Toshshahartranskhizmat Association said that Bus Fleet No. 12 of Tashkent city started to test exploitation of new low-floor bus SAMAUTO LE 60.

The Association said that new bus is used to serve passengers of route No. 40 from Sergili-12 block to Tashkent railway station.

Samarkand Automobile Plant (SamAuto) developed new model of low-floor 8 meter city bus Samauto LE 60.

Samauto specialists in cooperation with Russian Ermis Engineering Company designed the bus with the capacity of 56 passengers. The full weight of the bus is 10.2 tonnes.

New model of bus is equipped with engine Cummins 4ISBe4 185B. The engine volume is 4,500 cubic centimetres and maximum capacity is 130/185 (2,500) kilowatt/horse powers. The bus meets ecologic class of EURO-4.