Electric Buses Tested Again in Budapest

Electric buses are being tested in Budapest once again: passengers can meet a solo vehicle on the e105 and e210 lines until August 3, and an articulated vehicle on the e8E line between July 21 and 29, the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) told MTI on Monday.

According to the statement, these services will run as an extra service, in addition to the scheduled departures of lines 105, 210 and 8E, and can be tried out free of charge.

The BudapestGO app allows people to follow the electric test buses' routes to the minute, and you can also find out about the timetable of the service, they said.

BKK said that the vehicles are being tested on these lines, among other things, to test them in as many conditions as possible in Budapest. This way, in addition to the urban section with average traffic conditions, information on the bus' characteristics can be obtained in mountainous areas and in densely built-up inner-city environments.

As described, during the current test, the MAN 12e (solo) and 18E (articulated) vehicles can be seen on the streets of Budapest. The buses can travel up to 350 kilometers on a single charge, and the energy recovered when braking is fed back into the system.

The capital city test of the pure electric low-floor buses is a collaboration between BKK and ArrivaBus.

Recently, BKK has tested fully electric buses on several occasions in cooperation with its service providers ArrivaBus and BKV Plc., as the use of modern, environmentally friendly vehicles in Budapest's public transport is an important objective. “In line with the strategic objectives, the Budapest Mobility Plan favors the procurement of zero-emission vehicles in the bus sector: trolleybuses and electric buses," the communiqué reads.