hamburger hochbahn

Hamburger Hochbahn has raised €300 million from institutional investors and will use this money to finance the energy transition of the fleet and in general proceed to the transformation of its public transport activities on the way to the goal of having Hamburg’s buses and trains climate-neut...

The Federal Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing, announced funding amounting to around 160 million euros for the electrification of local public transport in Hamburg and the surrounding area. Money that will be used to finance 472 new battery-electric buses. The recipients of t...

Hamburg will be the first city to test the Mercedes eCitaro with fuel cell range extender. The public transport company Hamburger Hochbahn is going to purchase 530 electric buses between 2021 and 2025. Also hydrogen applications will be in the spotlight. Starting in 2021, the operator will be field-...

The road is paved for the transition of Hamburger Hochbahn bus fleet to electric drive. The 20 Mercedes eCitaro and 10 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric are just the stepping stones for a plan that aims at the introduction to no less than 530 electric buses between 2021 and 2025, including both battery and...

Autonomous shuttle programme approaches the regular operation phase in Hamburg. A new minibus, electric and driverless, is going to be on the road by mid-2020 in the framework of HEAT (Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation) R&D programme, whose goal is to prove that autonomous shuttles can ...

Hamburger Hochbahn will have the first depot fully dedicated to electric buses in the whole Germany. The public transport company has appointed ABB to supply infrastructure for 44 high-power chargers. The installation is due to complete in Summer 2019. Hamburger Hochbahn’s goal is a full elect...