Youngman Neoplan Joints Road and Railway Competition
2010-01-15 Source：www.chinabuses.org
Summarize：The first luxurious passenger transport line from Weifang to Jinan dredged on the morning Jan. 12th, 2010, and it takes only two and a half hour to finish the full distance of 200 km. And all the buses in this line are Neoplan high-end luxurious buses, and the seats are reduced to 34 from 47 seats which are all adjustable aviation seats. The price is only 55 yuan. And a bus will depart every 45 minutes, and half an hour was cut down. And the tickets were sold rather well on the first day which is out of people’s expectations. Someone said that over 30% passengers were reduced in the two major Weifang bus stations, and the luxurious bus line can hopefully bring Weifang road passenger transport into luxurious bus era.
www.chinabuses.org: The first luxurious passenger transport line from Weifang to Jinan dredged on the morning Jan. 12th, 2010, and it takes only two and a half hour to finish the full distance of 200 km. And all the buses in this line are Neoplan high-end luxurious buses, and the seats are reduced to 34 from 47 seats which are all adjustable aviation seats. The price is only 55 yuan. And a bus will depart every 45 minutes, and half an hour was cut down. And the tickets were sold rather well on the first day which is out of people’s expectations. Someone said that over 30% passengers were reduced in the two major Weifang bus stations, and the luxurious bus line can hopefully bring Weifang road passenger transport into luxurious bus era.
Passengers in the bus
And this is only the first step for Weifang passenger transport company to purchase ten luxurious buses serving Weifang to Jinan line. And gradually luxurious buses will be put into Qingdao and Yantai etc prime lines, and finally all buses running on the highway will be replaced by luxurious buses.
And the biggest advantages of the buses are comfort. The use of sofa business seats and headrest make passengers feel like lying on leather sofa at home; the additional eight air chambers reduce shakes during journey.
Passengers in the bus
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Recently during the competitions between CRH lines and road passenger transport, fierce competitions on passengers are inevitable. According to statistics over 30% passengers were reduced in the two major Weifang bus stations. Businessman and people go for tourism is mostly influenced, and students and workers are less affected. And we may find that passengers to go to Jinan and Qingdao will be clearly lessened when passenger flow peak period.
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