Transdev Nederland has once again placed an order for Solaris vehicles. The contract between Transdev Nederland and Solaris involves 55 zero-emission battery-electric buses, both the shortest electric bus in the Solaris portfolio, the Urbino 9 LE electric, as the longest, double-articulated vehicle – the Urbino 24 electric.
Under the agreement, Solaris will supply 42 Urbino 9 LE electric buses and 13 double-articulated Urbino 24 electric units. Starting from the second half of 2026, the vehicles will operate services under the new Arnhem-Nijmegen-Foodvalley (ANF) concession, covering the Dutch cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen as well as the Foodvalley region. The concession was awarded to Transdev by the Province of Gelderland, which oversees public transport in the area. The compact Urbino 9 LE electric is equipped with Solaris High Energy
batteries with a capacity of over 400 kWh. The high-capacity 24-metre Urbino 24 electric will have High Energy batteries with a capacity of over 500 kWh. The entire fleet will be supported by eSConnect, Solaris’s fleet management and monitoring system. Transdev Nederland runs already 20 Urbino 12 hydrogen buses in South Holland, while in Arnhem 10 Trollino 18 trolleybuses have been in service for a year. In 2024, Solaris was also selected by Transdev as the supplier of 96 electric buses for Utrecht.