TAW Win Transportation Company has added new taxis to its Nay Pyi Taw fleet and has started offering regular service in addition to its on-call service, said Colonel Myo Myint (Retired), the managing director at Bandoola Transportation Company, which manages the taxi company.

“We used to have 15 on-call taxis in Nay Pyi Taw. Now there are 20 taxis and five are running as ordinary taxis under the name Taw Win Taxi,” he said.
He said fares for the taxis, which went into service on October 1, are the same as for tuk tuks.

“The taxis are now running on petrol but they will soon be converted to compressed natural gas (CNG) power. Then fares will be reduced and set like Parami taxis in Yangon,” he said.

“When all 20 vehicles are converted to CNG they will all run as ordinary taxis,” he said.

Meanwhile, Taw Win bus line on October 1 also launched a new Nay Pyi Taw-Lewe-Tharwithti-Yaeni route served by four buses.

“We launched it because of the demand from people who live in Yaeni and work in Nay Pyi Taw,” Col Myo Myint said.

Bus fares are K100 for each section with the whole trip of about 80 kilometres (50 miles) costing K600.

Taw Win already runs buses on Nay Pyi Taw-Taungoo and Nay Pyi Taw-Tatkon routes.