Coach News
Macpherson Coaches adds new Tourismo to fleet
Macpherson Coaches has acquired a new Mercedes-Benz Tourismo from EvoBus UK.
Mercedes-Benz
International
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.
International
60 Conecto artics for Warsaw
POLAND The first batch of Mercedes-Benz Conecto articulated buses, from a total of 60, have been delivered to Warsaw public transport company Miejskie Zak?ady Autobusowe Sp. z o.o. (MZA). For Mercedes-Benz, this is a significant […]
Coach News
Mercedes-Benz unveils Euro 6 OC500 chassis at Madrid Show
The new chassis has been designed to cater for the newly developed powertrain Mercedes-Benz revealed its Euro 6 OC 500 chassis line-up at the FIAA show in Madrid last week. The range includes an OC […]
International
Singapore orders 1,000 new buses
SINGAPORE: SBS Transit to boost fleet with 550 Volvos for Singapore and 450 Mercedes-Benz Citaros ComfortDelGro-owned operator SBS Transit has ordered a staggering 1000 buses – 550 Volvo B9TLs and 450 Mercedes-Benz Citaros.
International
Fuel-cell buses go into regular service in Switzerland
SWITZERLAND PostAuto Schweiz AG has become the first operator in Switzerland to deploy fuelcell hybrid technology for public transport. Since the end of 2011, five Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid models have been serving on routes […]
Coach News
£2.8 million worth of new Redwing Coaches enter service
Renowned London operator Redwing Coaches has received 14 new Mercedes Tourismo luxury coaches. Ordered last September at a cost of £2.8m, the vehicles arrived on schedule in March.
Bus News
Uno articulated “bendy” bus inter campus service
Five Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated ‘bendy’ buses were introduced on the inter-campus shuttle service for the University of Hertfordshire, on April 15. A spokesman for Uno told CBW its conventional services were bursting at the seams […]
International
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 […]
Financial
Daimler Buses announces increased unit sales
Daimler Buses’ 2011 annual report revealed increased vehicle sales and investment in property, plant and equipment. However, Daimler also reports “structural shifts in unit sales had an adverse impact on revenue and earnings.”
