Busworld Europe news

After having won the public transport concession 'Zuid-Holland Noord' (ZHN) (northern part of the province South-Holland) in the Netherlands public transport operator QBUZZ has now chosen IVECO BUS as bus manufacturer to deliver the buses to operate...

Solaris Bus & Coach will deliver hydrogen buses to the city of Wałbrzych in Poland. The contract covers the delivery of 20 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses, including an option to purchase an additional 25 vehicles. The first units will be delivered...

Alexander Dennis welcomes Stagecoach as the launch customer for its recently-launched Enviro100EV small zero-emission bus. The purchase of the 20 e-buses has been supported by the Scottish Zero-Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB) as the vehicles...

The bus world mourns the loss of Wim van der Leegte, a self-made entrepreneur who, at the age of 76, left behind a legacy of more than 100 companies and 16,000 employees. VDL Bus & Coach being one of them. His remarkable journey serves as an...

The Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB has signed a framework agreement with Daimler Buses for the purchase of 80 electric buses. An order for 36 eCitaros was immediately placed within this agreement.

VDL Bus & Coach has tested a New Generation Citea LF 122 in what the company calls 'the MaxiMile Challenge'. A test in line with SORT-2 deployment. The targets set for this test in realistic operating conditions: more than 24 hours of continuous...

For the procurement of 500 electric and fuel cell buses in Italy are 8 manufacturers chosen as preferred supplier. The choice has made by issuing a tender earlier this year by the Italian procurement agency 'Consip'. The lucky winners are: Karsan...

The board of directors of De Lijn has given the green light for a new order for charging infrastructure for its depots. In concrete terms, this concerns the approval of a framework agreement for a maximum of 1,600 charging points with two suppliers...

Scania has received a large new order for hybrid buses from Canary Islands-based public transportation company Transportes Interurbanos de Tenerife S.A.U. (TITSA). The order contains no less than 231 buses, including 173 hybrid-electric buses, giving...

As part of the Norwegian Finnmark 2023 tender, Iveco Bus has delivered 13 Crossway to the operator Connect Bus Norge AS, which has confirmed an additional order for 2 more units to be delivered in 2024. The Crossway units will be running in Alta, the...