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Sleek and clean: A new Transjakarta bus passes the National Monument (Monas) shelter in Central Jakarta
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Sleek and clean: A new Transjakarta bus passes the National Monument (Monas) shelter in Central Jakarta. The bus, made by Swedish vehicle manufacturer Scania, currently transports passengers from Monas to the Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran.(JP/PRM ) (Monas) shelter in Central Jakarta. The bus, made by Swedish vehicle manufacturer Scania, currently transports passengers from Monas to the Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran.(JP/PRM )
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span class="caption">Sleek and clean: A new Transjakarta bus passes the National Monument (Monas) shelter in Central Jakarta. The bus, made by Swedish vehicle manufacturer Scania, currently transports passengers from Monas to the Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran.(JP/PRM )
The city's residents have welcomed PT Transportasi Jakarta's (Transjakarta) new fleet of Swedish-produced Scania buses. The city-owned company that manages Transjakarta has deployed a Scania bus to serve passengers before the introduction of new buses later next month.
Scania is a Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer, which specializes in producing heavy trucks and buses.
The blue-Scania bus will transport passengers from the National Monument (Monas) to the Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta (PRJ Kemayoran) and back again from May 29 to July 5.
One passenger, 25-year-old Ahmad Fattaya, said that he boarded the bus just to try it out. 'I went to Monas bus stop straight away and jumped in the bus after seeing the news on television this afternoon,' said Ahmad.
Ahmad expressed satisfaction with the bus' condition, saying that the bus reminded him of public transportation that he took while studying in London.
'This bus is clean, has well-working air conditioners and is comfortable,' he said. He added that he thought the European-made Scania was superior to the Chinese counterparts he often took on Transjakarta's Corridor 1.
Gina, a 27-year-old musician, also deliberately waited for the bus to take him and his relative to PRJ Kemayoran, and told The Jakarta Post that he thought the new bus was far better than the 'old and rickety' Transjakarta's buses he usually took on Corridor 2.
Transjakarta president director ANS Kosasih said that the company had carried out trials on the new bus from May 25 to 28.
He went on to say that another 51 buses would be procured by Transjakarta this year and that each of the buses were worth at least Rp 4.45 billion (US$333,597).
'Our plan is to see the first 20 buses start their operations serving Corridor 1 in July,' Kosasih said.
Rudy Thehamihardja of the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) said that despite the sophisticated specifications, Scania buses would still require good maintenance support. 'The existing Transjakarta buses are mostly poorly maintained,' he said. (prm)
