translated from Spanish: 115 electric buses add to The Alameda de Santiago Axis

The Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, together with the mayor of Santiago, Felipe Alessandri, announced today the arrival of 115 new electric buses that will be added this Monday to capital public transport. With this, 51% of the fleet circulating on the Alameda axis will have Standard Red and will have air conditioning, universal access, wifi, USB ports and environmentally friendly technology. The buses, which will be operated by the company STP, will make tours in the communes of Maipú, Cerrillos, Central Station, La Florida, Las Condes, Providencia and Las Condes, and some of them will run along the Alameda axis.” With the arrival of these 115 buses, from this Monday the circulating electric fleet will reach 676 vehicles in the Metropolitan Region. This is another step in consolidating a public transport system that delivers more comfortable conditions for people and has clean and environmentally friendly technologies”, noted Hutt.La Secretary of State added that, within the coming weeks, another 100 electric buses will be added, a process that is part of the gradual entry of 1,160 Network-standard buses to be completed next September and that will allow a fleet of 2,220 buses Network, equivalent to 32% of the fleet.” It is very important to avoid crowds, especially in a structural axis such as the Alameda, so the injection of these new buses is vital not to generate possible pockets of contagion. From Monday, pedestrians and drivers will be stepped up, so that those who transit Santiago have their respective permit. I reiterate the call to come to the center only if it is strictly necessary and to prefer the formalities via digital”, said the mayor of Santiago.La accession of the new machines is made at the time of the start of the transition phase in the communes of Santiago and Estación Central, Minister Gloria Hutt reported that from Monday a plan of strengthening will be implemented in the metropolitan public transport system.” The operation of 100% of the system fleet will be available, as both communes are a structuring axis of public transport. This means that there will be 500 additional buses on the Alameda axis during the entire operating hours, which starts at 5:30 hrs. and 20:30 hrs., when the last bus offices are held,” the MTT owner reported. For his part, Fernando Saka, director of Metropolitan Public Transport, commented that “from this Monday, the operation of the transport system returns with full capacity in all hours until the beginning of the curfew, in order to provide greater transport offer during the working days. It is important that people take the necessary safeguards to avoid contagion, so it is essential to use masks and alcohol gel.” In the case of Metro, on Monday the stations San Ramón, Santa Julia and La Granja de la Línea 4a will reopen and there will be reinforcement in the offer of trains at peak times. For its part, Tren Central will make a gradual increase in the supply of trains and perform injections of empty trains in rush hour to promote the mobility of users. The authorities also reported that interventions were made at 220 sephoran crossings in the communes of Santiago and Estación Central to speed up pedestrian displacement and avoid concentration of people on the corners.

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