Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos de Macau

The Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos de Macau S.A.R.L (TCM) is one of two companies providing public bus transportation in the special administrative region of Macau.

On September 23, 2009, the Macau Transport Bureau, opened tenders for operation of it's public bus system. TCM submitted their bid the day tender closed November 24. The bid was alledgedly four minutes late and was rejected by the bureau. Throughout early 2010, TCM seeks legal action to appeal. On May 7, 2010, the bureau decides to settle the dispute by awarding one group of routes directly to TCM and consults all three bus companies. In August, an agreement is made to award one group of routes to TCM and TCM drops all legal action. The incident caused the date of the introduction of the revised bus system, originally intended to take effect October 15, to be pushed back. Transmac's and TCM's contracts have been extended to the end of July 2011.

Routes

Effective August 1st, 2011, TCM operates 13 routes throughout the region, the least out of all three operators due to the above stated incident. All routes listed are circular unless stated otherwise.

Route Number	Route	Cash Fare	Macau Pass fare payment	Notes
2	A-Ma Temple Terminal <-> P. Serenidade Terminal (Iao Hon)	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
2A	Praça Ferreira Amaral Terminal <-> Oriental Pearl Terminal	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
6	P. Serenidade Terminal (Iao Hon) <-> Hospital S. Januário	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00	This route serves the public hospital in Macau.
7	Iao Hon Terminal (2nd Street) <-> A-Ma Temple Terminal	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
7A	Praça Ferreira Amaral Terminal <-> Oriental Pearl Terminal	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
12	P. Serenidade Terminal (Iao Hon) <-> HK-Macau Ferry Terminal	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
18A	Oriental Pearl Terminal <-> Avenida Almeida Ribeiro	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
19	P. Serenidade Terminal (Iao Hon) <-> Avenida Almeida Ribeiro	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00
22	Iao Hon Terminal (2nd Street) <-> Taipa/Macau Jockey Club	MOP 4.20 (MOP 3.20 when in Macau Peninsula)	MOP 2.50 (MOP 2.00 when in Macau Peninsula)
MT3	Alm. Magalhães Correia <-> Baía de N. Senhora da Esperança	MOP 4.20 (MOP 3.20 when in Macau Peninsula)	MOP 2.50 (MOP 2.00 when in Macau Peninsula)
N1	North Patane Bay <-> Praça Ferreira Amaral Terminal	MOP 3.20	MOP 2.00	Night Service Bus (In service at 00:00, ends at 06:00)
N2	North Patane Bay <-> Temporary Ferry Terminal (Pac On Ferry Terminal)	Ranging from MOP 2.80 to MOP 4.20	Ranging from MOP 2.00 to MOP 2.50	Night Service Bus (In service at 00:00, ends at 06:00)
N3	North Patane Bay <-> Coloane Village	Ranging from MOP 2.80 to MOP 5.00	Ranging from MOP 2.00 to MOP 3.00	Night Service Bus (In service at 00:00, ends at 06:00) New route addition

All-time fleet

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
		1974	9.140m	Bedford	NJM2BZ0	Luen Shing	Bedford 6D14	Bedford 5 speed manual	Rollsign	RETIRED
		1980	9.2m	Bedford	NJM2BZ0 (SB5)	Wong Ming	Bedford 6D14	Bedford 5 speed manual	Rollsign	RETIRED
		1987	10.205m	Mercedes-Benz	OF1313 (0405)	Luen Shing	Mercedes-Benz OM352	Mercedes-Benz 5 speed manual	Rollsign	RETIRED
		1989	6.220m	Nissan	Civilian L.B.H.R.STD	Nissan MGW40	Nissan ED33	Nissan manual	Rollsign	RETIRED
		1989	10.032m	Nissan	CB12LXR	Luen Shing	Nissan NE6	Nissan 5 speed manual	Rollsign	RETIRED
		1990	6.940m	Nissan	Civilian L.B.H.R.STD	Nissan MGW40	Nissan ED33	Nissan manual	Rollsign	RETIRED
		1995	6.990m	Toyota	Coaster	Arakawa HZB50	Toyota 1HZ	Toyota A441E	Rollsign	RETIRED August 1, 2011
		1995	10.510m	Mercedes-Benz	OH1318	Luen Shing	Mercedes-Benz OM366A	Mercedes-Benz manual	Rollsign	RETIRED August 1, 2011
		1996	10.240m	Hino	RK1MMKA	Luen Shing	Hino EM10	Hino manual	Rollsign	RETIRED August 1, 2011
		1997	6.990m	Toyota	Coaster	Arakawa HZB50	Toyota 1HZ	Toyota A441E	Rollsign	RETIRED August 1, 2011
		1997	10.280m	Hino	HT2MLCL	Hino Blue Ribbon	Hino M10U	Hino manual	Rollsign	RETIRED August 1, 2011
		2001	6.990m	Hino	RX4JFKA A/T	Hino Leisse	Hino J05C	Hino auto	Rollsign	RETIRED August 1, 2011
		2003	6.990m	Hino	RX4JFKA A/T	Hino Leisse	Hino J05C	Hino auto	Rollsign
		2003	8.990m	Hino	HR1JKEE M/T	Hino Rainbow	Hino J08C	Hino auto	Rollsign	Refurbished; spare units
		2004	7.040m	Hino	RX4JFKA A/T	Hino Leisse	Hino J05C	Hino auto	Rollsign
		2005	10.490	Hino	HR7JPAE A/T	Hino Rainbow	Hino J07E-TB	Hino 5 speed auto	LED	Majority of units refurbished
ML-21-73 & ML-22-63		2006	9.220m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6290G	Wuzhoulong	Yuchai	Allison	LED
		2005	11.080m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6110HEVG	Wuzhoulong			LED	First hybrid buses in Macau.
		2005	11.080m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6110G	Wuzhoulong	Yuchai	Allison	LED
		2006	9.250m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6290BG	Wuzhoulong	Yuchai	Allison	LED
		2007	11.6m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6121GC3	Wuzhoulong			LED
		2009	11.6m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6121GC3	Wuzhoulong			LED
		2011	7.85m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6751G	Wuzhoulong			LED
		2011	10.46m	Wuzhoulong	FDG6101G	Wuzhoulong			LED

References

• TCM Bus Data page, tcm.com.mo, retrieved on 2010-09-08
• Yim's Brother World Bus TCM page, yimsbrother.com, retrieved on 2010-09-08
• Macau Public Bus Information Site/公共巴士資訊站, dsat.gov.mo/bus/, retrieved on 2011-08-14

External links

• TCM official Website