The HUF 909 million investment was made necessary by the fact that only 21 of the capital’s once 90-strong midibus fleet are now suitable for daily service.

The Turkish-made midibuses are accessible to wheelchair users, operate with environmentally friendly EURO6 diesel engines and are air-conditioned. The vehicles are equipped with 23 seats each and are able to carry a total of 40 passengers at a time. The buses will run in Buda’s historic Castle District, but exact routes are currently unknown.

Budapest’s midibus fleet once numbered ninety buses; however, the number has by now fallen to 28, only 21 of which are available for day-to-day service. The maintenance of a 40-strong midibus fleet would currently be necessary but it could prove rational to operate as many as sixty buses in the capital, a statement issued by BKK reads.

Source: hungarytoday.hu

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