{"id":12371,"date":"2021-01-26T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=12371"},"modified":"2021-01-26T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:01:41","slug":"transdev-transmilenio-bogota-colombia-electric-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/transdev-transmilenio-bogota-colombia-electric-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Transdev got a \u20ac874 million electric bus contract for Transmilenio in Bogot\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transdev<\/strong> has signed an \u20ac874 million electric bus contract<\/strong> with TransMilenio S.A. (Colombia<\/strong>), Bogot\u00e1 City\u2019s Public Transport Authority, for the 15-year operation and maintenance of 406 electric buses in the capital Bogot\u00e1, starting at the end of November 2021.<\/p>\n

Following its 20-year presence in Bogot\u00e1 alongside with its Colombian partner Fanalca serving TransMilenio, the world\u2019s largest BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system, Transdev will soon be operating the continent\u2019s largest electric bus fleet<\/strong>, with 406 BYD electric buses (chassis, batteries) to be assembled in Colombia by Superpolo (body)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Still in Bogota, Enel X has been awarded the building of two new electroterminals<\/a>, and BYD won another tender for 1,002 e-buses<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\"transdev\n

Transdev electric bus fleet in Bogot\u00e0<\/h2>\n

The massive electric bus fleet will be composed of a mix of respectively 9-meter (272) and 12-meter (134) buses. <\/strong>These new e-buses will replace a fleet of 20-year-old traditional public transport diesel buses.\u00a0The fleet will serve as zonal buses along 15 routes bringing passengers from Bogot\u00e1\u2019s Fontibon district (over 300,000 inhabitants) into the main TransMilenio BRT system, which Transdev and Fanalca already largely operate. These 15 routes will generate yearly some 24 million kilometers and transport some 36 million passengers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Transdev in Bogot\u00e0, drivers to be trained for e-buses<\/h3>\n

Furthermore, in Fontibon, Transdev and Fanalca will jointly build South America\u2019s largest electric bus depot over 40,000 m\u00b2<\/strong>, in order to operate, park, maintain and charge the entire electric bus fleet of this contract. Drivers will also receive specific electric eco-driving training<\/strong> in order to make the best use of battery-life and optimize the operating range of the electric bus fleet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Together, at the end of 2020, Transdev and Fanalca already operated some 660 \u201cred\u201d buses (articulated and bi-articulated) for the TransMilenio BRT system within the city of Bogot\u00e1 as well as the 163 cabins of the acclaimed urban cable system TransMiCable, which has now been\u00a0<\/span>successfully operating for two years. With this new contract, at the end of 2021, Transdev and Fanalca will be jointly operating 1,067 buses in Bogot\u00e1<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>In 2020, Transdev in Colombia generated total sales of \u20ac 95 million and employed a staff of 2,750.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thierry Mallet, Transdev: sustainable solutions for large urban areas<\/h3>\n

\u201cWith this massive electric bus contract in Bogot\u00e1, Transdev is delivering on its ambition to transition its bus fleets to zero emission in Colombia and globally. We are proud to continue serving Bogot\u00e1 where we have been successfully operating large parts of the TransMilenio with our BRT systems. I am convinced that, for large urban areas, there is no way around the mass deployment of sustainable mobility solutions<\/strong>, including biofuels, battery-electric and ultimately hydrogen and fuel-cell electric fleets\u201d, says Thierry Mallet, Chairman and CEO of Transdev Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n