50 JUTC buses arrive at Kingston Wharves ahead of new school year
Fifty buses which will be added to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) fleet were being unloaded on Friday afternoon at the Kingston Wharves.
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August 25, 2023

50 JUTC buses arrive at Kingston Wharves ahead of new school year

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Fifty buses which will be added to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company’s (JUTC) fleet were being unloaded on Friday afternoon at the Kingston Wharves. The buses are expected to be rolled out for the start of the new academic year.

Earlier this year, then Minister of Transport and Mining Audley Shaw disclosed that 45 diesel and five electric buses would be added to the JUTC fleet by the end of May.

He made the announcement during his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives.

Shaw had also stated that 20 compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled units would also be added to the fleet under a joint arrangement with private-sector partners by September.

READ: 70 additional JUTC buses expected by September- Shaw

It is unclear when the CNG-fuelled units will be delivered.

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