Iveco Bus to supply Deutsche Bahn with up to 710 Crossway buses

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Press Release / September 25, 2014

Germany's largest bus transport company, DB FuhrparkService GmbH has ordered 710 Crossway Series municipal transit buses.

Under the sales agreement, DB Regio will receive 400 Crossway and Crossway LE (Low Entry) city buses, to be delivered in 2015 and 2016.

In addition, another 310 units will be delivered in 2017 and 2018.

Factors leading to the sale included the advantageous total cost of ownership and reliability of Iveco Crossway buses which are already a part of the current DB fleet.

“We are very proud to have the renewed confidence of Deutsche Bahn, which is further demonstrated by this significant order for our best-seller Crossway bus”, said Sylvain Blaise, Head of Global Bus at CNH Industrial.

DB Regio Bus is responsible for operating Deutsche Bahn’s regional bus routes and suburban transport operations. It has a network of 22 bus companies and a stake in more than 70 private and municipal public-transport entities in Germany.

“We carry about two million passengers a day on our buses. These customers are going to benefit directly from our investment. We are offering them vehicles that are modern, environmentally friendly and safe”, says Dr. Rüdiger Grube, Chairman & CEO of Deutsche Bahn.

Customers, drivers and passengers will benefit from the new model thanks to its improved visibility, lower internal noise levels, storage space and a more comfortable environment. EBSF/VDV

The Euro-6-compliant (EPA2010) Crossway LE series features new, wider doors. The design of the driver’s cockpit follows EBSF* and VDV** 234 international guidelines, providing increased comfort, accessibility and safety. It guarantees that, regardless which vehicle type, drivers will always find the controls and switches in the same place and experience the same ergonomic qualities.

The entire Crossway range benefits from fuel efficient engines with Iveco’s HI-SCR emissions technology. This SCR-only after-treatment system functions without the use of EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) and carries a significant advantage in weight reduction and compactness for easy maintenance.

* The European Bus System of the Future (EBSF) was the biggest road-related transportation project to date funded by the European Commission. The project involved four years of work, 48 partners, 7 demonstration projects and a total budget of US$32.7 million. A comprehensive, widely networked research project for the design and development of an innovative, high-quality European bus system of the future, the EBSF project took on the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of a new generation of urban bus networks and creating the basis for an integrated systems approach (vehicle, infrastructure, technology, operation) with takes future passenger requirements into account. EBSF aimed at developing a new generation of urban bus system adapted to the specificities of European cities. EBSF acted therefore as a driver to increase the attractiveness and raise the image of bus systems in urban and suburban areas, by means of developing new technologies on vehicles and infrastructure in combination with operational best practices, and testing them in real operational scenario within eight European cities.

** VDV (Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen) The Association of German Transport Companies

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