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The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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NFI takes over Alexander Dennis

Alexander Dennis’s story as an independent bus builder has come to an end. The British company, the world’s leading manufacturer of double decker buses, has been taken over by the Canadian group NFI for 405 million dollars (some 360 million euros). The operation aims to “create a m...

Swedish municipality of Piteå to go all electric with Nobina

Nobina announced it won the service contract for public transport in Piteå municipality (north of Sweden). The operator will accompany the municipality towards a zero emission bus fleet: at the beginning of the contract in July 2020, all city buses (twelve) will be electrically powered. Nobina, 12 e...

20 fuel cell double decker buses will run in London

Transport for London will operate 20 fuel cell double decker buses (through EU funded JIVE project). The vehicles, built by British manufacturer Wrightbus and powered by Ballard Power Systems, are scheduled to arrive in London next year. In the same year 2020 also Liverpool is going to have the firs...
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