Connecting bus route 61-05 from Thu Dau Mot to Ho Chi Minh City National University area to serve students' travel

According to the representative of the Public Transport Management Center (HCMC Department of Construction), route 61-05 has the route Thu Dau Mot - National University - new Eastern bus station, replacing the old route Thu Dau Mot - Tan Van - new Eastern bus station.

The entire new route is 25km long, with a travel time of 65 minutes/trip, operating from 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily.

Detailed route of the route:

Departure: Binh Duong bus station - 30-4 street - Binh Duong avenue - Ong Bo bridge intersection - DT 743 - 550 intersection - Ly Thuong Kiet street - Nguyen An Ninh street - Tran Hung Dao street - national highway 1K - To Vinh Dien street - National University area (Luong Dinh Cua street - Mac Dinh Chi street - Nguyen Du street - Le Quy Don street - Creative Square street, area A of National University) - parallel road of national highway 1A - D400 street - Hoang Huu Nam street - new Eastern bus station.

Return: New Eastern Bus Station - Hoang Huu Nam Street - D400 Street - Highway 1A parallel road - National University area (Road 621A - Creative Square Area A - Le Quy Don Street - Nguyen Du Street - Mac Dinh Chi Street - Luong Dinh Cua Street) - To Vinh Dien Street - Highway 1K - Tran Hung Dao Street - Nguyen An Ninh Street - Ly Thuong Kiet Street - DT 743 - 550 intersection - Ong Bo Bridge intersection - Binh Duong Boulevard - 30-4 Street - Binh Duong bus station.

The preferential fare continues to be applied to students, in which students in the National University campus only 3,000 VND/trip, students from other schools 15,000 VND/trip, and pupils 10,000 VND/trip. In addition, monthly tickets for students are 600,000 VND/month.

The center representative added that the above adjustment of Route 61-05 helps to strengthen inter-regional public transport connections between areas in Ho Chi Minh City, contributing to reducing private vehicles and supporting the travel needs of students in university urban areas.

In the coming time, the center will continue to coordinate with the National University to review the actual passenger traffic, propose to expand the number of peak hour trips and update the list of stops on campus to improve the service quality of the bus industry.

National University internal bus route to open soon

Mr. Le Hoan - Deputy Director of the Public Transport Management Center (HCMC Department of Construction) - said that HCMC is currently implementing procedures and inviting bids to open bus route 170 (bus station area A - bus station area B) running within the Ho Chi Minh City National University from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Route 170 is organized mainly to serve students and people to travel conveniently from bus station A to bus station B, solving some existing problems. Especially, continuing to improve the bus network connecting to metro station No. 1.

"Recently, units have regularly surveyed the travel needs of students between universities, dormitories... to continue perfecting the plan to organize internal bus routes in the urban area of Ho Chi Minh City National University. From there, connect universities, functional areas, and metro stations of Ho Chi Minh City National University," said Mr. Hoan.

Previously, the route of bus route 33 was shortened and no longer passed through some points in the National University area (from August 1), including the pick-up point at dormitory area B, causing many students to have difficulty traveling. To solve the problem, the center arranged many connecting bus routes and studied a series of solutions to respond.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/ket-noi-tuyen-xe-buyt-61-05-tu-thu-dau-mot-vao-khu-dai-hoc-quoc-gia-tp-hcm-phuc-vu-sinh-vien-di-lai-1019973.html