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Returning the Damascus-Aleppo international road to service saves time and reduces the financial burden on travelers and transportation companies in Homs and Hama

2020-02-23T16:00:11.157Z


Hama and Homs - Sana The Ministry of Transport announced yesterday that it had put the entire international route, Damascus-Aleppo, on duty after a period of interruption


Hama and Homs-Sana

The announcement by the Ministry of Transport yesterday that the entire international route, Damascus-Aleppo, was put into service after a break of more than seven years, led to a great satisfaction among the travelers and the transport companies concerned because of its positive effects.

A Sana correspondent toured the Pullman Garages in Hama and met the transport companies and a number of travelers. The director of the Ahlia Transport Company in Hama Abdel Moneim Al-Shami explained that the return of the international road to work again from Hama to Aleppo through Idlib Governorate has positive repercussions, the results of which will appear soon, the most important of which is the increase in the number of daily trips As a result of the increase in the number of travelers, especially students and merchants, and the revitalization of commercial traffic between the cities of Hama and Aleppo, by transporting goods through transport companies, which shrank significantly during the time of the road interruption due to the high cost and the length of the previous road distance.

As for the manager of Al-Saraj Transport Company, Mustafa Al-Sarraj, he pointed out that the return of the international road to service again contributed to reducing the price of the transport ticket by about 25 percent and may decrease further in the coming period due to the shorter distance the buses currently travel compared to the archaeological-Khanasser road, indicating that the company plans to increase the number of trips to Aleppo, by 60 percent.

The driver, Mahmoud Al-Ahmad, explained that the international road is much shorter than the old road and said: “We needed 4 and a half hours to reach from Hama to Aleppo, while we currently need only two and a half hours, and the international road is technically better because it is back and forth.”

The driver Ibrahim Maslamani indicated that the international road is comfortable and safer than the old road and will contribute to alleviating traffic accidents that were happening on the old road through Khanasser-Archaeological. It also reduces vehicle breakdowns and encourages citizens to increase their trips from Hama to Aleppo and vice versa, calling for lighting the road until it is completed. Evening trips.

University student Ahmed Tayyar pointed out that returning flights via the international highway has many advantages, especially for university students, because it will reduce the financial burden on them. Ticket prices have decreased, and they were previously forced to stay overnight in Aleppo during exams, but today, they can take the exam and return on the same day after shortening the distance between The two provinces for more than two hours.

As for Yahya Mashael, a nylon sacks trader, he indicated that he buys his materials from Aleppo and sells them in Hama, and he was previously forced to overnight in Hama when he is late, but today he can sell his products and return to his province, which relieves him of the financial burden and effort due to the length of the old road in addition to a feeling of psychological comfort because the road International is safer and more comfortable.

Umm Ziyad stated that she was traveling continuously from Aleppo to Hama to receive treatment and suffers from the old road and its problems, so she sometimes shortened some of the treatment times, but today she can travel more freely in addition to the low costs directed to the Syrian Arab Army, who is credited with reopening the road.

In Homs, the northern Homs launch station has witnessed an active movement since the reopening of the international road, Damascus Aleppo, in the direction of increasing numbers of travelers to Aleppo.

Sana's correspondent in Homs monitored the reality of movement and travel at the station, where Umm Muhammad said: “We have not visited Aleppo since the beginning of the crisis and today we are visiting and our heart is full of joy,” noting the Syrian Arab Army's victories against terrorism.

Hussein Al-Hussein said: “After the absence of years, we return to Aleppo after the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army liberated her.” The child, Ryan Haj Hamad, expressed her joy at returning to Aleppo and pride in the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army.

University student Muhammad Deeb Khalifa said: “We used to spend a full day traveling to Aleppo and returning the road contributed to a short time.” The opinion of the university student, Ammar Ismail.

Wissam Kanjo Musharraf, one of the transport companies in Homs and Aleppo, said: “The trips increased from 3 a day before liberating the countryside of Aleppo to 7 trips now.” He added that the new road saved a lot of time for the travelers and eased the pressure on them and the drivers.

Suleiman al-Hussein, from a private transport company between Homs and Aleppo, said that the number of trips improved a lot after the liberation of the countryside of Aleppo, while the driver Omar Tarakji indicated that the road to Aleppo reduced the time to two and a half hours and contributed to increasing the number of travelers and trips.

Salem Al-Hussein and Tamam Al-Hassan

Source: sena

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