To serve people during the National Day holiday (September 2), HCM City will increase the number of bus trips for 21 routes by over 1,000 during this occasion.
These are the routes that pass entertainment centers like the Dam Sen and Suoi Tien parks.
The routes that will have increasing numbers of trips consist of Ben Thanh Market - Dam Sen Park (No. 11), An Suong bus station - Suoi Tien Park - Hung Kings' Temple (No. 33), Dam Sen Park - An Suong bus station (No. 41), Mien Dam bus station - Dam Sen Park and some others.
If the numbers of passengers in other routes soar during this time, more buses will be mobilized.
During the holiday, some price-subsidized bus routes for students, for example Ben Thanh Market - International University (No. 52) and Ben Thanh Market - Ton Duc Thang University (No. 86) will be closed from September 1 through 3.
Meanwhile, Cat Lai and Binh Khanh wharves will offer an additional of 100 trips on the holiday. Hydrofoil firms also promise to operate at full capacity.