CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric has won a KC150m contract to supply 15 trolleybuses to Pardubice, the manufacturer announced on October 31.
The purchase is being co-financed by EU funds. The 12 m long low-floor air-conditioned 30 Tr vehicles are due to be delivered in the second quarter of 2018.
Last year Skoda delivered three 30 Tr trolleybuses to the Bohemian city.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric is to supply nine of its 30 Tr trolleybuses to Hradec Králové, the manufacturer announced on October 19. Deliveries under the KC120m contract are due in mid-2018. The 12 m long vehicles will be equipped with batteries for off-wire operation.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Testing of electric bus charging infrastructure in Praha began on October 10. A 1 km section of overhead line has been installed on Prosecká Street as part of the EU’s Electrification of Public Transport in Cities (ELIPTIC) research project. A 12 m long SOR TNB 12 Acumario ...
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric is to supply 11 electric buses to České Budějovice, the manufacturer announced on September 26. The 9 m long buses will serve two routes connecting park-and-ride sites to the city centre. The batteries will be charged using a pantograph through the city’s existing trolleybus catenary.
