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A tour of seven French cities to promote more sustainable forms of mobility. It’s the goal that will be pursued by Keolis with its ‘Keolis new energies tour’, scheduled from 29 October to 3 December 2019. The group’s alternative energy experts will be presenting their vision of var...

Keolis has been awarded a new concession in the Netherlands, defeating Connexxion, EBS and Arriva (a group that is going to be taken over soon). Public transport in the provinces of Veluwe, Central Overijssel and Lelystad will be managed by the French company in the period 2021 – 2030. 300 ele...

Curtain has been risen on a new electric BRT line in French Basque Country, operated by Keolis through ten Irizar articulated electric buses. The line, 12 km long, features 30 stations and connects Bayonne with Biarritz in 30 minutes. A second line will be opened in 2020, when further 8 vehicles wil...

The new tram service in Caen la Mer (Normandy) is now in operation. On 27th July, Keolis, which already operates the Twisto public transport system, launched the new tram system. Following 19 months of works, this new mode of transport will replace the previous rubber-tyred tram system. Also the bus...

Île-de-France Mobilités chose Keolis for the launch and operation of Tram 9 between Paris and Orly. The contract also includes the Bord de l’Eau bus network in the Val-de-Marne department. The public transport company, word leader in tram operations, has been awarded with a five-and-a-half-year publ...

Keolis has been awarded a bus contract in Norway for a fleet that runs on 100% renewable energy. The bus fleet consists of 136 buses. The 9 and an half year contract, awarded by the public transport authority of Bergen Skyss, is worth 333 million euros and will come into effect on 1 December 2020. K...

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Over 60 years experience in the railway motor’s business since a few years ‘poured’ into the electric bus market in the last decade. Austrian company TSA (Traktionssysteme Austria) has provided so far electric motors for vehicles operating in more than 60 countries all over the world. The ...

An 8-meter e-bus for the cities, and a CNG-powered coach for intercity routes. Anadolu Isuzu is launching on the European markets two vehicles targeting two specific segments. An effort that shows how the company has been focusing on the development of new technologies for more environmentally frien...

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Keolis Canada has ordered 12 electric school buses Type C from the Quebec-based manufacturer Lion Electric. This transaction, Keolis points out, is on track with public opinion, as 92% of Quebeckers want school boards and schools to increase their use of electric buses. With this order, Keolis Canad...

Keolis has been given the task of bringing the Orléans Metropole area to a fully electric public transport system. The whole bus fleet is expected to be renewed with electric buses by 2024. Also tram and electric bikes will be deployed. Tao (this is the name of the multimodal network) will then be t...

Public transport company Syntus officially inaugurated two BYD electric buses operating in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. The vehicles have been on trial for half a year in the city center on existing bus routes. Syntus is part of Keolis group. Nine electric buses for Syntus in the Netherlands Last y...

VDL Bus & Coach is to supply four Citeas SLFA-181 Electric to Keolis Sverige AB in Karlstad, Sweden. These 4 buses will be deployed on the new BRT-inspired line in Karlstad. The units of electric bus will go into operation on 9 December 2018. With 63,000 employees in 16 countries on 4 continents...

A bus fleet that runs on… waste. Lille, northern France, prides itself on having the largest fleet of natural gas buses in Europe. More specifically: biomethane that comes from household waste. Iveco Bus and the transport operator Keolis are the main actors in the project. Cnh Industrial dedic...