Saudi Arabia’s school transport fleet ready for new academic year

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Sun, 2019-09-01 01:18

RIYADH: The Kingdom’s school transport fleet will serve 1.2 million students from 18,000 schools in the country from Sunday as the new academic year begins, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The fleet comprises 25,000 buses and other vehicles. Around 15 percent of the buses are new. There are about 28,000 drivers, technicians, administrators and field observers engaged in providing this new service, and the school fleet is expected to make 9 million trips this year.