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Sharjah buses to run on natural gas ‘by year-end’

SHARJAH — Sharjah Transport plans to start its mass public transport network system by the last quarter of this year. All buses plying within the emirate will be operated using compressed natural gas (CNG).

Speaking to Khaleej Times, Abdallah M. Al Zari, Director-General of Sharjah Transport, said: “During a three-day workshop held from March 26 to 29 at the Sharjah Expo Centre, Sharjah Transport undertook a technical study to consider the implementation of the public transport system in the emirate. For this purpose, we have appointed specialised consultants from Singapore (CBG) to conduct the study.”

He said that the Singaporean consultants had prepared the final recommendations which were discussed during the workshop on UITB (International Association of Public Transport). The workshop was attended by five experts from Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, the UK and Jordan. He said that CBG from Singapore also attended the workshop so as to present the draft report of their study.

Al Zari said that Sharjah Transport had studied the report and concluded recommendations to implement the public transport network.