National Bus Company to acquire fifteen new diesel buses 

The National Bus Company is looking to acquire some fifteen diesel buses in the coming weeks as part of efforts to strengthen and modernize its fleet. Minister of Transport, Dr. Louis Zabaneh says the additional buses are intended to improve reliability, increase passenger capacity, and ensure that commuters receive a more dependable transportation service across the country. According to the minister, the move is aimed at complementing the company’s existing fleet to meet increasing public demand.

Dr. Louis Zabaneh, Minister of Transport: “In the immediate future, I’m talking in the next two to three months, we are going to be procuring newer diesel buses to ensure that the continuity of service is there, the quality is there. And again, we knew that we’d have to do some of that. A part of it too will be to gather a certain percentage of the present fleet and auction that on the market. So those are things that we already had planned for from day one, and it’s just a matter of execution. So over the next few months, those things will be done. At this time, we’re thinking we’d need between 15 and 20 buses. Once we get in about 20 new buses, when I say that new used buses, that’s part of the process of ensuring that we minimize the breaking down on the roads and we keep at least a minimum standard where the buses are air conditioned and they have bucket seats and that sort of thing. Right, so then once we do that, we anticipate that that should be done within the next two months. I would say then the fleet would be in a very good condition to give good service all the way up until they’re all taken out by the end of next year. So that’s how it’s staged out right now.”