Smart Selangor bus service in Subang Jaya resumes in full

PETALING JAYA: All five Smart Selangor bus routes in Subang Jaya have resumed service.
In an announcement on its social media pages Friday (June 20), the Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) included the bus route frequency for routes SJ01, SJ02, SJ03, SJ04 and SJ05.
There are three buses each for routes SJ01 (BRT/LRT USJ7 - KTMB Subang Jaya), SJ02 (LRT Pusat Bandar Puchong - LRT SS18) and SJ03 (BRT/LRT Kinrara BK5 - SMK Bandar Puchong Jaya), while four buses serve SJ04 (KTM Serdang - Hospital Serdang) and SJ05 (Putra Permai - Taman Bukit Serdang).
For SJ04, an MBSJ spokesperson said a third bus was coming soon.
The bus service was halted on May 2 because of issues in obtaining a bus route permit from the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) by bus operator SKS Coachbuilders Sdn Bhd.
Meanwhile, APAD clarified that the bus operator had submitted the application late and the disruption was not because of a delay in processing the permit.
According to MBSJ, SJ01, SJ02 and SJ03 resumed service on May 26.

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