Remant Alton buys 140 buses for Durban service.(News)

From: The Mercury (South Africa) | Date: July 13, 2007 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Greg Dardagan

Mercedes-Benz is supplying 140 new buses in a deal worth more than R100 million to help upgrade and modernise the public bus service in the greater Durban area.

The chassis for 94 of the new 65-seater buses will come from the Mercedes-Benz factory in East London, with the bodies being added at plants in Johannesburg before delivery to Remant Alton Land Transport, which operates the Durban bus service for the eThekwini Municipality.

The balance of the buses, mainly the smaller vehicles used for the inner-city Mynah service, are being assembled in ...

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