VDL Citea
| VDL | |
|---|---|
Citea facelift |
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| Citea | |
| Manufacturer | VDL Groep |
| design type | Solo bus , double-decker , Articulated bus |
| Production period | since 2007 |
| axes | 2 or 3 |
| engine | Cummins , FPT |
| power | 187–265 kW (255–360 hp) |
| length | 9.95 m - 18.1 mm |
| width | 2.5 m / 2.55 m |
| height | 3,065 m - 3,160 m |
| Turning circle | 20.628 m - 24.52 m |
| Empty weight | 8,995 kg - 19,000 kg |
The Citea is a city bus from the Dutch bus manufacturer VDL Bus & Coach . A demonstration bus was presented at the 'UITP Mobility and City Transport Exhibition 2007' in Helsinki. The Citea is sold in three different versions, a low-entry bus (CLE, Citea Low Entry), a lightweight low-entry bus (LLE, Light Low Entry) and a low-floor bus with a tower motor (CLF, Citea Low Floor). A variant as a double-decker bus (DLF, Double deck Low Floor) exists as a prototype and has been in testing at the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) since August 2015 . A facelift took place in 2010.
history
The first 10 Citeas were ordered by Connexxion in 2008 . On November 10, 2008, a large order for 518 VDL Citeas was announced by the RTA from Dubai, the first Citeas were delivered to Dubai on June 29, 2009. In June / July a Citea CLF 120 was handed over to the first customer in Germany, HEAG mobiBus from Darmstadt , another model has been represented by a private company in Bayreuth / Upper Franconia since 2011 and runs on the city network.
On April 11, 2011, VDL announced that GVB Amsterdam had ordered 70 Citeas.
In January 2013, VDL received an order for 60 Citeas LLE from Rheinbahn . The two test vehicles of the lightweight model achieved higher fuel savings in a two-year test than a hybrid vehicle, which was also tested by the Rheinbahn during the same period.
In 2014, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) signed a supply contract with VDL for up to 236 VDL Citeas, which should modernize the fleet of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe by 2019. The first 40 vehicles were delivered in 2015, and a further 70 vehicles were delivered by 2016. Problems with unpleasant odor emissions could only be resolved after a few months. In October 2016, the BVG announced that it would not withdraw all 236 vehicles from the contract. It remains with the 110 vehicles delivered so far. A reason why not all vehicles are called from the delivery contract has not yet been officially given.
Hybrid
On December 1, 2010 two hybrid Citeas of the type CLF120 Hybrid were presented by Connexxion in Enschede. The hybrid technology comes from Vossloh-Kiepe. The bus was designed with the help of TU Darmstadt . In March 2011, 3 Citea SLF120 Hybrids were therefore also delivered to HEAG mobibus.
Electric buses
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The Citea SLF Electric is a 12 meter long, fully electric low-floor bus . The buyer can choose from various electric drives and battery packs.
The Citea SLFA 181 Electric is an 18.1 meter long, fully electric articulated bus . This was first presented to the public in May 2015 as part of the UITP World Congress in Milan. In order to be able to recharge the 1380 kg lithium-ion battery with an energy content of 122.6 kWh during operation, the Citea SLFA Electric has a pantograph quick charging system. The pantograph is installed on the roof of the front of the car above the second axle. At the terminus, you can recharge with up to 250 kW charging power. The bus has 43 seats and 82 standing places. The Citea SLFA Electric has been in use since 2016 on the E-Bus route 133 of the Cologne transport company (9 vehicles).
Hermes in Eindhoven has been using a total of 43 Citea SLFA-181 Electric articulated buses under the brand name “Bravo” since December 2016; this makes it one of the largest battery bus fleets in Europe.
Bus of the Year
Due to its economy and environmental friendliness, the Citea was named Bus of the Year 2011 at the IAA in Hanover on September 23, 2010 .
