ABC #402
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IN FOCUS<br />
ADELAIDE HYBRID BUS<br />
ADELAIDE O-BAHN<br />
HYBRID BUS<br />
SERVICE STARTS<br />
South Australian bus<br />
operator Torrens Transit,<br />
which Transit Systems owns,<br />
has started to run one of<br />
its two new Scania hybrid<br />
buses on the Adelaide<br />
O-Bahn system.<br />
With Transit<br />
Systems also<br />
currently<br />
having<br />
electric bus<br />
trials underway in New South<br />
Wales, Australia’s largest order<br />
of electric buses on track, and a<br />
partnership in the world’s first<br />
hydrogen bus consortium, the<br />
company – celebrating 25 years in<br />
business recently – “is driving real<br />
change in the way sustainable<br />
public transport is delivered”,<br />
it states.<br />
On Thursday, January 21, the two<br />
new Scania hybrids entered<br />
service for the Adelaide Metro,<br />
giving bus customers a “greener,<br />
cleaner commute”, according to<br />
Clint Feuerherdt, CEO of SeaLink<br />
Travel Group, which in turn owns<br />
Transit Systems.<br />
The buses join Transit Systems’<br />
suite of sustainable vehicles as<br />
many governments make the move<br />
to more sustainable operations, the<br />
company explains.<br />
“We are leading the charge with<br />
sustainable transport solutions,<br />
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<strong>ABC</strong> February 2021 busnews.com.au
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