Germany Archives

Solaris electrics in service in Hanover

20/06/2016

GERMANY Hanover municipal operator, üstra (üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG) has started trialling three Solaris Urbino 12 electric.

It’s all about the customer merging

21/03/2016

GERMANY IT technologies are transforming the relationship between public transport and its customers: such was the key message from the 2016 IT-TRANS, International Conference & Exhibition on IT solutions for public transport in Karlsruhe, Germany.

VDL delivers for Aachen

01/02/2016

German operator see benefit from operating lightweight buses GERMANY VDL Bus & Coach has delivered five Citea LLE buses to ASEAG (Aachner Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG). ASEAG is responsible for public transport in and around the […]

Citaros with warm air curtains

18/01/2016

GERMANY While over-door air curtains are a very familiar feature on buildings in temperate central Europe, they remain an exception for buses.

First Scania Touring for Meinfernbus

27/08/2014

GERMANY Scania Deutschland has delivered the first Scania Touring coach for use on the Meinfernbus.de network to familyrun Gebr Wiedenhoff in Solingen.

100th Setra for Becker-Reisen

27/08/2014

Family-owned Hessen operator remains loyal to German marque GERMANY Becker-Reisen GmbH & Co. KG based in Bad Endbach, near Marburg is celebrating a notable milestone with the acquisition of its 100th Setra – a 48-seater […]

VDL to build electric artics for KVB Cologne trail

31/07/2014

GERMANY VDL Bus & Coach has signed a contract with operator KVB (Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe) to construct eight electric articulated VDL buses. Unique to these vehicles is the fact that they operate without overhead electric wires. […]