More Ventura doors in Mexico City buses
Bus body maker Caio and Volvo Group Buses México have sold 35 buses to Mexico City. The vehicles will circulate on the newly created Line 4, regulated by Metrobús to serve the capital. According to data from the Ministry of Mobility, 1.5 million passengers are transported per day on the system. The buses are equipped with […]
Two ADL e-buses for Transdev in Auckland
Alexander Dennis Limited will build two electric buses for Howick & Eastern by Transdev’s operation in New Zealand. They will be used on Auckland Transport services. The three-axle single deckers will be assembled locally in New Zealand by ADL’s partner Kiwi Bus Builders. ADL strengthens it has designed the 12.6m long BYD ADL Enviro200EV XLB […]
Wrightbus open-top buses for Tokyo
Hato Bus via Twitter Tokyo sightseeing and tour bus operator Hato Bus, which was established in 1948 and has over 70 years history and experience in the tour market for foreign and domestic visitors, has placed into service a new Wrightbus Gemini 3-bodied Scania double-decker, which was shown off on its social media in early […]
the Ventura Plug Sliding door standard in the Mercedes Citaro
We are proud to announce that our innovative Plug Sliding door system is now available as a standard option for the Mercedes Citaro. Since the beginning of this year, clients can specify the safe and durable Ventura Plug Sliding door system for all variants of the Citaro. Mercedes strives for extraordinary quality, high levels of […]
109 Electric buses for Oslo
Norgesbuss, one of the leading bus operators in Norway, was awarded a contract for public transportation in the south of Oslo. The tender for 109 electric buses ensures that 96% of buses in South Oslo will be electric. This means 40% of bus transport in the whole city will be electric. The vehicles will go […]
All 90 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric made it to Berlin
Solaris announces it has completed the delivery of 90 Urbino 12 electric buses for Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG). This was one of the biggest contracts for battery-powered buses in Europe and the largest one for the manufacturer in Germany so far. Berlin now has a total of 123 electric Solaris buses in its fleet. In second […]
10 Hess trolleybuses began service in Fribourg for TPF
At the beginning of December 2020, the Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF) put a batch of 10 battery-powered trolleybuses Hess lighTram 19 DC into service. These vehicles are bound to replace the old dual-mode buses on line 1 in Fribourg. Fribourg uses Ventura doors already for many years on its buses. Plug Sliding doors provide good […]
Three full electric lines in Osnabrück
The three MetroBus lines M1 to M3 in Osnabrück, Germany, have been converted in full electric operation since 21 December. 35 electric articulated buses now cover a total of more than 7,000 kilometres on weekdays purely electrically and thus emission-free and quietly. They have been delivered following a first 13-units order (the first year in […]
Electric buses in the Netherlands
After IJssel-Vecht, most zero emission buses circulate in Groningen Drenthe (166) and Amstelland-Meerlanden (100). In 2015, the leaders of the PTAs in the Netherlands came to an agreement. From 2025 on, newly bought buses for public transport can only be emission free. In 2030 the entire fleet (around 5000 buses) has to be clean on […]
280 plug-in hybrid buses from ADL
The first unit has been handed over Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA) has unveiled the first of an initial batch of 100 Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER plug-in hybrid buses, and has ordered a further 180 of these zero-emission capable buses for delivery in 2021. The orders form part of a five-year framework agreement for a total […]
