Five electric Volvo buses have now started regular operation in the city of Leiden, in the Netherlands, part of an order for 23 from public transport company Arriva in the Netherlands.
By August the town’s entire bus system will be electrified.
“We are delighted to have established our first electric bus system in the Netherlands in cooperation with Arriva,” said Bas Dubois, Director Volvo Buses Benelux.
“The start of operation has been smooth and this new system is now up and running reliably. This shows the close partnership between Volvo, ABB and Arriva, in which we all work together as one party to get people moving silently and clean through the city of Leiden.”
Martijn van de Weijer, Regional Director West of Arriva Netherlands said: “Arriva wants to play a pioneering role in the field of sustainability and energy transition.
That is why we already started using electric buses in 2010 as one of the first public transport providers in the city of Den Bosch.
We are now implementing electric buses in more regions, including now with Volvo in the city of Leiden.”
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