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Fires prompt 800 bus inspection
INDIA A report in The Indian Express says a day after an Ashok Leyland bus caught fire in Mehrauli, the Delhi government decided to take at least 800 Ashok Leyland buses off the road for […]
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33 Van Hool Exqui. City trolleys for Geneva
Bespoke design to be launched at the UITP congress at the end of May SWITZERLAND Van Hool is presenting the first example of its new Exqui.City design Geneva (TPG) at the biennial UITP congress in […]
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Volvo’s largest ever coach chassis order in Brazil
310 chassis sold to JCA Group, to be delivered at the end of May BRAZIL Volvo Buses has sold 310 coach chassis to the JCA Group, one of Brazil’s largest passenger transport companies. This is […]
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BLT receives Nine Euro 6 Citaros
SWITZERLAND Swiss operator BLT Baselland Transport AG has taken delivery of nine Euro 6 Mercedes-Benz Citaros. These are the first standard-production regular-service buses featuring this clean technology to go into service with BLT in Switzerland.
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Cape Town Solos to run F14 feeder
SOUTH AFRICA Following its debut on the Walmer Estate/ Salt River route, Cape Town’s MyCiTi operation has introduced nine-metre Optare Solo SRs on its F14 Table View feeder service, connecting the residential areas of East […]
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TopClass Setra for AK Touristik
30-seats in a tri-axle touring coach makes for spacious combination GERMANY Kiel-based AK Touristik is expanding its ‘Panoramabus’ concept with two new Setra S416HDH coaches. The operator took delivery of its first Setra TopClass 400 […]
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Israel legislates for fire suppression systems
ISRAEL The Israeli Ministry of Transport, Road Safety and Infrastructure has announced last week that its Minister, Yisrael Katz, has decided to require fire extinguishing systems on all the country’s buses.
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NX to expand in California
USA National Express’ North American Transit business, National Express Transit, has also been selected to provide operations and maintenance for Solano County Transit (SolTrans), located in Vallejo, California.
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Stagecoach invests over $20m in US coach fleet
USA Stagecoach Group is investing more than $20m in 51 new coaches to raise the profile of its growing operations in North America. Three key operating subsidiaries, based in Ohio, Chicago and New Jersey, are […]
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Cape Town’s Optare Solos enter service
Buses are step-free with ramps and audio door alerts for blind and disabled passengers SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town’s first easy access buses, Optare Solo SRs, started operation this month. They have been welcomed by blind […]
