PKS Bielsko-Biała has placed an order for 26 Solaris Urbino 12s with CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) drives. It is the second-biggest order for CNG-fuelled vehicles secured by Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. in Poland. By the end of the year, the company is also to supply 54 Solaris Urbino 18 CNG buses to Warsaw.
The total value of the contract signed with PKS Bielsko-Biała is 32m zlotys and the vehicles are to be delivered in two batches. The first 13 will be released to the customer within 11 months of the contract being signed. The final deadline for the whole order is December 2020.
Each of the 26 two-doored vehicles will be able to carry up to 90 passengers including 32 that are seated. The saloon and driver’s cab will be air-conditioned and included in the specification will be a video surveillance system that incorporates a screen display for the driver. WiFi and USB sockets will also be provided for passengers.
CNG buses have been built by Solaris since 2004. Over the course of 15 years, customers have received over 1,100 vehicles. Environmentally-friendly Solaris vehicles are part of the vehicle fleets of urban and regional transport operators in, among other countries, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Israel, Lithuania, Slovakia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden and Italy.
