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New Straits Times
2 days ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
Rapid Kuantan to continue bus services until new operator appointed
KUANTAN: Rapid Kuantan, which has been operating stage bus services in the state capital since 2012, will continue servicing the routes here as there have been no updates on the new operator. Pahang Public Works, Transport and Health Committee chairman Datuk Ir. Razali Kassim assured that Rapid Kuantan would continue providing services until a new concessionaire takes over. "There are no new developments regarding the Rapid stage buses (to cease operations). So, they will continue offering services as usual," he told the New Straits Times when met at the Gambang toll plaza yesterday. Rapid Kuantan did not submit a bid for the Stage Bus Service Transformation 2.0 (SBST 2.0) programme in Kuantan, citing rising operational costs. Their services were initially expected to end last month. Last year, Razali had said, based on information from the Land Public Transport Agency, that a new concessionaire was expected to begin stage bus operations in Kuantan starting May this year. Earlier, Razali, accompanied by Pahang Road Transport Department director Syed Ahmad Khairulanwar Alyahya Syed Abdul Rahman, distributed goodies to motorists at the toll plaza as part of the Aidiladha Road Safety Advocacy Programme.
New Straits Times
2 days ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
Rapid Kuantan to continue servicing bus routes pending new operator
KUANTAN: Rapid Kuantan, which has been operating stage bus services in the state capital since 2012, will continue servicing the routes here as there have been no updates on the new operator. Pahang Public Works, Transport and Health Committee chairman Datuk Ir. Razali Kassim assured that Rapid Kuantan would continue providing services until a new concessionaire takes over. "There are no new developments regarding the Rapid stage buses (to cease operations). So, they will continue offering services as usual," he told the New Straits Times when met at the Gambang toll plaza yesterday. Rapid Kuantan did not submit a bid for the Stage Bus Service Transformation 2.0 (SBST 2.0) programme in Kuantan, citing rising operational costs. Their services were initially expected to end last month. Last year, Razali had said, based on information from the Land Public Transport Agency, that a new concessionaire was expected to begin stage bus operations in Kuantan starting May this year. Earlier, Razali, accompanied by Pahang Road Transport Department director Syed Ahmad Khairulanwar Alyahya Syed Abdul Rahman, distributed goodies to motorists at the toll plaza as part of the Aidiladha Road Safety Advocacy Programme.
