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UK bus manufacturer Wrightbus has set its sights on expansion across Germany, Italy, France, Spain and beyond with the appointment of Jean-Luc Deflandre as European Chief Commercial Officer. He brings more than 15 years of experience working in the European electric and hydrogen bus market (he is a ...

Two new Transport for London (TfL) bus routes launched on Saturday (30 April): Abellio London began operating 41 additional buses on the roads of the capital – increasing its fleet size by 5% in a single night. Abellio commenced operating the 322 (Clapham Common-Crystal Palace) from its Batter...

Daimler Buses has delivered an eCitaro to the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe: this is the 250th bus it is supplying to the Dresden-based operator, to which a further 19 vehicles will be added, since the order involves a total of 20 vehicles. «These new buses are a perfect addition to our fleet of environ...

Uitp‘s warning. The international association of public transport, in fact, invited politics and industry to help and not hinder the ability of the reality of public transport to achieve the objectives set by the European Green Deal. In a statement on the proposed revision of the interpretativ...

Below, the first of a series of articles aimed at analyzing, discussing, explaining and shedding light on Mobility-as-a-Service, outlining trends, key studies, scenarios. Let’s admit it: in the last 4 or 5 years the acronym ‘MaaS’ has haunted us at every corner. In the world of public transport, you...

UK-based Mellor has supplied a fully accessible Orion E to Cheshire West and Chester Council. The new Orion is significant as being the local authority’s first electric bus, joining an existing fleet of 28 predominantly Mellor-built passenger vehicles.  In late 2021 West Yorkshire Combined Authority...

The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) has exercised options for eight battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer. The order comes in the final year of a two-year contract originally announced in 2020, and includes four ABB depot chargers from NFI Infra...

BUS2BUS announces it has gathered more than 2,000 trade visitors from 25 countries along with around 100 exhibitors from 16 countries. The German exhibition which took place for the third time as an in-person event from 27 to 28 April at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, came to a successful conclusion...

TPER welcomed yesterday its first VDL Citea SLF-120 Electric, the first of a supply of 21 e-buses that was the subject of a tender awarded to the Dutch group. The investment – financed with national funds – amounts to EUR 10.8 million, including the supply of the 21 vehicles and the elec...

Daimler Buses aims to offer zero emission buses in every segment by 2030 (both battery and hydrogen-powered). Starting in 2023, the Mercedes eCitaro will be also equipped with a hydrogen-based fuel cell as a range extender. The first full electric intercity bus will be launched in 2025. The fuel cel...