International

AUSTRIA Sightseeing operator Big Bus Vienna says it is proud and happy to announce that it has started to operate with zero-emission electric double-decker sightseeing buses, which entered service in mid-November. “We take immense pride […]

SPAIN Sunsundegui is starting 2024, its 80th anniversary year, with a new coach model: the Sc7 New Generation, which it says represents a leap into the future in terms of modernisation, technology and progress. Alongside […]

HONG KONG Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Lee Ka-chiu officially launched operator Citybus’ new hydrogen double-deck bus and refuelling station, the first of their kind in Hong Kong. Under the […]

ITALY Karsan has delivered the first of four electric 18m e-Ata buses, with options for seven more, to Italian operator TPER in Bologna. Karsan CEO Okan Baş said, “With the tender we won from TPER, […]

JAPAN BYD has announced the launch of a new medium-sized electric bus for the Japanese market. Deliveries of its new J7 are due to begin in the autumn of 2025. With a maximum capacity of […]

CANARY ISLANDS Scania has received a large new order for hybrid buses from Canary Islands-based public transport operator Transportes Interurbanos de Tenerife S.A.U. (TITSA), which operates the only public bus service on the island of […]

AUSTRALIA A demonstrator electric bus produced by Australian bus builder Custom Denning is en route to the UK and expected to arrive in January, with three more due in February. Custom Denning is owned by […]

ITALY On 1 November 2021, RATP Dev subsidiary Autolinee Toscane in the Tuscany region of Italy took over the area’s entire regional public transport system. The firm now holds the concession for all Tuscan public […]

USA In appreciation of Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada, National Express School (NEXS), part of the group’s North American operations, recognised its veteran and military personnel team members with […]

POLAND Municipal public operator MPK Poznań has opened up a new chapter in its history thanks to the arrival of its first Solaris hydrogen fuel cell buses. Ordered in October 2022, delivery of the 25 […]