Hino Motor Sales (Malaysia) has supplied a fleet of Poncho minibuses to RapidKL as a part of an initiative for the development of an effective intra-city bus service to enhance first and last mile connections for commuters.
This comes as RapidKL is currently studying the feasibility of reintroducing a minibus service that was prevalent more than two decades ago, with a three-month trial run already ongoing along the T300 and T304 bus routes.
The Hino Poncho buses will be used in another trial run – handled by Rapid Bus – that caters to the T784 LRT Taman Bahagia and T201 LRT Gombak routes, which will also run for three months from October 20, 2019 to January 20, 2020.
In Japan, there are more than 2,000 units of the Hino Poncho operating within busy cities and narrow roads. The low-floor minibus measures seven metres in length, which is significantly less than current buses in operation that are around 10 to 12 metres long, making it more manoeuvrable.
Featuring a vehicle height adjusting system that is capable of vehicle height lowering and raising control, the vehicle’s height can be lowered by as much as 50 mm to make it easier for ingress and egress. Additionally, the system’s raising control allows the chassis to be lifted by up to 30 mm to improve driveability on rougher roads.
The disabled-friendly bus is capable of ferrying up to 31 passengers (including those standing) and is powered by a Euro V-compliant 5.0 litre turbodiesel engine mated to a five-speed automatic transmission. The powertrain also uses the automaker’s Diesel Particulate Reduction (DPR) system, and can operate without additional after-treatments like AdBlue urea fluid to minimise operating and maintenance costs.
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Thumbs up!! Gudjob rapid & bajet2020 !
Good governance and a cleaner Government has brought about lots of benefit for the public
Agreed but we’re still waiting for that Good governance and a cleaner Government….
Agreed the people must get all the benefits. One important dimension of being a Developed and high-income Malaysia country is having a Good public transport system. This is true both in theory and practice ….
Unfortunately the people kicked out the government that was prioritising good public transportation over flying car pet projects. Guess we know the people don’t really want good governance and being high income or developed after all. That is what the people have chosen.
Poncho… Tolong remind kan uncle, baju hujan celoreng mase khidmat dulu2. Hino ni brand toyta kan, confem relibel lettew.
Pakai poncho waktu hujan pun sama basah, sebab peluh gila inside poncho tu.
Current buses already overcrowded, smaller buses meant more jam packed like sardines. And didn’t they say getting more bus drivers is a challenge? Having more smaller buses requires more drivers so it will make this problem worse!!! A big thumbs down to Loke and co.!!!
Smaller bas perfect for busy KL city and narrow roads. Unemployed brudder2 menganggur, shud start bawak smaller bas. then level up, can bawak bigger bas and stesen…
We have something called “Bus Lane” in KL lah! Please come to KL once in a while bruder. With bus license, there’s no such thing as start from smaller, the license allows to drive big or small.
more job opportunity..no? this is addidtional bus, not to replace current bus..31 pax per bus vs 31 car on the road, which is better?
No. Those trained drivers just hop over to Sinkie for the same job at better. Doesn’t mean that just because we have supply there will be demand. There is stronger demand and pull factor across the Causeway and we cannot do anything. We can only ensure supply is more than demand but adding more buses diminishes the supply ratio. So nope. It won’t help us.
And this is fallacy to think 31 bus riders is replacing 31 cars, most times car users prefer to drive because public transports don’t go their way. Adding more buses won’t help them if it still don’t go their way so there is no reduction on car usage. Understand?
YB Loke ni… katmane2 jumpe muka dia ni.
Pasal grab, muka dia…. tinted, muka dia…
plate kereta, dia.. ni pasal bas pulak. Aik
Menyampah tengok mamat yg buat2 rajin…
Betul tu. Rajin buat kacau susahkan rakyat nak ambik Grab, rajin cari duit dgn penjualan plat nombor, rajin membantu pesalah apabila JPJ ambik tindakan, rajin dalam promosi dirinya di sana di sini. Tapi last last tak rajin buat keje dia.
Menyampah tengok mamat yg buat2 rajin…
Mosang king, anybody …?
Tak pernah dengar keje sambilan ke? At least LTL did his job first. Loke didn’t do anything except stirring trouble wherever he meddles.
They are adding busses. Not replacing regular busses lah. More bus service you lagi mau complen??
Adding buses is adding drivers. Like one above said, they have problems getting drivers so how to add more drivers?
Just wait and see.. guys. Minister of transport nak letak ppl dia sendri become bas driver lettew..
Asyik2 every the time org dia je dapat jobs…
His people will be the ones outsourcing the contracts for finding drivers. Last last you will see Banglas driving buses here. Only in Pakatan Malaysia.
Kerja pemandu & konduktor bas for his family, friends & pengikuts. Malaysia Baru maa …
Hire foreign labourers like Bengal nepali n indon to drive the buses
Obviously you’ve never been to SG & met the PRC bus driver
Probably he’s an anti-Singapore person who hasn’t been to the Lion City since forever… XD
sibuk lah sgt nak impose mandatory pakai seat belt depan, seat belt belakang, child seat and all; tapi public bus on public road still catering for standing passengers!??
Public transportation > all
Should set restriction on minibus, prohibits standing passengers. If all seats are occupied, advice queuing passengers at bus stop wait for next bus.
Last Mile. Many Stops, from bus station to condo/landed property Guard House/Office Tower.
RM50/month
If not enough Poncho, more to be introduced.
Euro V compliance only works if the diesel used is Euro5. I have a feeling they will clog up the filter and our lungs with third world Euro 2 diesel. I hope I’m wrong.
Euro 2m biodiesel b10 bro,rapidkl fleet management. have to sell the palm oil bcoz eu boycott already every year burning to clear the land & haze.
Euro 5 quite clean, asap busuk still got
Maybe you want fully electric bus
Zero emissions
euro5 also got minyak sawit
What’s with all the negativity Malaysian?? Its greener, it looks cute, could manoeuvre tighter spots, could cater to off peak hours, and areas with less passengers. If the busy Tokyo could do with it, why not us.
Tokyo can get sufficient drivers, we can’t. Buy more smaller buses only mean more buses parking at yard because of driver shortage.
Needs to be pink colour
Next time you’ll hear the bus driver yelling “belakang ada banyak tempat lagi. Masuk2 dalam lagi”.
haha…
i really miss the good o rm0.90 intrakota….
rm0.90 can go from point1, go for entire route and back to point1
Which is the main reason why Intrakota lingkup after being operation for a few years. Same goes to Putra & Star LRT services.
Nice move to minimize the traffic congestion. This should be deploy to area less passenger but still maintaining the bus route.
Increase frequency is better than increasing the capacity.
Not using bus services on daily basis..so, takmau buat2x tahu nak komen.
Good Start.
We need many of this for last miles, up to 10km radius/30mins per cycle, whichever shorter.
1 cycle 1 bus, depends on demand.
We can introduce – Autonomus Bus follows the same path in the future. AS the demands grows higher, while drivers supply getting less.
We need our Rakyat, moving. For the economy.
We have B40 staying in landed property- by Rent. low density area also need Bus service.
Up to 10km radius/30mins per cycle, whichever shorter.
1 cycle 1 bus, depends on demand.
From Taman wilayah selayang Taman desa bakti no rapidbus if rapid mini bus will be better service