Metro Mass cuts intercity trips to boost Accra intracity services during rush hours

Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) has announced a temporary reduction in some intercity services to redeploy buses for intracity operations in Accra, as part of efforts to ease growing rush-hour congestion in the capital.

The move is aimed at reducing pressure on commuters, particularly during peak morning and evening periods.

Head of Communications at MMT, Mohammed Mubarak Watara, said the decision followed directives from the Minister for Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, who urged the company to support private transport operators during peak hours.

“Indeed, I can confirm that the Minister met with Metro Mass and our sister company to make sure that we make some buses available for the rush hours,” he said on Citi FM on Thursday, January 15, 2026.

Mr Watara explained that although Metro Mass is currently operating with a limited fleet, management has made adjustments to maximise available resources.

“So, Metro Mass, we are able to do that even though at the moment our fleet of buses is very low. We have been able to adjust. What we did is that we have extended our working hours and, most importantly, even though we do more intracity transport, we have had to increase our routes, not to every place because of our limited fleet,” he said.

He noted that services had been intensified on key intracity routes with high passenger demand.

“For example, on the route to Adenta, we use the EV buses. All 10 of them have been working from 4:30 a.m., and even after 8:30 p.m., our buses are still running on the routes,” he said.

Mr Watara added that additional arrangements had been made for commuters along the Kasoa corridor.

“We also have Kaneshie to Kasoa. We have created another station in our yard for Kasoa commuters. Also, we have Circle to Amasaman and Nsawam,” he stated.

To sustain the expanded intracity operations, he said Metro Mass had scaled down some long-distance routes.

“We have reduced the number of buses that go to Kumasi and Cape Coast to make way for buses to serve the intracity commuters,” he said.

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