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"The Victorian Labor government has announced franchise contracts for a third
of Melbourne’s bus network which will fast-track the replacement of existing
diesel buses with 600 new battery electric buses by 2035.
Billed as the state’s first zero emission bus contracts, the Labor government
awarded three contracts as part of its new Metropolitan Zero Emission Bus
Franchises.
The three 10-year franchise contracts, covering 131 public routes and more than
230 school services across Melbourne, require the new operators to transition
their respective franchises to full zero emission bus transport, including new
battery electric buses and electrified bus depots, by the end of the contract
period.
The new bus contracts were awarded to Victorian-based bus operators Dysons,
CDC, and Kinetic, following a thorough competitive tender process.
Kinetic currently operates the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise, covering
30 per cent of Melbourne’s public transport bus services, after it won the
tender process in late 2021.
The 9.5-year contract included a commitment to introduce 36 battery electric
buses to the network by 2025, while more than half of the fleet would be
replaced with low- or zero-emission vehicles.
As of July, Kinetic had grown its number of zero emission buses in Melbourne to
30 two years after the first electric bus hit the network."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
