TransDev Nederland has placed another substantial order with Solaris: this time, 55 battery-electric buses. The order covers both the shortest and longest e-buses in the Solaris portfolio: the Urbino 9 LE and the Urbino 24.
It marks another significant order from Transdev for Solaris buses. In October 2024, the Dutch public transport operator purchased a total of 96 electric Solaris buses for deployment in the city of Utrecht, which were scheduled to ship in Q4 of this year. Additionally, Transdev subsidiary Connexxion operates at least 20 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses in the southern Netherlands as well as a number of Solaris Trollino 18 electric trolleybuses in Arnhem.
This time round, it’s all electric: 42 Urbino 9 LE buses and 13 double-articulated (‘bendy’) Urbino 24 buses will enter operation in the cities of Arnhem, Nijmegen, plus the Foodvalley region in the second half of 2026. The Urbino 9 LE buses feature a battery capacity of over 400kWh and will be used to serve routes between smaller towns, while the 24-metre Urbino 24s (500kWh batteries) will reportedly be used for public transport “in the region’s busiest transit corridors”. Underpinning this will be Solaris’ fleet management tool, eSConnect.
The contract was awarded to Transdev by the Province of Gelderland, the public authority which manages public transport in the Arnhem-Nijmegen-Foodvalley (ANF) area. Transdev Nederland itself currently operatoes 50 bus lines and transports 30 million passengers per year, and maintains a commitment to replacing its entire fleet with zero-emission vehicles.
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