According to Le Hoan, deputy director of HCM City Management Centre of Public Transport, bus passengers in HCM City would drop by half during Tet as many students and workers return to their homes.
So between January 12 and 31, the centre will slash nearly 51,000 bus trips. Bus routes 50 and 52 which mostly serve students will be temporarily suspended between January 15-29.
A bus in HCM City
On January 21, buses will only operate until 12 pm, except for bus route 20 which will run until 5 pm on the day.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, buses will operate from 8 am to 5 pm with an interval of 20-30 minutes.
Bus routes 103, 109, 152 and 72-1 which connect Tan Son Nhat International Airport will run until 12 pm on the 30th day of the 12th lunar month (January 21) and from 8 am to 5 pm on the first day of the Lunar New Year (January 22)..
However, the city will increase the non-subsidised bus route 61-3 to 36 trips per day from 16 at present on Jan 17-20. The bus route links An Suong and Thu Dau Mot stations.
HCM City is home to 126 bus routes with a total of 2,000 buses.
