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Chilean delivery for Scania
CHILE Scania is to supply 231 city buses to the Chilean capital Santiago for its Transantiago integrated public transport system, connecting bus lines and the metro network.
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BRT given go-ahead in Cebu
PHILIPPINES Representatives from the Filipino city of Cebu have endorsed a proposal to introduce Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to the area, with a planned launch in 2020.
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MET acquires fourth German bus business
GERMANY Marwyn European Transport plc (MET), a subsidiary of Marwyn Management Partners plc (MMP), has acquired the contracted bus services of Norbert Welter GmbH, the German transportation business.
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MAN wins articulated CNG bus order from EGO-Ankara
TURKEY MAN is to supply 250 CNGfuelled Lion’s City G articulated buses to Turkish operator EGO-Ankara. 50 of the buses, the first natural-gas-powered articulated buses to enter service in Turkey, are to be delivered by […]
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Solaris receives first Finnish order
Solaris bus expands its Scandinavian presence with TKL’s recent order POLAND Solaris Bus has received its first order from Finland, bringing the company’s international presence up to 25 countries.
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Major Arriva Netherlands contract
NETHERLANDS Arriva Nederland has been awarded a Euro 450m contract to operate buses in north and south west Friesland and will continue to run bus services on the island of Schiermonnikoog.
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77 VDL Citeas for Arriva in Sweden
The order from Arriva is one of the largest in VDL’s history SWEDEN Arriva has signed a contract with VDL Bus & Coach for the delivery of 77 Low Entry Citea XLEs for operation in […]
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Allison Transmission aids Agrale launch in Argentina
ARGENTINA Agrale, Megacar and Allison Transmission presented the Agrale MA15 city bus, equipped with an Allison automatic gearbox, at a launch which took place in four key cities near Buenos Aires – Córdoba, Tucumán, Neuquén […]
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Viseon gains Russian airport customers
RUSSIA Two Moscow airport operators have acquired new apron buses from Viseon, the licensed manufacturer of Neoplan airport buses. Vnukovo airport is receiving 10 Neoplan Apron N9122L whilst Domodedovo airport is taking seven.
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Haifa and Tel Aviv take 172 MAN artic chassis for BRT
ISRAEL One of Israel’s largest bus operators, DAN Society for Public Transport, has introduced the first of 172 futuristically designed buses in Haifa. They are to form the backbone of the state-of-the-art Bus Rapid Transit […]
