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ATRON equips complete BVG bus fleet with on-board computers

26 March 2015 | By ATRON

The BVG is the largest transport company in Berlin and, together with the VBB, transports passengers within an area of more than 1,000 km². More than 1,300 buses and more than 350 trams cover over 105 million kilometers per year. Berlin’s transport companies have the largest tram and bus networks…

Clean bus technology fitted to Leicester City buses

25 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

Leicester City Council has announced expansion of clean bus technology to its busiest routes in an attempt to cut pollution in the city.

Passenger operation of light rail vehicle TW3000 begins in Hanover

18 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

Passenger operation of the first high-floor light rail vehicle (LRV) TW3000 from Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom Transport Deutschland, is now in action with transport operator Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe.

Brussels transport authority STIB achieves the world’s largest single-type tram fleet

17 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

Brussels transport authority STIB (Societe des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles) has taken delivery of 220 Bombardier FLEXITY trams. STIB now officially owns the world’s largest single-type tram fleet, a milestone in the long term partnership of STIB and Bombardier Transportation.

Stockholm’s hybrid bus line installs Siemens charging stations

16 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

Stockholm Public Transport (SL) has installed Siemens charging stations at each end of the electric hybrid bus route between Ropsten and the Karolinska Institute. Siemens, together with Vattenfall have provided a system that can charge the lithium battery of an electric hybrid bus in only six minutes. Fully charged, the…

First Bus passenger satisfaction increases

12 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

The annual Bus Passenger Survey, published by independent watchdog Passenger Focus, has revealed 86% of First Bus passengers are ‘very’ or ‘fairly satisfied’.

opensky awarded a place on TfL’s Professional Services Framework

11 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

opensky Data Systems, an Irish IT company based in Kildare, has been awarded a place on Transport for London’s ‘Professional Services Framework’ for Transport Planning and Impact Monitoring.