44 vehicle order for Germany and agreement signed for entry into Finnish market POLAND Solaris is supplying 44 Urbino low-floor city buses to five operators from the Rhineland region of Germany. In order to generate synergies, the municipally-owned companies jointly tendered for new buses as part of Kooperationsgemeinschaft Mittlerer Niederrhein (KMN) group and chose Solaris [...]
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European LEZ update
The CPT has been advised of some important updates to LEZ operations in the following countries and cities which may affect coach operations. In Italy, Aosta’s winter LEZ re-started in November. Trentino Province has several winter LEZs which re-started November; Levico Terme, Rovereto, Trento, Lavis, Pergine Valsugana and Borgo Valsugana. Ala and Mezzocorona are no [...]
Dahlberg appointed head of Scania Buses and Coaches
Klas Dahlberg, 47, currently Scania’s vice president, non-captive market areas, has been appointed senior vice president buses & coaches. During the period 2007 to 2011 Dahlberg was vice president of Scania franchise and factory sales, and responsible for sales and marketing of trucks, buses and coaches to distributors of Scania products in the region.
German government rejects motorway tolls for tour coaches
GERMANY The German Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament has voted in favour of draft Federal Government legislation which will stop the introduction of motorway tolls for tour coaches. While the issue is not totally disposed, the RDA International Coach Tourism Federation has welcomed the news, saying it is a “major success” for the coach [...]
First new generation Citaro delivered to Lücke-Reisen
GERMANY The first of the new generation Mercedes-Benz Citaros has been delivered to Lücke-Reisen. It was handed on 19 September by Konstantinos Tsiknas, head of sales for Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches in Germany, to managing directors Anne and Uwe Lücke. Lücke-Reisen is based in Nordkirchen, Germany.
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MAN Truck & Bus invests in logisitcs centre
GERMANY MAN Truck & Bus has begun the development of a new €3.1m logistics centre which forms part of a comprehensive investment programme for the Neoplan plant at Plauen.
Tempo 100 vehicle sticker rules in Germany
There is no requirement in Germany to display a Tempo 100 sticker on vehicles registered on or after January 1, 2008, the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK has confirmed. The CPT said some members have reported their drivers have been stopped by the German authorities or police and subsequently fined for not displaying a sticker [...]
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Coach tourism push in Torbay
The Torbay Hospitality Association and the Coach Drivers Information Pack (CDIP) have launched a free service for coach operators. Entitled ‘Sample Itineraries’, the online document is designed to offer local knowledge about the businesses, communities and services which cater for coach parties. A special version of the Coach Drivers Information Pack is available in German [...]
Revised chassis and powertrain for Viseon C10
GERMANY Viseon has revised the specification of its 10.4m C10 premium midicoach which will now be equipped with a 400bhp (294 kW) MAN engine as standard. The 10.5-litre six-cylinder D2066 LOH 28 is installed vertically in-line at the rear. Its maximum torque of 1900Nm is available over a wide speed range of 1000 min to [...]
