According to the capital’s mayor, Ion Cheban, the tender for the purchase of 21 second-hand 18-metre articulated buses from Norway has been finalised.
“With the delivery of this new batch of buses, we will be able to extend routes to the suburbs and increase the number of vehicles, which will help reduce waiting times,” the mayor noted.
These are second-hand vehicles, commonly known as ‘accordion buses’. Each bus will cost the city budget 91,000 euros, including delivery.
It is worth recalling that Chișinău has previous experience of using second-hand public transport from Europe. In 2021, the capital acquired 58 second-hand Volvo and MAN buses from the Netherlands and Norway, and in 2022 – 16 Solaris Urbino 18 ‘accordion’ buses from Sweden.
For municipal services, second-hand buses from northern Europe are tried-and-tested vehicles, for which maintenance and repair processes are already well-established within the fleet. All models feature a low-floor design and are equipped with folding ramps for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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