International

NETHERLANDS Arriva has placed an order for 187 electric buses in Netherlands, consisting of 157 VDL buses and 30 from Solaris. The new fleet will serve the company’s routes as part of its new West-Brabant […]

MEXICO Marcopolo Mexico has delivered the first fully electric Attivi bus from an order for 45 that will be supplied to the city of Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The handover ceremony […]

HUNGARY Arriva has been successful in its bid to be the first operator of an electric bus fleet in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, following the award of two new 12-year contracts by the Budapest […]

PORTUGAL Flixbus has launched a new Yutong electric coach in Portugal, its first in the country after a pilot project carried out there in 2022. Flixbus says the coach is capable of a range of […]

AUSTRALIA Australian manufacturer Bus & Coach International says it is thrilled to unveil its new Volvo B8RLE chassis paired with a BCI coach body featuring a low floor entrance. The combination, similar to the Plaxton […]

Andrew Thompson takes a short look at operations in the Polish port city of Gdynia, home to Poland’s largest trolleybus network The Polish port city of Gdynia boasts one of the country’s most important maritime […]

In early September, Cologne operator Regionalverkehr Köln (RVK) introduced its first Solaris hydrogen-powered articulated buses into service. The buses are part of an order placed in September last year for 18 of the type, which […]

AUSTRALIA Volgren, part of the Marcopolo group of companies, had a presence at Australia’s National Bus & Coach Show 2024, held on 17 and 18 September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. New vehicles […]

POLAND Major Polish operator Sindbad has taken delivery of 22 coaches from Mercedes Benz and Setra, including 10 Mercedes Benz Tourismos and 12 Setras, including six double-deck S 531 DTs. A spokesperson for Daimler Buses […]