Modernization RATBV signed the contract for 105 new buses

The first bus will be delivered by the end of the year l In the future, the RATBV also wants to buy electric vehicles
Representatives of the RATBV and Karsan Otomotiv signed Friday, in the presence of the Mayor of Braşov, George Scripcaru, and his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador to Bucharest, O. Koray Ertas, the contract for the purchase of 105 Menamaribus Citymood buses. The means of transport will be produced according to a concept, a design and a design of Menarini (Italy), the main components being provided by the producers of the European Union, the assembly being realized in Turkey by Karsan Otomotiv.

The first installment, delivered until the end of the year

The first trance of the 105 buses will arrive in Brasov by the end of this year, said the director of RATBV SA Braov, Ovidiu Bucurei. It's about 30 new buses. The others will be delivered by next March. The buses that will enter RATBV SA will have a EURO 6 engine and will replace the means of transport subject to EURO 2 or EURO 3 pollution rules. The 105 buses of this contract will have a low floor, all the facilities being accessible The disabled will be equipped air conditioning and CCTV systems in the lounge outside the buses.

Menarini buses circulate in Romania, Italy or Azerbaijan

Buses to be delivered to Braov are not used in other communities in Romania, Italy or Azerbaijan, such as Muzaffer Arpacioglu , Deputy General Manager of Karsan Otomotiv, a company that will assemble the Menarini buses. One of our production lines, the one on which the buses for Braov will be assembled, was also dedicated to company products such as Hyundai, BMW or Menarini, added the Karsan representative. At the signing ceremony of the contract, Turkey's ambassador to Bucharest, Koray Ertas, expressed his satisfaction that a Turkish company won a major tender call in Braov, an hour later. Extraordinary still visited tourists in Turkey and more and more attractive for business people in my country. After bus production began in the 1960s, Turkey became a major and valued producer in Europe, said Excelena Sa, we recall that the strong relations between Romania and Turkey, based on a strategic partnership, have recently allowed annual trade worth more than five billion dollars.

RATBV wants to buy new trolleybuses

Representatives of the city and the RATBV say that investments to modernize public transport will continue. Mayor George Scripcaru also argued that public transport could be the best alternative to traffic in Braşov and in the metropolitan area, provided that it offers comfort, security, good timing and the possibility of To reach wherever they need it. The next step in the modernization of RATBV SA's fleet will be an important component of the means of transport that will use electric propulsion. Even at the next local council meeting, I proposed to councilors the approval of a decision to purchase trolleybus through a project in partnership with MDRAP, said the mayor .