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More trolleybuses in Lyon with the new TB12 line

Lyon continues to expand its trolleybus network: the first section of the new TB12 trolleybus line has been opened to the public. The initial stretch runs for 5 km with 12 stops, connecting Part-Dieu V. Merle station to Kimmerling Genets. The project received a total of €2.84 million in state fundin...

The trolleybuses returns to Tallinn

In Tallinn the renewal of the trolleybus fleet is now imminent: the first of the 40 trolleybuses ordered by Tallin Linnatransport (TLT) is ready. These will increase and partially replace the existing fleet, which currently consists of 49 vehicles delivered between 2002 and 2010. In early February, ...

Riga set to order up to 100 new trolleybuses

The city of Riga, capital of Latvia, is preparing to take another significant step in the long-term modernization of its trolleybus system. The city’s public transport operator, Rīgas Satiksme, has launched the preparatory phase for the procurement of up to 100 battery-equipped trolleybuses as part ...

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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

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Inaugurated in Cadiz the first tram train in Spain

Spain’s first tram-train is a reality, and Cadiz, an Andalusian city of 117,000 inhabitants, is awarded the first such service.On 26 October, the Bay of Cadiz tramway, also known as Trambahia, was opened for operation. The tramway will play a fundamental role in the sustainable mobility of the...

Skoda signs the new Brno streetcars

In early October, Skoda Transportation delivered the first of  Skoda ForCity Smart 45 T tram ordered on 2 February 2021 by Dopravni podnik mesta Brna a.s. (DPMB), which operates public transport in Brno. The order comprises 40 vehicles with a contract value of €92.3 million. The new trams will gradu...

Here are the 15 new trams for Marseille by CAF

Marseille, France’s second largest city after Paris, still chooses the tram as the means of excellence for sustainable mobility. RTM (Règie des Transports Mètrpolitains), which manages public transport in the Marseille area, consisting of several modes of transport (bus, tram, metro, boat) &nb...

QEX, the new trolleybus line in Cagliari

CTM could not better celebrate 70 years of trolleybus service in Cagliari, in operation since 22 December 1952, by once again confirming the basis of its policy: attention to the environment, sustainable mobility, decongestion. The objective: convincing  even more citizens to use the public service ...

Delivery of new capacity trolleybuses to Winterthur begins

Winterthur, a Swiss city of 111.800 inhabitants, the second largest in the canton of Zurich, received on 30 august 2022 the first new  trolleybus, model Lightram 25 with a length of 24 metres, by Hess in Bellach. The vehicle, in garish redand-white livery, is already in the Stadtbus Winterthur depot...
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