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Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (right), speaks to Deputy Managing Director in charge of Engineering and Technical Services at the company’s Ashenheim Road Maintenance facility, John Campbell, about windshields which are stored at that facility, during a tour on August 27. The Managing Director, accompanied by several JUTC executives, also visited the company’s Spanish Town and Portmore depots, as well as the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre. Several buses which were out of service for lengthy periods have been repaired in time for the start of the new school term, starting on September 1. This follows an intensive maintenance programme carried out by the JUTC during the summer.
Managing Director, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (right), speaks to Deputy Managing Director in charge of Engineering and Technical Services at the company’s Ashenheim Road Maintenance facility, John Campbell, about windshields which are stored at that facility, during a tour on August 27. The Managing Director, accompanied by several JUTC executives, also visited the company’s Spanish Town and Portmore depots, as well as the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre. Several buses which were out of service for lengthy periods have been repaired in time for the start of the new school term, starting on September 1. This follows an intensive maintenance programme carried out by the JUTC during the summer.

JUTC to Add 100 Buses to KMTR Monday

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 29, 2014
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be adding 100 buses to routes in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) as of Monday (September 1). This will bring the number...
Managing Director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Colin Campbell (left), explains the process involved in registering persons for their smarter cards, during a tour of the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre on August 31. A large crowd had converged at that location to register for their smarter cards ahead of the official roll out of the JUTC’s new Electronic Fare Collection System or cashless system on September 1.

JUTC Grants One Day Amnesty to School Children

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 29, 2014
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (2nd left), in discussion with Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Mr. Desmond McKenzie (left), at a stakeholders consultation forum, held today (August 28), at the Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. The forum was used to announce the relocation of the Transport Authority (TA) to the Jamintel building at the corner of Duke and North Streets, in downtown Kingston, set for early 2016. Others (from left) are: Project Manager for the venture, Barrington McKoy, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Audrey Sewell.

Transport Authority to be Relocated

By: Garfield L. Angus, August 28, 2014

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