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20 electric buses by BYD have been officially commissioned by Nahverkehrsbetriebe Birkenfeld to serve regional and urban public transport services in the Nationalparklandkreis. The new fleet was presented at the exhibition centre in Idar-Oberstein during a formal commissioning event attended by repr...

Kiepe announces it has completed the carve-out of its trolleybus electrical systems business, transferring the activities to Swiss manufacturer Hess. Kiepe, headquartered in Düsseldorf, has finalized the separation of its trolleybus-related electrical systems operations as part of a broader corporat...

Victor Valley Transit Authority, in California, has introduced in mid-January 13 hydrogen buses (by New Flyer), an interim hydrogen fueling station and new agency branding during a public ceremony in California’s High Desert. The unveiling took place at a ribbon-cutting event attended by local, regi...

Arriva Netherlands will introduce 167 new electric buses—128 from Yutong and 39 from Irizar (the first ever awarded in the country) —into service in East Brabant from December 2026. The start of the new concession will see Arriva Netherlands take responsibility for bus services across several munici...

Sponsored by UITP Summit As the UITP Global Summit 2026 prepares to take place in Dubai on 21-23 April, questions around governance, decarbonisation, funding models, digitalisation and the evolving passenger experience are shaping the agenda of the global public transport sector. The choice of Dubai...

Public transport ridership in Germany increased slightly in 2025, alongside higher personnel costs and stable Deutschland-Ticket subscription levels following a further price increase. The 2025 annual balance published by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) on 27 January 2026 provide...

Holon has appointed Martin Lischka as Head of Sales & Marketing and Jonas Seyfferth as Head of Strategy as it expands its management team ahead of market entry. The appointments concern two central functions within Holon’s organisational structure and were announced by parent company Benteler in...

Porto’s public transport operator STCP has started operations with 20 new-generation electric buses supplied by CaetanoBus, as the manufacturer outlines in a press note. The buses were ordered in August 2025 and belong to the new platform developed in partnership with Chinese CRRC an presented...

Kinetic announces it has secured two long-term contracts in New Zealand’s Dunedin, that will see 37 new electric buses introduced from 2026, shifting around half of the city’s services to zero-emission operation. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has awarded Kinetic, operating through its Go Bu...

Go North East has introduced 29 battery-electric buses into service, bringing zero-emission operation to three of the region’s busiest routes through a £17 million public–private investment. The new vehicles were unveiled at the Utilita Arena Newcastle, underlining the strategic importance placed on...