The Third Company of Xi'an Bus General Company on Feb 14 opened a customized bus line, running from Tonghuamen Metro Station to JD.com Asia No 1 Xi'an Intelligent Logistics Park, outside the capital city of northwestern Shaanxi province.

With a one-way journey of 20 kilometers, the newly opened bus line has introduced a preferential fare of 2 yuan ($0.29), to get the logistics company's employees efficiently to work.

The bus departs Tongnanmen Metro Station at 8 am, passing along Changle East Road, East Third Ring Road, the auxiliary road of East Third Ring Road – and running along Gangwu South Road, Gangwu Avenue, Panyu Road, Mengxiang South Road and Fangwei Road to JD.com Asia No 1 Xi'an Intelligent Logistics Park.

At 5 pm, it leaves the logistics park, bound for Tongnanmen Metro Station.

The route takes about 50 minutes. Within 24 hours to half an hour before departure, citizens can buy tickets through the three platforms of the "Xi'an Bus Travel" app, the WeChat public account of Xi'an Bus, or the Xi'an Bus Ticketing applet.

Xi'an Bus General Co started to provide customized buses for companies in need since Feb 2, a spokesman said.

That was in order to help others carry out novel coronavirus epidemic prevention and control work, reduce personnel gatherings, block the spread of the epidemic and facilitate the commute of some employees at companies resuming work.