthened. The addition of hundreds of buses continue to be encouraged, leading Transjakarta operational 24 hours non-stop.


Head of Jakarta Transportation Agency Udar Pristono said efforts Transjakarta bus operates 24 hours have begun to be realized from now. To support it, the addition of hundreds of new buses will be done gradually, and completed no later than at the beginning of 2014.

Pristono said that in early 2014 the number of buses will reach 1353 Transjakarta bus. The number was derived from the 669 bus that has been operating at this time, plus the addition of 684 new buses which dominated type articulated buses. The addition of 684 new buses split in two. A total of 450 bus through the budget, and 234 other buses through the auction investment.

For the 450 buses will be deployed in several corridors, while the 234 bus going back broken. As many as 76 buses to patch Transjakarta bus decaying in Corridor II and III, and 158 other buses for the new corridor has now entered the bidding process investment.

All the old bus, said Pristono, especially where conditions have started to be defective will be drawn to the workshop for repair. Once repaired, these buses will become a transit night (Amari) which operates the night until the morning.

During this time, the operational Transjakarta starts at 05:30 until 23:00. To fill the void, Amari will operate from 23:00 till 05:30. However, the number of buses Transjakarta the Amari still very minimal. For each corridor, Jakarta Transportation Department will deploy 10 buses each.

"So Transjakarta will operate 24 hours, the end of this year or early next year," said Pristono, to Kompas.com, Friday (29/03/2013).

Sources: http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2013/03/29/09220525/