Operator of the Citea
The Citea is operated by the following companies, among others:
| Type | Traffic Company | number | Car number of the transport company |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLF 120 | Arriva | 1 | 562 ( now again at GVB 009 ) |
| CLF 120 | Connexxion | 1 | 3327 |
| CLF 120 hybrid | Connexxion | 2 | 3328 + 3329 |
| CLF 120 | HEAG mobiBus Darmstadt | 1 | 272 (retired after an accident) |
| SLF 120 hybrid | HEAG mobiBus Darmstadt | 3 | 980-982 |
| CLE 137 | Connexxion | 10 | 3490-3499 |
| XLE 137 | Connexxion | 22nd | 5760-5781 |
| SLE 120 | B&C ( BE ) | 1 | 111075 |
| CLE 120 | De Wilg ( BE ) | 2 | 441314 + 441315 |
| CLF 120 | GVB (Amsterdam) | 1 | 009 ( previously Arriva 562 ) |
| SLF 120 | GVB Amsterdam | 70 option: 70 |
1101-1170 |
| LLE 120 | JeNah (Jena) | 1 | in test mode |
| SLF 120 | Omnibus operation Saalekreis | 1 | 211 |
| SLF 120/250 | KVG Braunschweig | 7th | |
| CLE 120 | VRBO ( BE ) | 1 | 221198 |
| CLE 137 | Netbus , Stamholmen ( DK ) | 1 | 7000 |
| CLE 137 | Netbus, Skibby ( DK ) | 4th | 8535-8538 |
| CLF 120 | RET Rotterdam | 2 | 404 + 405 |
| CLF 120 | Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) | 518 | 1506-2026 |
| CLF 120 | TEC | 227 | TEC Charleroi (7,701–7,763) TEC Hainaut (3,851–3,898) TEC Namur-Luxembourg (4,600–4,629) TEC Liège-Verviers (5,420–5,505) |
| CLF 120 | Veolia Transport Nederland | 1 | 121 |
| CLE 120 | Yprabus ( BE ) | 1 | 466117 |
| LLE 120 | Regional traffic service Gründau | 2 | 138, 813 |
| LLE 120 | Stadtwerke Münster | 3 | 1360, 1361, 1362 |
| LLE 120 | Rheinbahn AG , Düsseldorf | 102 | 7611-7670 7801-7842 |
| LLE 120 | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) | 110 (236 ordered) | The BVG does not plan to call up any further vehicles from the delivery contract |
| DLF 114 | Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) | 1 | Prototype in test operation |
| LLE 120 | ASEAG , Aachen | 27
(+ 25 more in early 2020) |
353-362; 380-383; 390 (the test vehicle, car 343, left the fleet at the end of 2015 after one year) |
| LLE 120 | Cooperation with the eastern Ruhr area (DSW21, BOGESTRA, HCR, Vestische) | 4th | in test mode |
| SLE 120 | De Lijn | 3 | |
| SLF hybrid | De Lijn | 105 | |
| LLE 120 | NIAG Moers | 8th | 4401–4408, are sometimes also used in Kleve on Look Busreisen lines |
| SLF 120 | KVB Cologne | 1 | 5002 |
| SLF 120 Electric | KVB Cologne | 5 | Delivery Q4 / 2020 |
| LLE 120 | KVB Cologne | 1 | 5003 |
| SLFA 180 | KVB Cologne | 1 | 751 |
| SLFA 181 Electric | KVB Cologne | 9 (+48) | 6001–6009 (another 48 buses delivered in Q4 / 2020) |
| SLF Electric | Stadtwerke Münster | 12 | 1560-1564, 1862-1866, 1960-1961 |
| SLE 129 | Hermes (Bravo), Eindhoven | 65 | 1221-1285 |
| SLFA 181 Electric | Hermes (Bravo), Eindhoven | 43 | 9501-9543 |
| SLFA 181 Electric | Stadtwerke Osnabrück | 13 (49 more ordered) | 201-213 |
| SLF-E 120 | STOAG Stadtwerke Oberhausen | 2 (15 more ordered) | 979 |
| SLF-E 120 | Vestic trams | 2 | 979 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VDL Bus & Coach delivers first Citea Low Floor double-decker to BVG , at www.vdlbuscoach.com, accessed on September 11, 2015
- ↑ Major order for climate protection and sustainability. Rheinbahn orders 60 lightweight buses. Rheinbahn AG , January 25, 2013, accessed on October 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Lighter and more economical - these are the new BVG buses. Lighter and more economical - these are the new BVG buses. May 14, 2014, accessed May 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Why there is a smell of carrion in many Berlin buses. Retrieved March 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Citea Low Floor hybrid
- ↑ Information page of the VDL accessed on August 1, 2015
- ↑ KVB bus route 133 switched to electrical operation with VDL Citeas , accessed on December 9, 2016
- ↑ Next milestone reached: VDL hands over first e-bus to KVB ( memento of December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 9, 2016
- ↑ KVB is switching the operation of line 133 to e-buses - the ten-month test program has been successfully completed ( memento of December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 9, 2016
- ↑ 43 VDL Citea SLFA Electric are running according to schedule in the Eindhoven region , accessed on December 9, 2016
- ↑ was a test vehicle, has left the fleet again
- ↑ was a test vehicle, has left the fleet again
- ↑ was a test vehicle, has left the fleet again
- ↑ was a test vehicle, has left the fleet again
- ↑ myldretid.dk
- ^ First Citea in the streets of Charleroi
- ↑ was a test vehicle, has left the fleet again
- ↑ MKK-RD 813. (No longer available online.) Busse-in-hessen.de, August 31, 2013, archived from the original on October 21, 2013 ; Retrieved October 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MKK-RD 138. (No longer available online.) Busse-in-hessen.de, October 2, 2013, archived from the original on October 21, 2013 ; Retrieved October 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MS-ST 1360. nahverkehr-muenster.de, accessed on November 30, 2013 .
- ↑ MS-ST 1361. nahverkehr-muenster.de, accessed on November 30, 2013 .
- ↑ MS-ST 1362. nahverkehr-muenster.de, accessed on November 30, 2013 .
- ↑ BVG website: BVG presents new double-decker. Retrieved August 13, 2015
- ↑ With 53 Citeas electric buses, KVB is confirming its special collaboration with VDL Bus & Coach. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ With 53 Citeas electric buses, KVB is confirming its special collaboration with VDL Bus & Coach. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ MS-ST 1560 ff. Busfotos-muenster.jimdo.com, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
- ^ Information page from Stadtwerke Münster. stadtwerke-muenster.de, accessed on July 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Electromobility in Oberhausen. stoag.de, accessed on July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Line 979: STOAG and Vestische switch on the power. vestische.de, accessed on July 29, 2019 .
