UK / Portugal – Public Transport operator, Abellio London (part of Abellio UK and the bus and rail operating company, Abellio Group, Head located in Utrecht, The Netherlands) has confirmed an order for 34 Caetano zero emission, electric buses for operation in the UK capital. Scheduled to enter service from March 2020 they will be the first Caetano electric buses for the UK.

Abellio has ordered the Caetano e.City Gold in 10.7m form, offering capacity for 60 passengers with complete low floor throughout. It is a 100% electric urban bus with zero emission heating and has been developed by Caetano Bus to fully comply with TfL’s latest specification. They are to also include several features from the new TfL Bus Safety Standard such as Camera Monitoring Systems to replace traditional wing mirrors, Intelligent Speed Assist, Acoustic Vehicle Alert System and a revised front design to improve pedestrian/vulnerable road user safety. They are to operate on routes C10 and P5, which Abellio will run on behalf of Transport for London.