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De Lijn begins service with BYD electric buses

Flemish public transport company De Lijn officially launched its first electric buses from BYD Europe into service on 23rd June. The vehicles are initially operating from the Mortsel depot, serving the Antwerp region, with plans to deploy them more widely across Flanders in the coming months. The sa...

De Lijn launches a fleet of CRRC e-midibuses in Mechelen

De Lijn will start emission-free public transport in the Belgian city of Mechelen in early November. Six electric midi buses by CRRC with a length of 8.5m will be deployed on city lines in the Maneblusser city. They represent a substantial improvement in public transport. The commissioning of the si...

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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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De Lijn begins service with BYD electric buses

Flemish public transport company De Lijn officially launched its first electric buses from BYD Europe into service on 23rd June. The vehicles are initially operating from the Mortsel depot, serving the Antwerp region, with plans to deploy them more widely across Flanders in the coming months. The sa...

De Lijn launches a fleet of CRRC e-midibuses in Mechelen

De Lijn will start emission-free public transport in the Belgian city of Mechelen in early November. Six electric midi buses by CRRC with a length of 8.5m will be deployed on city lines in the Maneblusser city. They represent a substantial improvement in public transport. The commissioning of the si...

Iveco Bus to provide 65 e-buses in Belgium for De Lijn

Iveco Bus has announced that it has signed a framework agreement with De Lijn, a government-owned public transport group in Flanders, for the sale of a first batch of 65 E-Way full electric city buses and “additional batches up to a total of 500 vehicles”, as the manufacturer puts it. In...
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