published: 2017-11-08 14:36, mlan

130 articulated electric buses will soon roll out in Warsaw. The European Union will provide PLN 180 million for their purchase.

The representatives of Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe signed a funding agreement for the purchase of 130 articulated low-floor electric buses along with the associated infrastructure, i.e. a network of street charging stations. The total cost of this project is PLN 417,501,729.00, with eligible expenses amounting to PLN 300,000,000.00, and the provided funding equalling PLN 180,000,000.00.

The purchase of the vehicles is the main element of the programme for introducing zero-emission vehicles onto the Royal Route. By 2020 there will be no diesel-fuelled buses on Krakowskie Przedmieście and Nowy Świat. Thanks to this, the most important pedestrian precinct in the capital will finally be free of fumes and become much quieter.

Initial electric mobility investments have been already made. As early as in 2012, Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe was testing electric bus models by various Polish and foreign producers, and in 2015 it purchased the first ten Solaris Urbino 12 Electric buses, dispatched to operate on line 222. In autumn 2017 the capital-based carrier obtained ten more electric vehicles, which this time were Ursus CitySmile 12 Electric. After a street charger on Konwiktorska Street is installed, they will operate on line 178.



